How to organise diverse events : a production checklist Yesterday, the 4th edition of Ada’s List annual conference took place at the Financial Times building in London. I volunteered to produce it back in July and I wasn’t even in the country when it took part (holidaying / writing retreat for my new book). And everything… Continue reading How to organise diverse events : a production checklist
How green really: how measuring what happens inside a building is the ultimate Climate Change data challenge.
How green really: how measuring what happens inside a building is the ultimate Climate Change data challenge. I left my role as Head of Labs at Bulb in late April and moved on to work with Overlay a project incubated by ING Labs researching how financial institutions could utilise building data to develop a new… Continue reading How green really: how measuring what happens inside a building is the ultimate Climate Change data challenge.
The Cargo Cult of Innovation: the toxic habits of corporate innovation
Update August 7th 2019: This will become a book, published by Apress in 2020. Follow #writingabook on @iotwatch on Twitter to hear more as I write it! NB: I have an idea for a second book about the cargo cult of corporate innovation but I’m not totally sure how I’d get people to contribute to… Continue reading The Cargo Cult of Innovation: the toxic habits of corporate innovation
So you’re about to graduate
(This is a follow-up to my blogpost as I’ve been invited to give one of the keynotes at the Umea Institute of Design’s Degree Show in Sweden next month.) So you’re about to graduate from an interaction design degree. Welcome to the rest of your life in the industry of design. Here are some harsh… Continue reading So you’re about to graduate
Modern Love: how to teach design history
Modern Love: how to teach design history In case you’ve been hiding under a rock you’ll have noticed it’s the 100 year anniversary of the Bauhaus this year. I graduated from a 4 years industrial design degree from the University of Montreal in 2004. I graduated knowing nothing about the Bauhaus and not only that but… Continue reading Modern Love: how to teach design history
On business travel (for women)
On business travel (for women) I take anywhere between 40 and 70 flights a year. 90% of these are for work as I give talks around the world. Unlike George Clooney in Up in the Air, I’m a woman so packing is a completely different affair. It’s a niche expertise but I wanted to document how… Continue reading On business travel (for women)
Young people
I’m lucky to have a spare room and for the last few years, I’ve made a case of inviting interesting people younger than myself to stay over if they’re in town. I meet them when I lecture in universities or speak at conferences. Some have come to visit London for work, a conference, or just… Continue reading Young people
Men’s fashion in the City
Men’s fashion in the City In London, if you have even a passing interest in the sartorial you’ll find yourself with plenty to lust over. It’s not as good as my year spent in Milan in 2005–6 but much better than my uni years of Montreal winter wear and the abayas and kerkushas of my teenage… Continue reading Men’s fashion in the City
End of Year Review
Thanks to Prof. Dr. Molly Steenson for initiating this habit, this is the 11th year I’ve done these reviews. 1.What did you do in 2018 that you’d never done before?Got a job. 2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?What New Year’s Resolutions? 3. Did anyone close to you… Continue reading End of Year Review
What’s next?
I’m turning 38 and as of 13 contractual days ago, I have a job at Bulb as Head of Labs (new products, new parternships). Bulb is an affordable and green energy company. So I’m back working in Shoreditch in a co-working space set up by David Cameron’s former digital advisor that looks like something out… Continue reading What’s next?