Design Mind frogcast

How active is your economic imagination? Can you envision a world that rejects the notion of individual ownership? One that uses different currencies altogether? How about bespoke financial institutions designed to strategically support certain communities? frog Senior Strategist Megan Nesbeth stops by to talk about how expanding your economic imagination can lead to better products, stronger comm...

When it comes to making things for real people in the real world, intentions matter. Whether it's taking the proper time to deeply understand the challenge you're trying to solve, scoping a diverse team that better reflects your customer and community, or asking the hard questions about a design's potential impact, the meaning we infuse into what we make is as important as the final product. frog...

Businesses tend to talk a lot about their brands. But why? What’s the point of having a brand at all? For the launch of our new ‘Phone a frog’ segment, we thought who better to talk to about what makes a brand valuable than two frogs who think an awful lot about this matter: Andreas Markdalen, frog’s new Global Chief Creative Officer and Todd Taylor, Marketing Director. Listen in to hear about the...

Designing healthcare products and services is not for the faint of heart. Innovating here means going up against long R&D timelines inside a complex, interconnected system where the stakes are often extremely high. Thomas Sutton, Chief Design Officer at frog, is leaving the pond after 16 years. But before he takes on a new role leading Design for Digital Health R&D at AstraZeneca, he offer...

Today, we’re featuring an episode of Future Sight, a podcast from our colleagues at Capgemini Invent. Future Sight is a show that brings industry-leading experts together to unpack a new way of thinking around the challenges we’re facing today that will affect tomorrow. Every two weeks, they dig into issues affecting business and technology, exploring strategies and insights to help you get the fu...

The financial services landscape is constantly changing. From cryptocurrencies to digital payments to disruptive new investment and insurance paradigms, design has a critical role to play in ensuring the financial sector drives innovation in a way that's as good for people as it is for business. On this episode, we're joined by Toshi Mogi, AVP of Strategy, Financial Services, based in frog New Yor...

A focus on sustainability is becoming mission-critical for ventures of all kinds. Recently, we put out a call on social media to listeners and friends worldwide asking for your questions on all things at the intersection of sustainability and ventures. On this episode, Ethan Imboden, frog VP, Global Head of Ventures and executive sponsor of frog's sustainability practice will answer your questions...

Women are increasingly entering the design industry, but few are being hired to leadership positions. Former frog CEO Doreen Lorenzo, now Assistant Dean of the School of Design and Creative Technologies at the University of Texas at Austin, wants to change that. From actively diversifying design at an academic level to writing a column for Fast Company called 'Designing Women', Doreen is dedicated...

Innovation is a state of mind. And part of getting into the right innovation mindset is preparing yourself for what can go wrong. John Leonard, Technology Director in frog's New York studio, shares the three pitfalls that teams have the tendency to fall into in the rush to innovate—and how to avoid them. Brought to you by frog, a design and strategy consultancy. frog is part of Capgemini Invent. (...

How can HR shape employee experience? Asja Simunovic, Senior HR Business Partner for frog Europe, joins the Design Mind frogcast to share how she’s helping people navigate their career journey into the New Normal. Listen in to hear more about human-centered HR, the origins of the frog Career Workbook and the calming power of air traffic control apps. Brought to you by frog , a design and strategy...

In times of crisis, having access to the right data can be a matter of life and death. Sarah Telford, Head of the UN OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data, joins the Design Mind frogcast to talk about the power of data-driven storytelling in the humanitarian sector, ways design is improving disaster relief, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has brought data front-of-mind on a global scale. Brought to you...

Today, Justin Maguire is Chief Design Officer at the CRM and Cloud-computing giant Salesforce, but for years he led creative teams at frog, first helping to launch the Seattle studio, and later bringing his lifelong passion for design to frog’s Munich location. Recently, Justin sat down with frog President Andy Zimmerman to talk building design economies in 2021 and beyond, as well as the importan...

Patrick Kalaher, VP of Sales, Marketing and Strategy at frog, knows that the future is being written everyday. Here he explains why designers are so invested in predicting the future, and what it tells us about the present. Plus, he talks frog's annual Trends report , available now. (https://fro.gd/3ien63B) Brought to you by frog , a design and strategy consultancy. frog is part of Capgemini Inven...

frog design and business leads talk frog’s brand relaunch, lessons learned in building a brand for the modern age, getting to the soul of an organization, telling truer stories—and what it means to ‘Make Your Mark.’ Brought to you by frog , a design and strategy consultancy. frog is part of Capgemini Invent. (https://www.frogdesign.com) See frog's 'Make Your Mark' ( https://www.frogdesign.com/make...

Sesh, Senior Strategist, frog London shares why the climate crisis and COVID-19 pandemic have encouraged her to explore regenerative design methods. And why everyone should grit their teeth and read the depressing climate change articles. Brought to you by frog , a design and strategy consultancy. frog is part of Capgemini Invent. ( https://www.frog.co ) Find episode transcripts and a reading list...

Legendary car designer Peter Schreyer, Head of Design Management at Hyundai Motor Group, knows what it takes to design cars that people love. Now he’s committed to supporting a more sustainable transportation industry. Find out how he got his start in design, where he finds his creative inspiration and why the most exciting thing about the future of designing cars might not be in designing cars at...

Meet the humans designing the future. The Design Mind frogcast is a new podcast brought to you by frog, a global design and strategy consultancy. Each episode, you’ll hear from legendary designers, creative thinkers, innovative business leads and the real people making their mark in the world of products, services and experiences—both here at frog and far, far outside the pond. Subscribe to the De...