A doughnut cooked up in Oxford will guide Amsterdam out of the economic mess left by the coronavirus pandemic. While straining to keep citizens safe in the Dutch capital, municipality officials and th
The Burnout List January 8, 2020 I am a man who knows burnout. Last summer, I found myself in the deepest work-related hole I’ve experienced. I spent some time (with help) looking at what parts of my
Recently, a long-term client of mine sent me an email with the question below (scrubbed for anonymity) after we’d spent close to a year together building a set of objectives and key results (OKRs) for
01. One’s and Zero’s Fuse 👩🏽💻 The physical and virtual blur, making distinctions both uncanny and archaic Physical & Digital Blend — Frog Blended Realities — Twitter Digital Twins — Gartner Digital T
Over the past decade “freemium”—a combination of “free” and “premium”—has become the dominant business model among internet start-ups and smartphone app developers. Users get basic features at no cost
Scandinavians have it all. Universal public healthcare and education that is the envy of the world. Reasonable working hours with plenty of paid vacation. They have some of the highest levels of happi
In a grandiose 1930s building on the banks of the Seine in Paris, 150 French citizens chosen at random had gathered. Ranging from 16-year-old school pupils to carers, shuttle-bus drivers and retired r
Which personal action has the strongest impact on reducing the CO2 footprint of an average American or German? Turns out this question is surprisingly difficult to answer for most of us. And what are
Recently Netflix has been testing the option of letting viewers watch prerecorded programming at 1.5x speed (a feature that already exists on YouTube) so that users can consume more content in less ti
neuroscience To Pay Attention, the Brain Uses Filters, Not a Spotlight September 24, 2019 A brain circuit that suppresses distracting sensory information holds important clues about attention and othe
Sign up to never miss a drop As this year winds down we’ve recapped its highlights to bring you the best of 2018 in fashion, sneakers, music, movies and more. In 2018, with sci-fi epic 2001: A Space O
Founders create startups for all sorts of reasons. Often, the motivation is a mix between the founders’ desires to do well for themselves and to do something worthwhile for others. Dreams of greatness
Im Juli hat Tim Jackson in dem Aufsatz Zero Carbon Sooner—The case for an early zero carbon target for the UK begründet, warum Großbritannien wesentlich früher als—wie derzeit geplant—bis 2050 CO2-neu
The warmer it gets, the more people crank up the air conditioning (AC). In fact, AC is booming in nations across the world: it’s predicted that around two thirds of the world’s households could have a
For two centuries the left was understandably relaxed about time. The arrow of time, which in nature produces complex systems out of simple ones, had replaced feudalism with capitalism, the proletaria
Welches politische System verarbeitet die Daten der Bürger für die Bürger besser: Demokratie oder Diktatur? Der israelische Historiker Yuval Noah Harari zählt zu den Vordenkern der Digitalisierung. Je
W HEN BEN VAN BEURDEN was a boy in the Netherlands, one of his chores was to fill the coal scuttle. It was a hateful task—especially in the cold weather when he had to traipse out to a shed in the bac
Im letzten Jahr sind für mich zwei Entwicklungen wichtig geworden, die selten miteinander in Verbindung gebracht werden: das Engagement für Postwachstum, Degrowth oder Décroissance, und die IndieWeb -
N icht überall, wo Transformation in Leuchtbuchstaben draufsteht, ist auch Transformation drin. Es beginnt mit irrigen Annahme, mit Agilität ließe sich die Mitarbeiterleistung w
On the Utility Fallacy May 6th, 2019 · 24 comments Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pexels A few years ago, I wrote an article for the Harvard Business Review’s website about the excesses of email cul
Game of Thrones, in its eighth and final season, is as big as television gets these days. More than 17 million people watched the season’s opening. Judging by the fan and critic reaction though, it se
I own three pairs of noise-canceling headphones. Two go over my ears, enveloping them in cozy tombs of silence. One pair consists of earbuds, one of which I jam into my ear to block out the world while I use my other ear for phone interviews. Besides the noise-canceling kind, I have headphones for…
An introductory guide to handoff responsive mobile layouts Back in my day *adjusts glasses* designers had to take development classes and red line all of our files by hand! Now with nifty tools like Z
A crafted balance of brand essence and science Too often digital designers are required to move fast and details are forgotten. Hopefully we can all agree that handing off a text box centered within a
A journalist makes a video of the Instagram logo using the new video feature at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez (AP) The only good social network is evidently to
I n August 2016 I went to New York for the first time. On the second evening, as the sun slipped behind the building across the street, I was sitting on a long couch on the top floor of an old church.
Is it perfect timing or merely perverse to release a documentary promoting the design philosophy “Less, but better” during the holiday season? The opening moments of Gary Hustwit’s “Rams,” about Diete
Jenny Odell’s new book is not a self-help book. But with a title like How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (out April 9), the artist and writer understands (and doesn’t necessarily hate)
“It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work” by J. Fried and DDH As a general rule, to build something great is not about more hours and resources thrown at a problem, but less bullshit. I tended to believe
A few weeks back I was standing in a room facilitating a large ideation workshop. Mid-session I found myself thinking, I am not sure if I enjoy this . Walking out of that workshop, I told myself that
In March 2009, Uber was born. Over the next few years, the company became not just a disruptive, controversial transportation company, but a model for dozens of venture-funded companies. Its name beca
T o note that the “techlash” – our rude and abrupt awakening to the mammoth powers of technology companies – is gaining force by the month is to state the obvious. Amazon’s sudden departure from New Y
Design System Structure Published July 17, 2017 “If you wish to make apple pie from scratch, you must first invent theuniverse.” —Carl Sagan We’ve come a long way in this theoretical exploration of an
The less-obvious ways design sprints help our clients and our design business It’s shocking to realize that I’ve been involved with Product and UX Design for the better part of 15 years. It started wi
The answer to this question has profound implications for those who design and facilitate workshops, and participative gatherings such unconferences, World Cafés, and Open Space, Future Search and WholeScale ™ events. The answer: Four peopleSource: Jaimie Krems and Jason WilkesRead moreFive…
The creators of a revolutionary AI system that can write news stories and works of fiction – dubbed “deepfakes for text” – have taken the unusual step of not releasing their research publicly, for fea
By Mariana Mazzucato | @MazzucatoM Mariana Mazzucato at the World Economic Forum 2019 in Davos One year ago, Larry Fink, the CEO of Blackrock, wrote a letter to 500 CEOs asking them to rethink their s
This week, Gillette joined the noble ranks of Purposeful Brands with a new ad . It suggested that a decent chap should call out toxic masculinity where he sees it, which was something of a departure f
Subatomic Design Systems Published January 5, 2018 The following theory of “Subatomic Design Systems” is loosely based on anamalgam of existing design system theories and programming architectureappro
Casting Graphite in Gold Published June 2, 2017 I’ve spent a number of years oscillating between both sides of theDesigner-Engineer spectrum, improvising, learning, and faltering along the way.My expe
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