What’s the top skill the Australian Institute of Company Directors recommends company directors have? Curiosity! “Directors must have a deep inquisitive nature. The job of governing involves processing an enormous amount of information, often of a very technical or specialist nature. Curiosity to extend beyond your own comfort zone is essential.” (source) Want to build […]
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Fearlessly Playful Episode 6: Julie Trell, Human API and Head of Telstra’s Startup Accelerator, muru-D
In this final episode of Fearlessly Playful (in its current incarnation, stay tuned for some big announcements coming in 2020!), I speak with Julie Trell, head of Telstra’s startup accelerator program, muru-D and the Australian lead of SheEO, a radical new way to invest focussing on women-led ventures. We talk about Julie’s international journey beginning in the US and ending […]
Fearlessly Playful Episode 5: Lawrence Crumpton, Microsoft’s HoloLens and Mixed Reality Evangelist
In this special second last episode of Fearlessly Playful in its current form (big announcements coming soon!), I speak with Microsoft’s HoloLens and mixed reality evangelist, Lawrence Crumpton. I caught up with Lawrence after his keynote at XR:WA (which is probably Australia’s biggest immersive reality festival which I’m super proud to be one of the producers of) on the […]
Mixed reality Skype and other glimpses into the future
I got to try the just released Hololens 2 at the Unity Industry Summit in Sydney! It feels like actual magic and has all the things I wanted that were missing from the first Hololens. It’s way more immersive and the field of view is way bigger and the interface is way more usable and […]
Dark patterns and light design
“Facebook frequently tries to manipulate its users’ feelings to get them to behave how it wants.“ This morning I’m feeling curious about dark pattern design… or how designers use emotion, distraction and other techniques to get users to do things they don’t really want to do. It was what inspired the Light Phone – a dark design free […]
September LEGO® Serious Play® lunch and learn sessions
I’ve blown away by the power of the Lego Serious Play methodology as a human-level tool for strategy, innovation, understanding customers, co-design and future thinking in a way that is radically inclusive. I even wrote about it in my Business News column a few months back. So, last month I finally took the leap and did Lego Serious Play Facilitator Certification with […]