The document discusses design's new role at the decision-making table in businesses. It addresses both the opportunities and challenges that come with increased influence, such as proving design's value, navigating political tensions, and ensuring work creates positive human impact. The document also presents perspectives on how economies could better reward creativity and value human well-being over disposable material goods. Throughout, it emphasizes design's responsibility to drive meaningful transformation.
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A seat at whose table?
1. A seat at
whose table?
Design and Innovation from
Accenture Interactive
Andy Polaine
APAC Regional Design Director – Fjord
@apolaine @fjord
Rising Minds Sydney – April 26th, 2018
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Andy Polaine – Fjord | A seat at the table | Rising Minds – April 2018
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Now that design has a seat
at the table, what should
we do with it?
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Photo: Mikko Ryhänen
Want a seat at this table?
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Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018
Just not this table
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Andy Polaine – Fjord | A seat at the table | Rising Minds – April 2018
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Imposter syndrome
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Andy Polaine – Fjord | A seat at the table | Rising Minds – April 2018
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The forking path
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Design’s psychological
challenge to business
8. “Personal transformation
occurs when people come to
terms with their creativity –
when they realize that they
can make things, that the
things they make can be
really bad, and that through
critique, iteration, and
practice, those things can
become better and better.”
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Jon Kolko
Photo courtesy of Jon Kolko
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Tensions
Digital – Physical
Human – Machine
Centralised – Decentralised
Automation – Control
Traceability – Anonymity
Speed – Craft
10. “Today’s economy rewards people
most for merely allocating existing
capital. That’s not a recipe for
prosperity; it’s simply a game of
musical chairs .”
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Umair Haque
Photo: Daan Huttinga on Unsplash
11. “A good life isn’t built first on
disposable stuff that matters in
economic terms, but on an economy
that matters in human terms.”
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Andy Polaine – Fjord | A seat at the table | Rising Minds – April 2018
Umair Haque
Image: Popperfoto/Getty Images
12. From CDO to the new CIO:
Chief Impact Officer
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13. Thank you!
Design and Innovation from
Accenture Interactive
Andy Polaine
APAC Regional Design Director – Fjord
@apolaine @fjord
Rising Minds Sydney – April 26th, 2018