Ideas worth arguing about.

Provocations, essays, conversations and research on technology, people, organisations and society.

  • Technology Changes What Becomes Possible

    Technology Changes What Becomes Possible

    Technology does more than help us accomplish what we already want to do. It changes what we can imagine, how we organise our lives and which futures become available to us. When we think about technological progress, we tend to think about new capabilities. Machines become faster, computers become more powerful, and artificial intelligence takes…

  • Designing for Difference as a Source of Innovation

    Designing for Difference as a Source of Innovation

    Human difference is usually treated as something design must accommodate. But what if it is also one of the most valuable resources we have for imagining what comes next? Innovation often begins with an attempt to solve a problem. A company wants to develop a better product, a public institution needs to improve a service,…