Naked Ambition Podcast
May 6, 2020
Building culture, collaboration and designing new futures at Google
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In this episode we speak with Kai Haley Head of Design Relations at Google, which supports design excellence for designers and developers building on Google's platforms. Kai was also one of the founders and leads of the Google Sprint Master Academy, where she has trained over 800 Sprint Masters to drive innovation across Google’s diverse product areas. We cover: - How Google use design sprints to explore 'Moonshot' ideas - Cultivating an experimentation mindset and what she looks for in new hires - Collaborating with designers and developers across Google platforms - How Kai and her team have trained over 800 people in the design sprint methodology - Plus the trends we should be watching
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Mar 8, 2023
How MCEC innovated new modes of working and service offerings in the post-pandemic event industry
In our latest ‘How They Did It’ podcast episode we speak with the Senior Manager of Innovation at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), Katie Tinetti. Taking a huge hit to the events industry during the Covid Pandemic, MCEC were forced to develop creative solutions to presenting events. In a new era of innovation and collaboration in the events industry, we discuss MCEC’s recent innovation journey and Katie’s personal experience with Design Thinking, including:
• Rethinking how to do business in a hybrid environment and using this as an opportunity to adopt Agile working
• How MCEC are overcoming resource shortages, staff fluctuations and competing priorities in a post-covid world
• Working collaboratively with internal and external partners and the importance of building strong relationships with stakeholders
• The future of innovation at MCEC and how they’re building an innovative, future-focused centre in Geelong
• How Katie’s out of the box thinking landed her current role, and her
advice for people starting their own innovation journey
Katie is an experienced events specialist who has worked in the industry for over a decade. Currently the Senior Manager of Innovation at MCEC, she has also recently been appointed as Senior Manager (Commercial Lead) of the new Geelong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Focused on creativity and collaboration, Katie is passionate about business transformation and creating an impactful customer experience.
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Feb 22, 2023
How MDHS is transforming the patient experience to deliver better health outcomes to their community
In our latest ‘How They Did It’ episode we speak with Maryborough District Health Service (MDHS)’s CEO, Nickola Allan, and Director of Infrastructure, Technology & Experience and Deputy CEO, David Edwards. An exciting new era for healthcare in the Maryborough community, Nickola and David have recently led MDHS through a period of significant organisational change, while overseeing a $100 million redevelopment project, due for completion in 2025.
We discuss:
• The approach the MDHS team took to understand patient and carer’s experiences, and the simple fixes that are making a big difference to ‘change the healthcare story’ at Maryborough Hospital and in the community
• Using the mantra of “appropriate care, appropriate place” to innovate new solutions for primary care patients
• The importance of customer service in the health industry and consistency in providing care and kindness to community members
• The strategic steps David & Nickola took to enhance staff experience and wellbeing in the wake of Covid-19
• Advice for leaders tackling organisational change, and the necessity of investing in your people and taking risks in innovation
As CEO of MDHS, Nickola Allan is excited to be playing a leading role in changing the healthcare story for communities in regional Victoria. With more than 20 years’ experience in public health in both metropolitan and rural health services, she has developed expertise in patient safety, risk management and improving outcomes and systems to keep abreast of changing demographics, environments, and technology.
A strategic leader in regional health, David Edwards is committed to finding new and innovative ways to use patient, client, and staff experience stories to drive change in clinical and non-clinical systems. His current role provides him with the opportunity to deliver large scale transformation through consumer and employee collaboration, using experience-driven systems, co-design, and data to provide unique insights and drive improvement in health services and infrastructure.
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Follow David: linkedin.com/in/david-edwards-72bb50110
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Feb 8, 2023
How to de-risk ideas and save money with pretotyping
In our latest podcast episode, we speak with Leslie Barry, the Founder and Director of Exponentially, where he uses the Google-developed method for de-risking innovation and shortening product development cycles called “Pretotyping”.
In this super practical episode, we talk about
• The origins of pretotyping and why it is different from prototyping
• Key pretotyping techniques and how you can use them to test hypotheses before product builds
• The ethics of customer experimentation and best practices for product testing
• Stories from the field – when to use the technique, and when not to!
• The complexities of including cash for commitment and price point testing during the pretotyping phase
• The future of pretotyping and how you can ‘pretotype the pretotype’ to start using this methodology in your own customer research
Working in the innovation space for over a decade, Leslie has headed Innovation at ThoughtWorks and Sportsbet, built four startups, sold two, and guest lectures on experimentation and pretotyping at Stanford University. He has trained over 800 pretotypers and 150 start-up and scale-up founders across the world, run over 1000 pretotypes, and saved organisations over $25 million by not building the wrong 'it'.
Follow Leslie on Twitter & Linkedin: @LeslieCBarry https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliebarry/
Follow Exponentially on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/think-exponentially
Check out the Exponentially website: https://www.exponentially.com/about
Check out Rapidly Software: https://www.testrapidly.com/
Join the Slack channel: https://www.exponentially.com/join-the-community
Pretotyping Online Training: https://www.exponentially.com/online-training
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