Best Gerry McGovern Podcasts (2025)

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Betting on the Big Cat: Gerry McGovern on Jaguar’s big gamble 51:30

10d ago51:30

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In this episode of the Luxury Society Podcast, hosts Robin Swithinbank and David Sadigh speak with Gerry McGovern, Chief Creative Officer at Jaguar Land Rover, about Jaguar’s dramatic reinvention. With car sales paused and a controversial brand overhaul underway, McGovern explains why the future of Jaguar depends on embracing change—even if it mean…

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Hammer time: Bonham’s CEO Chabi Nouri on the booming auction scene 54:50

3d ago54:50

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In this episode, Robin Swithinbank is joined by Chabi Nouri, Global CEO of Bonhams and former CEO of Piaget, to explore the dynamic world of luxury auctions. From classic cars and contemporary art to collectible watches and rare artifacts, Bonhams operates across 60+ categories with an expanding global footprint. Chabi shares why she moved from pri…

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Turning tides: how to woo the new Chinese luxury consumer 31:11

17d ago31:11

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In this episode of the Luxury Society Podcast, hosts Robin Swithinbank and David Sadigh explore the rapidly evolving landscape of the Chinese luxury consumer market. Joined by Pablo Mauron, Managing Partner China & Board Member at DLG (Digital Luxury Group) and expert on luxury brands in China, the conversation delves into the shifting preferences …

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Dialogues not definitions: how Porsche doubled its business in a decade 46:37

24d ago46:37

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In this fourth episode of the Luxury Society Podcast, Robin Swithinbank and David Sadigh explore the remarkable rise of Porsche with rare insights from Deniz Keskin, Director of Brand Management and Partnerships, Porsche. Recorded at Soho House Summit at Soho Farmhouse in the UK’s cotswolds, the conversation reveals how the brand rejected rigid def…

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SUX EP 19 - "Changemakers" with Maria Giudice 1:10:17

1M ago1:10:17

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This time I had the honor to be joined by Maria Giudice. You probably know Maria for her books “Changemakers - How Leaders can Design Change” or “Rise of the DEO: Leadership by Design”. Maria and me met at the World Usability Congress in Graz last October and I am really happy to welcome her in the podcast now.. In our conversation we speak about h…

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Luxury in turmoil: how to survive the crisis 35:09

1M ago35:09

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In this third episode of the Luxury Society Podcast, Robin Swithinbank and David Sadigh discuss the ever-evolving world of luxury following Trump’s tariff announcements. Key topics include: LVMH’s Q1 Performance: Sales missed expectations with a 5% shortfall. Fashion & leather goods saw a 5% dip, and issues at their Texas site raise quality concern…

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Crowning glory: Watches of Switzerland Group keeps its eye on the throne as it opens Europe's largest Rolex boutique 58:20

2M ago58:20

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In this second episode of the Luxury Society Podcast, Robin Swithinbank and David Sadigh dive deep into the ever-evolving world of luxury as they are joined by Brian Duffy, CEO of Watches of Switzerland, who gives a rare behind-the-curtain view of Europe’s largest Rolex boutique, the state of global watch demand, and the future of luxury retail. In…

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Race Season: Can TAG Heuer’s F1 deal revive the Swiss watch industry? 44:51

2M ago44:51

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A very warm welcome to the very first episode of the Luxury Society Podcast, brought to you by DLG (Digital Luxury Group), hosted by Robin Swithinbank & David Sadigh. Together, we're going to be deep-diving into the world of luxury to try and figure out how it works, who is behind it, and just what brands and businesses need to do to be successful …

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Trailer: The Luxury Society Podcast 1:36

2M ago1:36

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Welcome to The Luxury Society Podcast, hosted by journalist Robin Swithinbank & David Sadigh, founder and CEO of DLG (Digital Luxury Group). In this podcast we’re going to be dissecting the brands, the businesses and the behaviours that make the luxury world go round. We will be bringing you exclusive insider conversations, data-driven insights, ex…

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SUX EP 18 - "World Wide Waste" with Gerry McGovern 1:23:59

3M ago1:23:59

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This time I had the honor to be joined by Gerry McGovern. Gerry is besides many things the author of the book World Wide Waste and well known for his work regarding digital sustainability and especially digital waste and e-waste. For me this was also really special because I relate to Gerry and his work pretty often in my talks. “Up to 90% of all d…

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SUX EP 17 - "We need to talk about water" with Laura Korčulanin 1:15:31

4M ago1:15:31

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Welcome to this episode of the SUX Podcast. This time I had the honor to be joined by Laura Korculanin from Lisbon. Laura is a Design anthropologist, a systems thinker and a water advocate, running her own company called give a shit. We met for the first time I think 3 years ago and what really stuck to me was how Laura already back then had dedica…

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SUX EP 16 - "Too Good To Go: No more food waste" with Chris Cassens 1:02:42

7M ago1:02:42

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For this episode of the SUX Podcast we had the honor to be joined by Chris Cassens. She is the Director of Product and Design Operations at Too Good to Go, this wonderful company that is fighting food waste by creating a marketplace for surplus food. We speak about how to design a service that helps to reduce food waste and about the special challe…

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SUX EP 15 - "A fossil-free Internet by 2030" with Hannah Smith 1:30:19

1y ago1:30:19

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For this episode of the SUX Podcast we were joined by Hannah Smith, who is the Director of Operations of the Green Web Foundation. We spoke about how to make the web fossil free until 2030, if we are on track here and how Designers, Developers and all professions need to join to work towards this goal. But we also spoke about the role of AI in all …

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SUX EP 14 - "AI and digital Sustainability" with Tom Greenwood 1:19:00

1y ago1:19:00

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This time we were joined by one of the long-time trailblazers of digital Sustainability - Tom Greenwood, Founder of Wholegrain Digital and Author of “Sustainable Webdesign”. We spoke about digital Sustainability, and how Tom’s Journey into it already began 2004. And we discussed the challenges of advocating for digital sustainability and where we a…

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SUX EP 13 - „Changing design towards a better world“ with Don Norman 1:20:47

1y ago1:20:47

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You most probably know our guest already. This time we had the honor to be joined by Don Norman, author of "Design of everyday things" or "Design for a better world" , Co-Founder of the Nielsen Norman Group, University Professor and so much more for many of us. We spoke about morning walks, elaborated on Humanity Centered Design and why Dons latest…

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SUX EP 12 - "Life-centered Design" with Damien Lutz 58:32

1+ y ago58:32

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You probably have heard of life-centered design or non-human personas. But, have you applied it to your work already? For this episode we were joined by Damien Lutz from Sydney, Australia, one of the most prominent voices and drivers of life-centered design as well as the author of the “Life-centered design guide” and the “Non-human persona guide”.…

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Ben Schwarz: Is 5G a good thing or not? 56:48

1+ y ago56:48

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Ben's career spans IT to telecoms and the evolving media landscape. With a foundation in IT at Logica for a decade, he transitioned to being the CTO of a pioneering music start-up at the peak of the internet revolution. His journey continued at Orange for almost another decade, where he played a pivotal role in the convergence of telecoms with the …

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Vitaly Friedman 51:46

1+ y ago51:46

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Web design has rarely taken the environment into account. Over the last decade, web pages have become ten times bigger, and up to 80% of the weight of a particular webpage can be waste—content and code that is not required for the page to function. Do web designers and developers simply not care? Vitaly Friedman believes that they do care but that …

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SUX EP 11 - Bonus: "Someone You" with Xhensila Reci 48:53

1+ y ago48:53

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This is a special bonus episode: It is Part 2 of our interview with Xhensila Reci. In the previous episode we spoke with Xhensila about Purpose Driven Design and its relation to Sustainability (--> Link). In this bonus episode we do the friendship book and speak about Xhensilas way into UX and to LEGO and we play together her wonderful card game “S…

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SUX EP 10 - "Purpose driven design" with Xhensila Reci 54:01

1+ y ago54:01

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Today we have something very special for you. Finally here it is: the lost episode. Last year we recorded this wonderful and extra long episode with Xhensila Reci from LEGO to speak about Purpose Driven Design. For several reasons, we did not manage to cut it and to decide if we should keep it this long, re-cut it, or make two episodes of it. Since…

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SUX EP 09 - Live: “Collaboration & cooperation as key for sustainability” 1:07:38

1+ y ago1:07:38

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SUX Podcast Live Episode: this is a recording of the panel discussion about “Collaboration & cooperation as key for sustainability” at the SUX Focus Event 01 A few weeks ago we launched our new event series: SUX Focus Events. The main idea of focus events is to collect a group of experts to discuss and deep dive into a certain topic in a panel disc…

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SUX EP 08 - "World Usability Day and a Usability Revolution" with Elizabeth Rosenzweig 1:13:49

1+ y ago1:13:49

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What has hiking in common with World Usability Day and Sustainability? In this episode we were joined by Elizabeth Rosenzweig, the founder and director of the World Usability Day. We spoke about how World Usability Day started, why it has a strong relation with Sustainability from the very beginning and what its relation to World Earth Day is. And …

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SUX EP 07 - "Cyborg-Centric Design" with Akos Csertan 1:02:52

1+ y ago1:02:52

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How do we design for a world that is no longer a world shaped by humans but non-human agents like corporations or the capital in general? Human centered design was created for the Anthropocene, and therefore falls short on the challenges of a post-anthropocene world. For this episode we met Akos Csertan from Budapest to discuss the challenges for d…

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Manuel Vexler: 5G: A symptom of the Growth Death Cult 42:03

1+ y ago42:03

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Manuel Vexler is the Executive Director at the Actionable Knowledge Foundational Institute (AKFI) and a Cornell Instructor and facilitator. He has a wealth of experience in leading and facilitating discussions on sustainability and digital transformation. Manuel believes that 5G doesn’t have a clear benefit and is rather a reflection of our growth-…

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SUX EP 06: "Make the World a better Place" with Robert Kozma 47:22

1+ y ago47:22

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How do we design services, products or experiences that make the world a better place? Today’s guest is Robert Kozma, the author of “Make the world a better place - Design with passion, purpose and values” and Emeritus Principal Scientist at SRI International. In a more and more complex world we need to adapt the way we design and refine our role a…

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Steven Gonzalez Monserrate 'Thirsty Data: Data Centers increasing impact on fresh water' 51:49

1+ y ago51:49

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Steven Gonzalez Monserrate is a postdoctoral researcher in the Fixing Futures research training group at Goethe University. As a graduate of MIT's History, Anthropology, Science, Technology & Society program, his dissertation project, "Cloud Ecologies", is an ethnography of data centers and their environmental impacts in the United States, Puerto R…

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SUX EP 05: "Women-Centric Design" with Mansi Gupta 1:10:11

2y ago1:10:11

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Have you ever wondered about the relation of sustainability and gender-equality, why it is so important and how our work as designers connects with it? In today's episode, we dive deep into the world of women-centric design—a powerful approach that takes into account the unique experiences and perspectives of women in the design process. And who be…

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SUX EP 04: "Endineering & Sustainability" with Joe Macleod 1:16:16

2y ago1:16:16

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Did you know what the ending of a customer relationship has to do with Sustainability? No? Well, than this episode is perfect for you: We had a very special and inspiring guest. The worlds first Endineer (yes, Endineer) Joe Macleod. Joe wrote two books about this topic and with his company AndEnd he works on how we design better endings of customer…

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Pietro Jarre ‘No such thing as sustainable mining’ 53:24

2y ago53:24

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Pietro Jarre has a doctorate in geotechnical engineering. He’s a specialist in geotechnical and environmental issues on waste rock deposits, mining infrastructures, landfills and brownfields. Since 2015, his focus is on the environmental and social impact of digital technologies. He’s founder of Sloweb association, something I’d highly recommend ch…

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Perk Pomeyie 'How bauxite mining destroys Nature and communities' 39:30

2y ago39:30

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Perk Pomeyie is a Ghanaian environmental activist from Accra, who is currently the National Coordinator of the Ghana Youth Environmental Movement-a leading youth-led environment and climate advocacy and campaign group in Ghana. I started by asking Perk to tell me more about how the youth movement works. https://gerrymcgovern.com/books/world-wide-wa…

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SUX EP 03: Kickoff 2023 13:20

2y ago13:20

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We are back, after being a little quite for some time. Thorsten has been sick for a while, Bavo has been sick for a while and project-work kicked in as well. Sometimes being sustainable means also to be sustainable to yourself. You can only spend the time you have and sometimes there is not enough time for everything you want to do. So we had to po…

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Kaustubh Thapa E- waste : Ultimate Producer Responsibility 45:37

2y ago45:37

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People like Kaustubh Thapa give me hope. Kaustubh is finishing his PhD at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. His collaborative research in Nigeria, China and Vietnam incorporates justice, equity, and sustainability for a fairer EU waste trade and a just circular economy transition. I starte…

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Dr. Melvin Vopson 'The environmental weight of data' 1:05:30

2+ y ago1:05:30

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Dr Melvin Vopson is a truly fascinating character and deep thinker. A physicist, he is the proposer of the mass-energy-information equivalence principle, has identified a technological singularity called the Information Catastrophe and has discovered the second law of information dynamics. Melvin is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of th…

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SUX EP 02: „Ethics and Sustainability“ with Trine Falbe 1:42:56

2+ y ago1:42:56

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For this episode we had the honor to welcome one of the icons of the ethical design movement: the inspiring Trine Falbe from Denmark, well known for her ongoing work for ethical design, for her books „White hat UX“ as well as „The Ethical Design Handbook“ and for her Ethical Design Network Community. We talked about Trines way and why Ethical Desig…

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John Booth 'Data centers: Data theatre and the tsunami of frivolous data' 1:07:40

2+ y ago1:07:40

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John Booth is a well-known figure in EU data centre circles, primarily for his role as reviewer for the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres and his work with the Certified Energy Efficiency Data Centre Award. I started by asking John if he thinks data centers are doing enough to conserve energy, water and materials in this time of crisis. I gave an…

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SUX EP 01: “Back to the beginning” with Tim Frick 1:06:18

2+ y ago1:06:18

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Together with Tim Frick, one of the icons of digital design sustainability, we talk about the beginnings of Sustainable UX, where we are today and where the future could take us. Tim tells us where his passion for sustainable design comes from. We discuss the importance of impact measurement and what he would change if he could write his book "Desi…

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Pat and Nuala Geoghegan 'Aluminum mining: jobs and death in rural Ireland' 45:32

2+ y ago45:32

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Aluminum mining: jobs and death in rural Ireland Aluminum is a critical material for digital. Since 1970, there has been 559% increase in its mining. A typical smartphone can be 14% aluminum, while a up to 50% of a laptop can be made up of steel and aluminum. Pat and Nuala Geoghegan are farmers from Askeaton, County Limerick. Soon after the Aughini…

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SUX - Teaser 1:14

2+ y ago1:14

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Welcome to the SUX podcast! Strap in for a wild ride of insights and mind-blown experiences as we hear from people passionate about sustainable UX and how they make impact. We’ll dive in with experts and discover along with people just breaking into the field. Thank you for being here with us as we make this a podcast by and for the sustainable UX …

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Thea Kleinmagd 'Designing a smartphone that lasts' 39:34

2+ y ago39:34

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Thea Kleinmagd is a Circular Material Chains Innovator at Fairphone. When you are buying your next smartphone, please consider Fairphone. They make excellent, modular and repairable products that are built to last. I started our chat by asking Thea to describe the potential toxic impacts of some of the over 50 different materials found in a typical…

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Josh Lepawsky 'Pernicious myth of digital-as-ethereal' 1:00:27

3y ago1:00:27

1:00:27

Dr. Josh Lepawsky is fascinated by connections between geography, technological systems, and their discards. He researches waste from the manufacturing of electronics to its end of life. He explores where e-waste accumulates and who it affects. He has a keen interest in “how maintenance and repair might offer lessons for figuring out how to live we…

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Gauthier Roussilhe 'The hidden costs of data centers' 50:38

3y ago50:38

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Gauthier Roussilhe has specialized in the environmental footprint of the digital sector for 5 years, and is certainly among the most knowledable people I have been lucky to chat with about these issues. He is currently doing a PhD at the RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) to explore which digital infrastructures and services are compati…

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Andy Farnell 'Perils of e-waste and benefits of being a digital vegan' 58:55

3y ago58:55

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Andy Farnell is a British computer scientist and author specialising in signals, systems and cybersecurity. His popular textbook "Designing Sound" (MIT) and pioneering research and development in audio DSP and synthesis defined the field of Procedural Audio. Consultant to leading technology companies, and visiting professor across Europe, Andy is a…

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Hannah Smith 'The hidden weight of code' 46:37

3y ago46:37

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Hannah is a freelance WordPress developer from Bristol with a background in Computer Science. Before freelance life, amongst other things, she honed her management skills at the Environment Agency, where she managed large business change projects. She’s co-founder of Green Tech South West and is on a mission to raise awareness about the environment…

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Sharon Richardson 'Blind belief in data and technology as bad as blind belief in belief.' 44:04

3+ y ago44:04

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'Earth Experience Design' course with Gerry McGovern Date: February 19 2022 Where: Online Tickets: https://www.thisisdoing.com/courses/earth-experience-design-january-2022 About this episode Is technology a good thing? That was my first question I asked Dr Sharon Richardson, who is a senior scientist and lecturer in geocomputation at the University…

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Katie Singer 'The invisible, immaterial Internet is not what it seems' 52:29

3+ y ago52:29

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Earth Experience Design - Online training Course with Gerry - Jan 19 2022 https://www.thisisdoing.com/courses/earth-experience-design-january-2022 About this episode Some people live their ideas. Katie Singer is one of them. She writes about the energy, extraction, toxic waste and greenhouse gases involved in manufacturing computers, telecom infras…

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Anneli Ohvril 'Let’s talk about digital hygiene' 48:57

3+ y ago48:57

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If someone looked inside your computer or your Cloud account would they find a tidy, clean, well-maintained place? Or would they find a messy, chaotic dump. Imagine if old, waste content smelled. How smelly would your computer be? Anneli Ohvril is founder and CEO of Let’s Do It World, the international environmental organisation that engages leader…

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Virginie Guerin 'Digital hygiene: a recipe for cleaning up your digital life' 38:44

4y ago38:44

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Hear about the many digital sustainability initiatives that are happening in France from Virginie Guerin, an urban planner, who is co-founder of World CleanUp Day France. Learn about the recipe they used to get organizations and citizens involved in highly successful digital cleanup initiatives. Virginie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vir…

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Tom Greenwood 'Is digital the great accelerator of the climate crisis?' 49:19

4y ago49:19

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Join Gerry McGovern at the Doing Design Festival on June 18 / See http://www.doingdesignfestival.com The Website Carbon Calculator is a real go to tool for me when I want to find out how much CO2 a particular web page is creating. This, and many other great initiatives, comes from Wholegrain Digital, a company founded by Vineeta and Tom Greenwood i…

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Sarah Winters 'How COVID-19 drove panic publishing' 41:57

4y ago41:57

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When COVID-19 hit, many governments reverted to a panic publishing approach, getting as much content up on their websites as quickly as possible. Structure, organization, testing, it all got shoved aside in the rush to publish. Sarah explains how this sort of panic publishing culture can be avoided in the future because panicking serves nobody. Sar…

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Liam Nugent '99.9% of what you do is rubbish' 44:08

4+ y ago44:08

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When Liam Nugent closed down his digital agency he accounted for all the digital stuff they had created. Each employee was generating about 100 gigabytes of data a year. When they cleaned up all this data so as to give a quality hand-off to their clients, they found that 99.9% of the 8 terabytes of data they had created was useless. Buy the book by…

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