PauseFest Panel - Design in the Boardroom - Episode 2 - Better Future Podcast

Welcome to the Better Future Podcast: Design in the Boardroom series. As part of this series, we will be releasing 40 podcasts over 40 days. From field recordings to live panels with global design giants, the Design in the Boardroom series will discuss how boards are leveraging design to accelerate economic outcomes – in other words, how design is being managed up, down and across organisations.

This episode is a panel session recorded live at Pause Fest, it's a panel of experts without a safety net that talks frankly about design in the boardroom. Have a listen to hear our esteemed panelists discuss all things enterprise design, from being an effective company director, making responsible executive decisions, encouraging the boardroom to operationalise design practice and thinking and balancing regulation and performance, to distinguishing between designers in organisations vs. design in organisations, leveraging language to connect with your audience and applying design for its greatest effect.

Panelists include:

Laura Anderson, International Company Director, Entrepreneur and Global Philanthropist - Website, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter

Kirsten Mann, VP Product Experience, Construction & Engineering Global Business Unit, Oracle - LinkedIn, Instagram

Harriet Wakelam, Director Design Centre, IAG - LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter

Andrew Hoyne, Founding Principle of Hoyne, publisher of The Place Economy - Website, LinkedIn, Instagram

Intro music - Stephanie John - Berlin