Dec 11, 2022Cognitive Strategy Prompts for Human Centered AI Opportunity DetectionThis article is based on the publication “Cognitive Strategy Prompts” (Creativity & Cognition 2022, ACM), co-written with Daniella Tsar, Milda Norkute and Mary Mikhail. When it comes to innovating a service or business, it seems like “AI” is the thing to do in 2023. However, instead of further defining the…Design Thinking5 min readDesign Thinking5 min read
Oct 18, 2021AI Fluency WorkshopSo you want to be an AI Innovator? Do you know where to apply AI within your domain? How can you tell what is the right approach? Seeing groups of participants grow their ideas organically, balance and rebalance their approach was the highlight for us at the workshop we held…AI4 min readAI4 min read
Apr 6, 2021Don’t OverlawyerWhat’s the right balance between being correct — and being able to act? This article is co-written by Daniella Tsar and Johannes SchleithInnovation6 min readInnovation6 min read
Published in UX Collective·Jun 18, 2020Member-onlyHow to: Remote UX WorkshopsYou want to run a remote Design Workshop with loads of participants online? No problem, with the right agenda and tools! — The current situation forces us to work from home, and adapt the way we work. Yes, in-person workshops are easier and more productive. Nothing beats a collaborative whiteboarding session or paper prototyping to express and discuss some ideas. But hey, let’s see how we can move the best bits online!Design Thinking12 min readDesign Thinking12 min read
Dec 14, 2019Notes on Design (UX.Live Conference)The 2nd year edition of a more mature UX.Live conference invited some fantastic speakers over the course of 3 days. This blogpost summarises my notes and thoughts concerning Design practice. It comments on talks by Noel Lyons (@noel_lyons), Morgane Peng (https://medium.com/@morganepeng), David Attwater (Enterprise Integration Group), Richard Banks (@rbanks). Make…UX4 min readUX4 min read
Dec 14, 2019Notes on User Research (UX.Live Conference)The 2nd year edition of a more mature UX.Live conference in London invited some fantastic speakers over the course of 3 days. This blogpost summarises my notes and thoughts concerning User Research practice. It comments on talks by Alexander Muir (@Alexander108), Kasper Friis (https://uxplanet.org/@kafri), …Design5 min readDesign5 min read
Oct 25, 2019Collective [Human & Machine] IntelligenceConference Notes, 21st century common sense: Using collective intelligence to tackle complex social challenges, Oct 16 2019 What’s more intelligent, people or machines? Don’t get me wrong, machine learning and artificial intelligence are fascinating. …Artificial Intelligence6 min readArtificial Intelligence6 min read
Aug 14, 2018Who Owns the Future?Who owns infrastructure, data and access to technology and therefore opportunity? How to create an equal future, nurture diversity and enable ownership — rather than consumerism? Celebrating the future at Nesta’s FutureFest in steaming hot Tobacco Dock in East London for two days in July challenged our status quo and…Future5 min readFuture5 min read
Dec 21, 2017Notes on UX.Live 2017UX Crunch’s first conference in London — Earlier this year UX Crunch ran its first conference UX.Live in London. On offer were a selection of workshops and talks around User Experience, Service Design and System Thinking. This article summarises some thoughts on corporate innovation, business origami and internal collaboration. Corporate Innovation Kicking off the conference Alberta Soranzo (Systems Thinking…UX4 min readUX4 min read
Published in Prototypr·Nov 12, 2017Design as a Probe for InnovationDesign is a tool to imagine possible future states. Working at an innovation lab broadened my understanding of what Design can bring to the table for interdisciplinary innovation. Innovation v Invention Design is relevant for innovation. This becomes more clear when we differentiate “Innovation” to (rather technical) work on “Invention”.UX5 min readUX5 min read
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