Silas Amos talks about cheering the world up with ink, remixing design, brand truths and lies
Silas Amos joins Ivan Pols and Alex Mecklenburg to discuss truth and spectacle in design.
Truth & Spectacle Press Release - March 2019
Founded against a belief that creativity and innovation have to be rooted in an organisational truth to be effective, Truth & Spectacle’s mission is to help businesses drive their own creativity, because creativity drives business.
Alex Mecklenburg on maintenance and why we need better stories
Jen McArther from Festival of Maintenance has interviewed Alex in the preparation for their 2019 Festival. It’s a great summation of her talk from last year.
Creativity is dead! Long live create!
I believe we could do with less narrow minded rhetoric about who owns creativity and concentrate more on how we’re going to create.
Creating a User Experience for Everyone
Ivan was invited to talk at the Interact UX Conference which was held at The British Museum in October 2018. As the Creative Director of what3words he talked about the design journey, what they’ve learned and how they create a system for everyone to use with voice. You can watch the talk here.
Maintenance vs Innovation
Calen Cole at Stripe Partners does a neat blog post about the Festival of Maintenance and the roles of maintenance and innovation.
City Hall Digital Leadership
Alex has been hard at work with DotEveryone and London City Hall on their digital leadership programme. She's having a fantastic time working with people who really care about leading with digital understanding and responsibility.
Female Founders Program at PwC
Alex was recently a coach and speaker at PwC's first Female Founders Programme. Partnering with Blooming Founders its designed to help startups scale in the B2B space.
Innovation obstacles and their simple solutions
What are the most common barriers to innovation in large companies? According to a survey of 270 corporate leaders they are: politics, turf wars, and a lack of alignment; cultural issues; inability to act on signals crucial to the future of the business; lack of budget; and lack of the right strategy or vision — in that order.
Ten things about digital transformation by 10 Digital Ladies
Over and over again we see digital programmes failing to deliver real, meaningful change. 10 Digital Ladies decided to ask why, and what could be done differently at our meetup Why it’s time digital grew up: transformation beyond easy answers.
Experience is everything
A wonderfully in-depth study about the future of customer experience by PwC.
Digital transformation is a very human process
Up to 84% of digital transformation projects fail to deliver their expected benefits…and it is no secret.
