This is From Ideas to Life, brought to you by the Digitalist Group. We bring conversations with movers and shakers in the design and technology scene. From design sprints to IoT, from smart citizens to entrepreneurship — we bring ideas to life by co-creating with some of the most innovative companies in the world.
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Maria Uhari-Pakkalin from Fortum talks about how Fortum engages with their design, R&D, and their overall customer experience journey
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35:03In this episode of The Ideas To life podcast, Esa Nettamo from Digitalist talks with Maria Uhari Pakkalin, head of customer experience design, Fortum. Certified Yoga instructor. A very interesting backstory on how this podcast came to be, it seemed near impossible to get both Esa’s and Maria’s schedules to align given their very packed days. Howeve…
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Rashmi Kasat-Majakorppi from Metso talks about innovative business development through the digital garage
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35:54In this episode of the Ideas to Life podcast, Esa Nettamo from Digitalist talks with Rashmi Kasat-Majakorppi, the vice president and head of digital business development, and founder of the digital garage at Metso, machinery industry company. The digital garage was formed with the intention to take ideas in the organisation forward. Very often when…
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Antti Kujala from Amer Sports & Suunto talks about design and the importance of having it represented in the top management
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37:49This time Esa Nettamo from Digitalist has invited Antti Kujala to join him in the Ideas to Life Podcast studio. Antti Kujala has an interesting role as the Director of Design at Amer Sports while at the same time Heading the Design at Suunto, one of the sub-brands of Amer Sports. In the podcast he talks about how it is to drive design and digital b…
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Timo Tiainen, from Kone, talks about the role of design in a traditional product company
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37:56In this episode of the Ideas to Life podcast Esa Nettamo from Digitalist talks with Timo Tiainen, Director of Concepts and Design at Kone about the pros and cons of an in-house design team compared to using external design consultancy, as well as how to find the optimal mix of these two. Timo Tiainen also talks a bit about his background and explai…
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Gert Hans talks about design, presenting work, lean methods and more
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27:13How are young minds thinking design, today? How does design align to business strategy? Digitalist interviews Gert Hans Berghuis, lecturer at Design Strategy in Delft University, Netherlands, and CEO of supercool design studio Fabrique.
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