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The fourth compilation of my interviews from Spiel ’22…    First up I met Julien Griffon, designer of Ratapolis (save your rats from the cats!).  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/349464/ratapolis Ratapolis is published by Bragelonne Games for general distribution in 2023. Bragelonne Games were promoting “Captains War” (le roll & write avec des combats entre jouerus!)  ht...

The third in our series of interviews from Spiel ’22…  Opening with Micael Sousa from Universidade de Coimbra (pronounciation: kəʊˈɪmbrə, or ˈkɔɪmbrə - if you say ‘Queenborough’ you won't be far wrong). Micael talks about serious games and the game-centric facilitation approach he has developed for, among other things, understanding and solving spatial planning challenges. https://www.linkedi...

The second series of interviews from Spiel ’22… In this episode I talked with: Opening with Patrick Gebhardt and Julius Brunken from Vuca Simulations https://vucasims.com At 12’ chatted with Koosha Nezamirad and Mehdi Mohammadzadeh from Piriyka House Game Design Studio (at 12’) www.piriyka.com At 29’ I caught Fran and Ian demoing at the Bright Eye Games stand https://www.brighteyegames.com (Ian is...

From Spiel ’22… In this episode I talked with: Pete Ward & and Duncan Molloy (at 8’) from Rebellion Unplugged https://rebellionunplugged.com/announcing-rebellion-unplugged/ Scott D'Agostino from WizKids (at 22’) https://wizkids.com And Jon Manker from ION Game Design (at 34’) https://iongamedesign.com   Acknowledgements Music  Title: Hades, from the album Chromatic T-Rex Artist:...

Hosts: Trisha Ghosh and Saptarshi Mitra We are very pleased to welcome David Bowman, Chief Technology Officer at InvoiceFair. First, David, could you tell us a little about yourself and your current role? 1.     Let’s start with a hard question first. What, for you, is the essence of design? 2.     Moving on then, our audience are interested in dig...

Hosts: Gayatri Poddar and Isha Sharma  Our guest today is Padraig Coffey. Padraig is CEO at Zartis - a software consultancy, technology strategy and team augmentation services company based in Cork. 1.     Thank you for joining us, Padraig, can you start by telling us a little about yourself? 2.     How do you become a consultant and what do c...

Hosts: Bing Chen and Rachel O’Brien Our guest today is Trevor Dunne from Grant Thornton Ireland. You are very welcome to the podcast Trevor. Could you say a few words about yourself and GT’s consulting business? 1.What is the role of a consultant? 2.Do we need deep expertise in all domains? 3.What do you consider to be key skills for a consultant? 4.And your thoughts on how to become a better comm...

Hosts: Bo-Tsun Chen and Sandra Orozco Our guest today is Mark Smyth from Accenture. Mark, you are very welcome to the podcast. Could we with start a brief introduction and how you ended up in consulting? 1.Would you consider yourself generalist or a specialist, a T shaped or π shaped person? 2.What tips would you give someone starting out as a consultant? 3.Comment on the consultant as proble...

Hosts: Dimitrios Delemissis and Theodoros Chatzidimitriou Our guest today is Tom Rourke. Tom works in kyndryl, with the most interesting job title, “Global Leader for Co-Creation” You are very welcome to the podcast Tom.  Could you say a few words about yourself and kyndryl? 1.     For someone starting out could you sketch the learning journey to become a consultant?...

Hosts: Jesus Cortina Bernal and Odhrán McDonnell We are delighted to have Jefferson Cowhig to talk with us today.  Jeff works in Financial Services Technology Transformation for EY. You are very welcome to the podcast Jeff.  Could you say a few words about your own background and experience in consulting and technology? 1.Can we start with an article we have been reading, Henrik Kniberg...

Host(s) Emma Matthews and Soumya Seniaray  Our guest today is Matteo Collina, Chief Software Architect at NearForm, the Irish enterprise software solutions company, headquartered in Waterford and offices around the world. Among other things Matteo is an active open-source contributor, is on the steering committee for Node.js, and over his career has developed a deep understanding of the busin...

Host(s) Tristan Flüchter and Sinead Cleary Our guest today is Shradha Shaw. Shradha is a Senior Analytics Consultant at Deloitte Ireland with experience in Business Intelligence and Data Transformation. Thank you for joining us, Shradha, can you start by telling us a little about yourself? 1.     Is the analyst role and the consultant role different? 2.   &n...

Host(s) Wenqiao Xu, Upama Ghosh Our guest today is Christina Phillips. Christina is a senior lecturer in business analytics at Liverpool John Moores University and has worked in applied scienced research, problem solving, and solution development for industry. Thank you for joining us, Christina, can you start by telling us a little about yourself? 1.Is data science more about statistics, applicat...

Host(s) Calum Comerford and Kunal Gupta Hello, I am Calum And I am Kunal Our guests today are Siobhan Duggan, Amanda Creane from GS1 Ireland . Can you start by introducing yourselves and give a short overview of GS1? 1.Could you tell us about the project you took part in to keep track of Covid-19 vaccines for Ireland’s national health system? 2.Further to this could you comment on how the opportun...

You are listening to an episode of the technology consulting series on design talk A place for talking about consulting with:  experts,  technologists,  clients,  and educators. Hello, I am Allen Higgins We start this season in conversation with Sean McGarraghy First Sean, tell us a little about your own career before we look inside the business of Technology Consulting… 1.&nbs...

Host(s): Otto Maeglin and Ruairi Doyle  We are talking with Maurice Knightly, Entrepreneurial Specialist at UCD Innovation Academy You are very welcome to the podcast, Maurice.  Can you tell us a little about yourself to begin?  1.Entrepreneurship seems to have become intrinsically linked with “Design Thinking” and “Design sprints”, hackathons and jams. Why this connection?  2....

Hosts: Sarah Keniston and Ethan Duffy  Welcome to the podcast In today’s episode we talk with Denis Kennedy, an Accessibility Consultant and lecturer. You are very welcome to the podcast Denis. To start, can you tell us a little about yourself? 1.For you, what is the essence of design? 2.What are some examples of good design or bad design? 3.Do we have to make trade-offs between accessibility...

Host: Daniel Guenther and Katie Fallon  In today’s episode we talk with Dónal Fitzpatrick, a Senior ICT Design Advisor with Ireland’s National Disability Authority. You are very welcome to the podcast Dónal. To start, can you tell us a little about yourself? 1.What are some good examples of bad design? 2.How do you raise people’s design awareness? [on using baddesigns.com… to encourage discus...

Hosts: Monika Lukosiute and Cian Magee We are talking with Lorcan O'Keeffe of Hands On Performance You are very welcome to the podcast Lorcan. Can you tell us a little about yourself? 1.What is your vision for both O’Keeffe Design and Hands on Performance? 2.Could you give us a brief intro to e-sports, sim-sports, racing simulators? 3.Why put so much attention to replicating road car and moto...

Hosts: Kira Koval and Amine Berrahal We are talking with Fiona Walsh from Imagine Coaching.  You are very welcome Fiona. Can you tell us a little about yourself? 1.PowerPoint has become a hugely important medium for communication, and you are becoming known as a go-to person for PowerPoint design and power tips. What do you look for in a well-designed presentation? [checklist?] 2.What awesome...

Host(s): Olivia Raines, Kyle Coldrick  Welcome to the podcast We are talking with Jack Clark and Matt Obee from NearForm.  Nearform is an enterprise software development and capability building company, headquartered in Waterford with offices around the world. You are very welcome to the podcast Jack and Matt.  Can you tell us a little about yourselves and your roles in NearForm. 1....

Host(s): Julia Weyndling and Moritz Meier  Hi, welcome to the podcast. Today we are talking with Bernie McGahon, from IRDG, the Industry Research & Development Group, a member-based, non-profit, business-led Innovation Network. You are very welcome to the podcast, Bernie.  Can you tell us a little about yourself, IRDG and its members to begin? 1. When did you first encounter Design T...

Hosts: Juliet Gusinde-Duffy and Lilly Cordover  We are talking today with Eileen Diskin, Entrepreneurial Specialist with the UCD Innovation Academy, environmental scientist, and professional facilitator. You are very welcome to the podcast Eileen. Can you tell us a little about yourself to begin? UCD’s Innovation Academy showcases cutting edge hacker-creator tools such as VR, 3D printing, LEG...

Host(s): Geoffrey Ax and Cian Hanlon  Hi, I am Geoffrey And I am Cian  Today we are talking with Tina Lowe, UCD Campus Accessibility Officer". You are very welcome to the podcast Tina.  1.     Can you tell us a little about yourself to begin?  2.     What designs, out in the world, end up creating inequality?  3. &nbsp...

Welcome to the podcast. I am Calayjia And I am Zain. Today we are talking with Rohan Perera, entrepreneur and one of the founders of HEBE, Design Sprint Ireland and Leandisruptor.com among other ventures. You are very welcome to the podcast, Rohan. Can you tell us a little about yourself to begin? The idea of “Design Thinking” and “Design sprints” seem to have become ubiquitous in recent years, wh...