Tag: Podcast

In this episode Dr. Ralph-Christian Ohr, a Corporate innovation expert, shares indepthly what dual innovation is all about and how large companies can scale up using this innovation system. He goes further to share how companies can transform their exploratory units of their business into one that is well integrated into the core business.

You can get a copy of Dr. Ralph-Christian’s book (co-authored with Frank Mattes) here.

On this episode, we spoke with the Head of Innovation and Uplift at Vodafone, Julia Doll. Julia talked about the Internet of Things (IoT) and how companies can leverage to improve on the experience for customers. She also shared opportunities for partnership with startups that are offering services or products around the use of IoT devices. This episode promises to be a very informative one. Do enjoy!

Note: Julia Doll and her team at Vodafone are always looking out for entrepreneurs with promising ideas seeking to leverage the IoT technology to scale. Reach out to Julia here.

On this episode, Lola Pedro, the African Regional Director of Trendwatching, shares why it is important for companies, however large or small can monitor trends to help them better meet their customers needs. She also was gracious enough to share present trends that companies can leverage to drive growth.

To learn more on this trends, do listen.

On this episode we had an interesting conversation with David Schmidt, who is the founder and partner at United Peers. David shares from his vast experience in Business Design. He explains the opportunities global companies can leverage on for growth.

He touched on how global companies looking to act on their ideas can leverage business design to ensure their ideas are properly executed.
To find out more, do listen to this amazing conversation.

On this episode, Jesper CEO and Founder of Nosco, share with us on how companies can innovate from within by collaborating with team members from various departments. He shares reasons why internal collaborations among team members are important for companies looking to innovate around their offerings.

If you are considering how you could improve on the innovative culture within your business, then this episode is meant for you.

On this episode Vi Nguyen talks on how companies can start designing products and services that creates an amazing experience for their customers/users.

Vi share’s the importance of creating a memorable experience for users, sharing various experiences from establishing a user experience department in a financial institution to working for Swedish Space Agency.

She shares how businesses can explore the combination of physical and digital product/services to improve on their customer experience. 

Also an expert practitioner in Business Design, Vi shares the value businesses can derive for themselves and customers if they can infuse User Experience with Business Design. Pinpointing areas businesses can use in measuring the impact of combining both practices.

In this episode, we had an interesting conversation with Tommaso Martucci, an Innovation Manager at Indeed-Innovation, a Design and Innovation company based in Hamburg, Germany.

Tomasso has had years of experience in Design and Innovation, having consulted for various companies across various continents, Tommaso comes with great insights around design and its value to businesses.

Tommaso shared what he sees as the value that design brings to a business. Speaking to how it influences employees’ mindsets within their organisation. Sharing how those influences the way people see things.

In his own words, Tomasso describes empathy in design as  “giving a heart to Tin man” (from the wizard of Oz). He expressed his view this way because to him, it helps companies see things the way their users and customers see their products, offerings or gaps.

Listening to this just gives you amazing insights on how you can use design to improve your offerings.

Design has become an important tool for businesses seeking to be leaders in their various industries. We have seen how global brands like Apple, Uber, Airbnb, Google have been able to use design to improve on the value offered to customers.

Susan and Thomas trace back in time to how design became established as a process in which businesses used in discovering new opportunities to enable them meet customers needs.

 We examine the design approach to business, sharing from popular examples that gives you, the listener a clear understanding of how you can apply this approach to your business to enable you identify customers needs and how your customers will best enjoy the experience of your product offering.

Plug in your headphones, press the play button, and get in on the conversation on how you can apply the design process as an approach to be able to compete better at the same level in terms of product delivery as other fortune 500 companies using design.

Design has gone beyond aesthetics. Design is no longer limited to paintings and crafts done with paper and ink. Design has also become a means to improve on general experiences people have when they interact with a product, service or process. Businesses who have deliberately used the design process for their business have really benefited from it.

At DODO we desire to teach these principles (Empathizing, Experimentation and Expansive Teaching) to businesses through conversations and interviews we have with Designers like us from all over the world. These Designers share their experiences using design to improve on offerings either for their internal processes or for clients.

This particular episode is only an intro into the deep values in which we hope to unearth by conversing with experts around Design and Innovation.