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Things that make me tick

These are articles, editorials, projects that I read and loved… or debated heatedly. They are wise or, sometimes, difficult words to hear on innovation, design and the world we are shaping.

 
Garbage language, by Molly Young
Garbage language, by Molly Young

Garbage language permeates the ways we think of our jobs and shapes our identities as workers. It is obvious that the point is concealment; it is less obvious what so many of us are trying to hide.

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Eugenie Cartron2 March 2020
On Design Thinking, by Maggie Gram
On Design Thinking, by Maggie Gram

Design problems’ wickedness meant that they could never be subject to a single process of resolution. There could be no one ‘method’

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Eugenie Cartron1 March 2020
The Psychology of scarcity : poverty impedes cognitive function, by Mani et al.
The Psychology of scarcity : poverty impedes cognitive function, by Mani et al.

The human cognitive system has limited capacity. Preoccupations with pressing budgetary concerns leave fewer cognitive resources available to guide choice and action.

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Eugenie Cartron29 February 2020
The Future of Purpose, by Misc Magazine
The Future of Purpose, by Misc Magazine

If we asked you what the next generation of world-class businesses will do, you would likely list some buzzword technologies.

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Eugenie Cartron26 February 2020
The Not So Smart City, by Adam Scott
The Not So Smart City, by Adam Scott

[…] Enamoured by the technologically engineered strategic visions of the likes of Stanley Gale, it confuses the needs of a city with those of a company. It mistakes people for category of user […]

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Eugenie Cartron25 February 2020
Why design sprints are overrated, by Asger Østerbæk
Why design sprints are overrated, by Asger Østerbæk

[…] ‘design sprint’ means locking yourself in a meeting room for five workdays. Then white smoke will rise from the chimney, and, low and behold, you have a finished product and the answer to all of your problems […]

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Eugenie Cartron23 February 2020
We Don't Sell Saddles Here, by Stewart Butterfield
We Don't Sell Saddles Here, by Stewart Butterfield

[…] innovation is the sum of change across the whole system, not a thing which causes a change in how people behave.

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Eugenie Cartron22 January 2020
This economist has a plan to fix capitalism. It's time we all listened, by Joãos Medeiros
This economist has a plan to fix capitalism. It's time we all listened, by Joãos Medeiros

[…] “History tells us that innovation is an outcome of a massive collective effort – not just from a narrow group of young white men in California” Mazzucato says […]

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Eugenie Cartron13 January 2020
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