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Divergent Minds★ #9 A Planned UncertaintyTOPIC:
Getting your project out of the building. This week Frank and Jason discuss the launch of their latest artwork, Morhphic Mirror. Created for Vivid by ourselves and Liam Ryan, we talk about the transition that happens when you put your project in the hands of thousands of people. Shipping, launching, ‘finishing’ and the like. We talk about why you would put yourself through something like that, why it’s so much fun and engaging to watch people play with your artwork, how the breadth of response really makes such a difference. We touch on the unknown quantities...2013-06-1741 minDivergent Minds★ #8 Keep Pointing to the Possible
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TITLE: Keep Pointing To The Possible
TOPIC: You can’t have leadership without connection. This week we discuss how to align people to shared goals, big or small, we talk about historical examples of explorers who were mapping new territory and leading the way to a new future. We talk about the golden age of technological capability (right now) and the difference between designing an object and designing a process. On todays journey we touch on the value and price of trust, the...2013-05-1747 minDivergent Minds★ #7 Domesticate Failure
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TOPIC: Even coke isn’t for everyone. This week we tackle a listener-chosen topic, the fear of failure. What creates a culture of fear, how to diagnose fear of failure in your own life habits and how to overcome it. We talk about how to create a structure around your goals and stop setting yourself up to fail. By embracing failure we can create clear boundaries, define what ‘good enough’ means and break through the barriers to your success.
SPONSOR:This weeks...2013-05-0845 minDivergent Minds★ #6 You’re Not Designing for Yourself
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TOPIC: When to know you need feedback. Trying to solve a new problem? Looking to improve your business but don’t know how? How do you know what you ought to be doing? What information do you need in order to make your decisions better? Feedback is critical to increase your ability to make the right decision, to avoid wasting time, attention and effort and to maximise your efforts in bringing your ideas to life. This week we tackle feedback, when to give it, when to look for it...2013-04-3048 minDivergent Minds★ #5 Exploring with a Drawing
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TOPIC: The way designers draw. Drawing is a fundamental part of any design communication, a way of showing connections between ideas and taking someone else on a journey via colour, shape and form. This week Frank and Jason delve into the fuzzy world of sketching ideas to solve problems, communicate emotions or seal the deal at the company picnic. We discuss the way that drawings can be a form of super rapid prototyping, helping people collaborate and understand fuzzy ideas through paper, squiggly lines and more.
SPONSOR...2013-04-2442 minDivergent Minds★ #4 Getting paid in ‘Lip service’
Topic: You want immediate feedback. This week Frank and Jason discuss the concept of a ‘beat’, the value of asking the right question (at the right time), building reciprocal relationships with new clients, thinking and acting strategically and making use of good motivation!
Show Notes:
Asymco, Fine Young Cannibals
Just pick up the phone!
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TOPIC: A kamikaze approach to the market. This week Frank and Jason discuss scoping new projects, Franks efforts to help create a new artwork for the 2013 Vivid Sydney festival, the reasons why we’re doing this podcast and what it’s like to have a hidden inertia pushing you to leave a trail of concepts in your wake.
Show Notes:
Radiolab, Speed
Arthur C Clarkes2013-04-0338 minDivergent Minds★ #2 Say no to a thousand things
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TOPIC: Constant Pitch. This week Frank and Jason talk about time management, get sucked down a productivity software rabbit-hole and discuss a new public artwork we’re creating for the 2013 Vivid Sydney art festival. Along the way we discuss our design process, concept development and tools used to shift from idea to reality. Questions posed: What’s your artistic vision? Can you achieve what you would like to achieve? How do you mask out the things that aren’t important?
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David Allen, Getting Things...2013-03-2749 minDivergent Minds★ #1 Set timer for “Get Outâ€
In the inaugural episode of Divergent Minds Frank Maguire & Jason McDermott ease their way into a new podcast, discussing discordant music, mental models and crowd-sourcing on an urban scale.
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