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Cloudbusting Podcast


Jul 30, 2019

Every IT organisation in the world is concerned about its ability to innovate fast enough. In this episode, Jez and Dave are joined by designer, Matthew Cockerill to discuss how Design Thinking can help organisations evolve and disrupt.

Do Innovation Officers & Innovation Labs work? Should everybody be an innovator? Does Tom Selleck's moustache happen by accident?

Listen to Cloudbusting to hear the answer to these questions and more.

00:00 - Introductions

03:16 - News - How to be an edgy CIO

12:28 - Cloudy Cliffhanger Question

19:35 - Deep Dive - Innovation & Design Thinking

21:15 - What is Design Thinking and why is it becoming more important?

23:44 - How does DT apply when designing a physical product? 

26:52 - Understand opportunities for innovation that are outside of your lane

29:06 - What role does agility play in ensuring innovation?

32:17 - How does DT help explore purpose and identity in an organisation?

34.27 - The difference between a ‘pilot’ and ‘Minimum Viable Product’

38:04 - Should everybody innovate?

42:38 - Cloudy Cliffhanger Answer

46:15 - Ten Second Recommendations