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TFP-032-Disruptive Design & Systems Thinking-Leyla Acaroglu

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Using Disruptive Design and Systems Thinking to Build a Better World

As entrepreneurs, we create products and services. As we create them we often are thinking of the use of the product or service but we rarely think about what happens at the end of a product lifecycle. What if we thought about those very products and services as a complete system? What is the lifecycle of that product or service? What happens when the products initial use case is finished? Listen to this inspiring conversation about disrupting the way we think about what we create.

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Leyla Acarcglu

Disruptive Design Method

The UnSchool Project

Leyla Acaroglu

Design disruptor, creative boundary pusher, and cultural provocateur, Dr. Leyla Acaroglu (A-jar-a-loo) embodies the innovation that instigates positive environmental and social change. A New York-based Australian designer, social scientist, and sustainability expert, she is internationally recognized as a leader in the use of disruptive design across sustainability and educational initiatives. Leyla was awarded 2016 Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Programme, and her 2013 mainstage TED talk that has collected over one million views is one of the most watched TED talks on sustainability.

In 2014, Leyla completed her PhD at RMIT in change-centric disruptive design and started developing the Disruptive Design Method, which is the backbone of her unique approach to design-led social change. She has won a host of awards for her work, was named one of Melbourne’s 100 Most Influential People, and has been forging positive change through creative practice in multiple ways for over a decade. Her systems-based thinking coupled with her highly-skilled communication techniques is featured in several publications, including the New York Times.

Leyla is the founder of two design agencies, Disrupt Design in New York and Melbourne-based Eco Innovators, as well as the UnSchool, her uniquely rebellious experimental knowledge lab that is all about disrupting the mainstream way that knowledge is gained and shared. It runs innovative pop-up programs around the world and recently won a CORE77 Design Education Initiative Award. With Leyla’s expertise at the helm, each of these operatives serve as multidisciplinary approaches to pioneering social and environmental change through design.

As a designer, her works such as Design Play Cards, Game Changer Game, Secret Life of Things, Designercise, and the AIGA Gender Equity Toolkit are at the forefront of activated experience design. She has authored several handbooks for change makers and continues to agitate for new ways of solving complex social problems through beautifully designed interventions. Leyla’s creative work is highly acclaimed, having been featured in a permanent exhibition in the Leonardo di Vinci museum in Milan and earning commissions from the National Gallery of Victoria.

She is an internationally respected keynote speaker and trusted expert, having led thousands of hours of workshops, lectures, activations, and educational experiences around the world. Leyla was a visiting scholar at NYU and an Innovator in Residence at the Center for Social Innovation NYC. She was also an invited Artist in Residence with Autodesk and managed the development of ‘Greenfly,’one of the first online life cycle assessment tools for designers. Leyla is regularly invited to provide her professional opinions on radio and TV, having been a regular judge on the ABC TV show The New Inventors, along with a host of international programs.

Filed Under: Podcasting, The Flywheel Podcast Tagged With: community, connection, Design, design thinking, disruption, entrepreneurship, people centered business, sustainability

TFP-020 Liminal Thinking – Dave Gray

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How do we begin to understand another point of view so that we can create and embrace change?

Dave Grey - Liminal ThinkingCreating change is difficult. It requires us to think differently and be open to new possibilities and different views of reality. But this is not easy because we have our own beliefs that to us are 100% true and correct. Yet others have their own set of beliefs that are 100% true and correct to them. So how can we possibly create any sort of change, be it settling an argument with your spouse, convincing your team on a new direction with your company, or even selling a solution to a client?

In this episode, my guest Dave Gray and I unpack some of these questions and ideas in an hour long discussion on some interesting ways to use something called Liminal Thinking.

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Links from episodeLiminal Thinking BookLiminal Thinking Book

Liminal Thinking – The book website

Dave Gray’s Personal Blog – XPLANR

Design Consultancy – XPLANE

Two Waves Books – Use discount code XPLANE to get 20% off Liminal Thinking

Guest

Dave GreyDave Gray is a leader and manager with a background in design. He has worked with many of the world’s largest companies, as well as mid-sized businesses, startups, executives, and individuals.

He is the founder of XPLANE, a strategic design consultancy, and co-founder of Boardthing, a collaboration platform for distributed teams.

He is the author of two books on design, change, and innovation: Gamestorming: A playbook for innovators, rule-breakers and changemakers; and The Connected Company.

His area of focus is the human side of change and innovation, specifically: How can you get people to adopt new ideas? How can you win their hearts and minds? How can you get people, including yourself, to change deeply embedded habits and behaviors? How can you transform a business strategy from a good idea to a living fact in the real world?

Filed Under: Podcasting, The Flywheel Podcast Tagged With: authenticity, creativity, Design, design thinking, entrepreneurship, liminal thinking, people centered business

TFP-019 Building a People-Centered Business- Jeb Banner

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Are you building a people-centered business?

Ask any business owner or CEO,  Who the most important people in their business are, and most will say “the customer is of course.”

But what if we refocus that lens and make our employees and colleagues most important?  What happens when we create a business that gives meaning to our employees? How will they interact differently with customers and how does that affect the bottom line?

Listen in to this episode where I talk with Jeb Banner the CEO of Small Box creative agency.

Jeb BannerJeb Banner CEO, Co-Founder of Small Box

Jeb was born in Chicago but moved to South Bend, Indiana when he was 6. Childhood was spent fidgeting at school, raising tadpoles in pools while building go-karts and tree forts in the rain.

Growing up it seemed that starting a business was the furthest thing from Jeb’s mind. After graduating with an English degree from IU in 1996, Jeb moved to Chicago to live in a ballroom with some friends, work odd jobs and play music. This lost weekend turned into a two-year stretch that brought Jeb to Indianapolis in 1998.

Finally the business bug bit. In 1999, Jeb discovered eBay. A few months and a large record collection later and StuffE was launched. It should be noted that said record collection also inaugurated Jeb’s record collecting habit which he has yet to kick. His vinyl collection clocks in around 3000 albums. After building StuffE into a mildly successful eBay consignment business he partnered with Dan Ripley to launch Antique Helper, an online auction house that married Dan’s knowledge and network with Jeb’s online auction systems.

In the meantime, Jeb and fellow Antique Helper employee Joe Downey collaborated on building Musical Family Tree, an online archive of Indiana music, which was founded in January of 2004. By the end of 2005, Antique Helper had grown into a successful business with $3 million in annual sales, but Jeb decided it was time to move on. Antiques were fun but the internet was calling.

In 2006 Jeb and Joe founded SmallBox, landing NUVO Newsweekly as their first client. As the company grew it moved beyond websites to become a fully integrated web marketing company. In early 2012, Jeb began to lead the company towards deeper consulting engagements, working with clients on organizational health issues. 2016 has seen a transition to what the SmallBox team calls 3.0. In essence, a quest to turn work into play and help clients do the same. Learn about this new direction here.

Jeb is very happily married to the amazing Jenny Banner and they have three strong, smart and bold girls. They live about 4 miles north of Broad Ripple with 2 cats, 1 dog, and 1 tiki bar.

Small Box Website

Twitter: @jebbanner

Personal Blog: www.jebbanner.com

SmallBox is a creative agency focused on helping clients find opportunities, solve big, fuzzy challenges, and build meaningful employee, brand and service experiences. We take a people-centered approach to designing solutions with you. Our services, from branding to strategic consulting to employee engagement, all speak to one goal: partnering with people to create distinctive and meaningful experiences. We thrive on curiosity, courage, collaboration and persistence, and these core values drive everything we do.

Filed Under: Podcasting, The Flywheel Podcast Tagged With: authenticity, creativity, Design, entrepreneurship, Ideal Customers, people centered business, relationships

TFP-005 Clothing Design-Embracing Change-Kids-and Business

On being a mother of twins and running a creative freelance design business.

There are a lot of freelancers that are always working to balance work and time at home with kids. It can be especially challenging if your work is creative.  There really is not one solution that works for everyone but we can learn some insight from how others are managing. One common thread with small business owners is the mindset of embracing change.

A Conversation with a Clothing DesignerClothing Designers Work Table-Marissa Borelli

In this episode I talk with activewear designer Marissa Borelli Casellini. We talked about how she goes about designing activewear and how she embraces change. From selecting fabrics to sketching out ideas.

  • How the design process starts
  • Why she starts with material first
  • Where she looks for inspiration
  • The pull of her work and being a mother
  • Whats in the future for Marissa, She shares a big goal that keeps her focus on the types of work she takes on.

Integration of Work and Family Life

How she has figured out how to integrate her work into being with her young children. How she is able to be much more productive and creative as a mother because of her limited time.

How do you work?

Do you have a creative business and kids? Please leave a comment below and lets have a conversation.

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Marissa Borelli or Borelli DesignMarissa Borelli wears the many hats of active lifestyle consultant, apparel designer and blogger with ease. Given her sky-high energy, passion for travel and fashion, and frequent habit of completing races, it’s no wonder. Marissa draws from a deep well of education and professional experience when advising clients and developing her own innovative products.

She is a graduate of the prestigious Parsons School of Design in New York City. Before attending Parsons, Marissa excelled as an undergraduate at UCLA, in addition to playing volleyball for the nationally ranked women’s varsity team. During her time at UCLA, Marissa studied fashion design and Renaissance architecture at the renowned Lorenzo de Medici University in Florence, Italy.

Marissa’s fascination with combining fashion and athletics led her to work for companies such as Lululemon Athletica, Ralph Lauren, Swiss Army Victorinox, K-Active by Kerri Walsh and Green Apple Active. In 2011, she founded her own line of activewear, BORELLI Design.

When she’s not helping clients build healthy brands, Marissa competes in half marathons and triathlons. She also loves to travel, bake for neighbors, and practice yoga. With an aesthetic that could be described as global, energetic and modern, Marissa brings a fresh and innovative approach to the active lifestyle market. Learn more about Marissa and her work here

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