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September 5, 2023 In About Design Sojourn, Articles, Design Leadership

ESC and Design Sojourn’s Innovating for Sustainability Programme Offers Grant Support for Singaporean Companies

ESC, the leading sustainability consultancy in Asia, and Design Sojourn, a renowned design thinking and innovation consultancy, have partnered to launch the Innovating for Sustainability Programme (ISP). This new programme aims to help Singaporean companies capture new innovative business opportunities and enhance their capabilities in

November 9, 2022 In Articles, Design Leadership

Fintech uses Design but not in the way it should

I was honoured to be invited last Friday (4th Nov 2022) to speak at the Singapore Fintech Festival's Talent Pavilion organised by our partner WSG (Workforce Singapore). I shared why Fintech needs Design. But before I get into that, let me share a few of

August 10, 2022 In About Design Sojourn, Articles, Design Leadership

Lens International Design Conference 2022 Keynote: Redesigning Design

I am honoured to be invited by Shih Chien University College of Design to give a keynote speech during their Lens International Design Conference 2022 on January 7th 2022. In the conference The Lens, design is interpreted as a multi-perspective lens that transforms all elements in

August 17, 2021 In About Design Sojourn

We are looking for Junior Experience Designers! (Closed)

The hiring for this position is now officially closed! Design Sojourn is a Design Led Innovation Consultancy that loves to inspire, impact and create better lives. We are currently looking for smart, dynamic, self-motivated Junior Experience Designers with strong verbal/written communication skills and a natural inclination in

October 8, 2020 In Design Clarity Podcasts, Design Leadership

Designing Clarity 03 – Did Apple just Disrupt Healthcare?

Did Apple just disrupt Healthcare? More specifically, Health Tech? I would say Healthcare is one of those industries ripe for innovation disruption. It is a mature industry lead by large slow-moving organisations, that have been around forever. They have built their equivalent of the Great Wall

September 21, 2020 In Design Clarity Podcasts

Designing Clarity 02 – Maish Nichani – The Digitisation Tipping Point

Finally, episode 2 of the Designing Clarity Podcast is here! Sorry, it took a while as there was a lot of editing required due to signal dropouts and tech failures. We hope to improve our workflow and get it more streamlined for the next one. COVID-19

August 25, 2020 In Design Clarity Podcasts

Designing Clarity 01 – Alrick Dorett – Captaining Yourself and Your Ship

Bam! Here comes the real first episode. The famous military strategist Sun Tzu said: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also

August 24, 2020 In Design Clarity Podcasts

Designing Clarity – A Podcast Series for Innovating and Designing Your New Normal

I am very excited to share the launch of my first podcast series with you! My team and I have not blogged much this year. We could not figure out the best format to get our thoughts across to you. We are not even sure if blogging is

November 4, 2019 In Design Process

The Design Thinking Process Paradox

Designers or Design Thinkers often like to think that they require a certain level of “freedom” to allow their creativity to flourish. Indeed, the best ideas come when the mind is free from distractions: particularly in places like the shower or when you are just

August 14, 2018 In Articles, Design Leadership, Design Process

2 Approaches to Design and 4 Rules for Understanding Humans

I get this all the time. Whenever we talk about Design Thinking's user-centered approach to finding opportunities and understanding your customer better, someone always reminds me that one of the worlds most successful company (in my humble opinion), Apple, does not do market or user research. Similarly,

February 23, 2017 In Articles, Design Leadership

Is Your Business Ready for Innovation?

Some of you might be familiar with the Diffusion of Innovation. It is a theory that seeks to explain how new ideas and technology spread and is typically used to explain consumers’ adoption of technology. Through our course of work, we’ve come to realise this

March 30, 2015 In About Design Sojourn

What is the Design Agency of the Future?

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The last 6 months had been a busy time for the team at Design Sojourn. So I have to apologize for the limited updates on this blog. One thing I am happy to announce is that we

November 21, 2014 In Design Leadership

When is Design Led Innovation Not Right for You?

We always want the best for our clients, so one of our key business tenets is teach our client's to fish. You know the old saying, "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed

November 6, 2014 In Design Leadership

Implementing Design Thinking 4: It is a Full Time Activity!

This happens all the time. After a game-changing workshop, where a whole host of innovative ideas underpinned by ethnographic research get plotted on an actionable plan, I call back a few months later to find out that

August 25, 2014 In Design Leadership, Industrial Design

Using Design to Build a Great Brand

Robert Brunner (the man more commonly known as the person who hired Jonathan Ives) has achieved something that I always hope to achieve with the clients I work with. He has helped a fledging company build an awesome brand and thrive in a competitive market thought

June 12, 2014 In Design Leadership

Disruptive and Incremental Innovation go Hand in Hand.

If you disrupt and can’t sustain, you don’t win. - Gary Pisano Gary Pisano, in his article: In Defense of Routine Innovation, argues that the world is so caught up with disruptive innovation that we forget that most of the profit from innovation "does not

May 16, 2014 In About Design Sojourn, Design Leadership, Design Process, Industrial Design

Next to the Skin Technology Showcase: The Process

As you may know from our last post, we worked with ETPL (the technology transfer arm of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore) to develop 10 wearable prototypes for the Next to the Skin Technology Showcase. What was

May 7, 2014 In About Design Sojourn, Industrial Design

Next to the Skin : 8 Weeks, 10 Wearable Concept Designs and Everything Else in Between!

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I'm super excited to share that tomorrow marks the launch of one of the biggest projects we have led and worked on to date. In partnership with ETPL, we brought to

April 25, 2014 In Design Leadership

This is why Large Corporations need to INNOVATE or DIE

In the recent months two significant technological driven disruptive events have happen that could bring about the downfall of two of Singapore's largest corporations. Singtel, or Singapore Telecoms, is the first and biggest Telco (they own all the infrastructure) and Comfort one of the

April 9, 2013 In Articles, Design Leadership, Design Process

Anthropology of Television

The following guest post is written by Maurice McGinley, a friend and former colleague at Philips Design. While some of the points might be a little outdated, this post showcases a methodology of Design Research and Design Led Innovation that is practiced in companies

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ESC and Design Sojourn’s Innovating for Sustainability Programme Offers Grant Support for Singaporean Companies

Fintech uses Design but not in the way it should

Lens International Design Conference 2022 Keynote: Redesigning Design

We are looking for Junior Experience Designers! (Closed)

Designing Clarity 03 – Did Apple just Disrupt Healthcare?

Designing Clarity 02 – Maish Nichani – The Digitisation Tipping Point

Designing Clarity 01 – Alrick Dorett – Captaining Yourself and Your Ship

Designing Clarity – A Podcast Series for Innovating and Designing Your New Normal

The Design Thinking Process Paradox

2 Approaches to Design and 4 Rules for Understanding Humans

Is Your Business Ready for Innovation?

What is the Design Agency of the Future?

When is Design Led Innovation Not Right for You?

Implementing Design Thinking 4: It is a Full Time Activity!

Using Design to Build a Great Brand

Disruptive and Incremental Innovation go Hand in Hand.

Next to the Skin Technology Showcase: The Process

Next to the Skin : 8 Weeks, 10 Wearable Concept Designs and Everything Else in Between!

This is why Large Corporations need to INNOVATE or DIE

Anthropology of Television

ESC and Design Sojourn’s Innovating for Sustainability Programme Offers Grant Support for Singaporean Companies

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