In conversation with Liam Bannon, Professor Emeritus, and founder of the Interaction Design Centre at the University of Limerick.In this episode we talk about Mick Cooley and his legacy. Mike Cooley, from Tuam, Co. Galway, an engineer, academic, trade unionist, socialist, an activist and change agent. As a commentator on labour issues Mike was once a familiar voice in the Irish media, sought for his views on contemporary workplace and labour issues. Mike Cooley – author or Architect or Bee, a manifesto for designing for human use, was an engineer at Lucas aerospace. Throughout his career he sought ways to improve the work we do, to empower workers, to work better, to augment human ability and skills. For Cooley, real workplace transformation occurs as a kind of partnership between designer and worker, rather than by instrumental substitution of human roles by software, robots, or technologies. An organisation’s goal instead should be to augment human ability by improving the technologies we employ, and authentic innovation arises as a consequence of human-centered, collaborative and collective design processes.AcknowledgementsMusic Title: ImpulseArtist: Ben PruntySource: https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben Prunty (personal letter)Cover Art Title: Aharoni 88 + Equalise Character HeightArtist: Allen HigginsSource: AudioStudio-Name.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I am delighted to be joined by Christina Phillips, the founder and force behind the Business Analytics Educators Forum.Christina is a senior lecturer in business analytics at Liverpool John Moores University and has worked in applied scienced research for industry.· To start, can you tell us a little about your own background and your perspective on data analytics?o How is analytics being used in industry?o Is data analytics an intrinsic part of academic research?· What was the motivation behind starting the Business Analytics Educators Forum, the BAEF?· Does it tie into your own research interests?o Are there connections between problem-structuring methods and systems methods like soft systems, design thinking, others?o Can you talk about the idea of ‘human-centric analytics’?o I’ve heard you say, “there’s nothing better than wallowing in data”. · Can you share the kinds of must-have tech in your toolbox? Your ‘go to’ tools for analysing data? · To close out the interview... Do you have a favorite science or data podcast or video channel, or geeky secret? Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for sharing your ideas with us today.A video version of this episode is published on the Business Analytics Educators Forum’s YouTube channel at: https://youtu.be/THth52iN6oQAcknowledgementsMusic Title: Guitar HouseArtist: josh pan (2020)Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL-LId8ZWBMLicense: License CC BY 3.0Cover Art Title: Complex collaboration for BAEFArtist: Nuno Machado and Allen HigginsSource: vignette_version.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests: Ciaran Treanor and Cormac Ó Foghlú Hosts: Rujuta Sandeep Kulkarni and Allen Higgins -----OPENING -----[Rujuta]Welcome to the Design Talk podcast.We are joined today by Ciaran Treanor, Sonalake’s CTOand Cormac Ó Foghlú, VP Operations at Sonalake.First, could I ask you both, to tell us a little about yourselves, before we talk about Sonalake?Some general questions we might ask if needed to keep the conversation going:1. Can you brief us more about Sonalake?2. Is it difficult to bring contractors into the fold?3. What is the level of involvement you expect clients to have over the lifetime of the project?4. So initial start versus now in the context of trust how as Sonalake and the business development approach changed?5. There is porosity in the working from home environment. The organizations are very poros. Do you think this creates a security threat? Does this create a risk for client and data confidentiality?6. Do you think remote working is the future especially when Ireland is looking to make “Work from home” a permanent option legally?-----CLOSING-----[Rujuta]So, on that note…Ciaran and Cormac, we would like to thank you for making time in your busy schedules to talk to us today.And for giving us an inside view of client engagement models, software development and your perspective on services as a team sport. Acknowledgements:Music by Ivan Spiek (with Permission)Cover Art created by Rujuta Kulkarni and Allen Higgins. Clipart images and design elements using Canva https://www.canva.com/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In conversation: Allen Higgins and Anabela SoaresI am delighted to be joined today by Anabela Da Silva Filipe Soares. Anabela is a Senior Lecturer in Strategy & Operations Management at the University of the West of England and a member of the Business Analytics Educators Forum.· To start, Analytics educators come from all kinds of professions. Can you share a little about your own background and your perspective on data analytics?· How is analytics used in your original profession’s day-to-day work? [e.g. accounting, sociology, psychology, marketing, economics, engineering, computing, medical specialism, etc.]· And how is analytics used in academic research?· Can you talk a little about how academic research differs from industry research?· How does analytics influence research design?· What do people mean by “good quality data”? How do you produce good quality data?· As a self-declared 'questionnaire geek' can you share three tips for someone designing a questionnaire?· To close out the interview... What are your favorite podcasts or video channels? · And, can you share a geeky secret? Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for sharing your ideas with us today.A video version of this episode was first published on the Business Analytics Educators Forum’s YouTube channel at: https://bit.ly/3Xgh2MzAcknowledgementsMusic Title: Guitar HouseArtist: josh pan (2020)Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL-LId8ZWBMLicense: License CC BY 3.0Cover Art Title: Complex collaboration for BAEFArtist: Nuno Machado and Allen HigginsSource: vignette_version.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts: Allen HigginsI am very pleased to welcome Musa Afandiyev, former founder/director of Ağıllı Nağıllar, a creative agency based in Baku, Azerbaijan, now studying for a PhD at UCD.· So, Musa, could you say a few words by way of introduction and how you got into the creative agency business?· How does Creative agency business fit with Marketing agencies, PR, Media, and Advertising?· People talk about the need for digital clusters and partner ecosystems for creative industries, do you think digital agencies benefit from being around each other, even if they compete for the same work?· In your opinion, what size organisation best fits the creative agency space?· If smaller is better, how do you scale up when you need to?· As an entrepreneur yourself, what qualities do you look for in others to indicate entrepreneurial potential?Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for talking with us and sharing your experiences.NOTES:https://www.linkedin.com/in/musaeffendi/AcknowledgementsMusic Title: Voltaic FluctuationsArtist: Ben PruntySource: https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben PruntyCover Art Title: Complex collageArtist: Allen HigginsSource: vignette_version.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.