Gerda Gemser's guest appearances

Gerda Gemser

Talking Business

Innovate for Impact

David Thomas

David Barrett

Chris Martenson

Ben Johnson

John Winning

James Farmer

Alex Pirouz

George Lucas

Scott Wilson

Bruce Tulgan

Michael Anderson

Hugh Evans

David Wright

Daniel Flynn

Andrew Zatlin

OwlTail

In this episode, Dan and Tracey are joined by Gerda Gemser, Professor of Entrepreneurship at University of Melbourne, and the co-author of the new book Design Leadership Ignited: Elevating Design At Scale. Gerda shares her top insights from the book that apply to this sector, on what is required for leaders to embed design methods into the way they work.Here’s a taste of what Dan, Tracey and Gerda cover in the conversation:More and more organisations are investing in design capability to help them perform betterMany organisations are investing in design capability because design brings something different. However, many organisations have problems with effectively integrating designers because they are differentThe “differentness” relates to design principles/practices that are different to how some organisations traditionally run their business. E.g like co-creation and focusing on desirabilityGerda's top insights on how best to integrate design into an organisationStrong design leadership consists of specific leadership ‘tactics’  How some outdated organisational cultural norms can make it difficult for female leaders to adopt the 'rebel with a cause' approach Links from the episode​​The book - Design Leadership Ignited: Elevating Design At Scale Click here The 'Innovate for Impact Self-Assessment': Click here Impacto Consulting on LinkedIn: Click here

In this episode, Dan and Tracey are joined by Gerda Gemser, Professor of Entrepreneurship at University of Melbourne, and the co-author of the new book Design Leadership Ignited: Elevating Design At Scale. Gerda shares her top insights from the book that apply to this sector, on what is required for leaders to embed design methods into the way they work. Here’s a taste of what Dan, Tracey and Gerda cover in the conversation: <ul><li>More and more organisations are investing in design capability to help them perform better</li><li>Many organisations are investing in design capability because design brings something different. However, many organisations have problems with effectively integrating designers because they are different</li><li>The “differentness” relates to design principles/practices that are different to how some organisations traditionally run their business. E.g like co-creation and focusing on desirability</li><li>Gerda's top insights on how best to integrate design into an organisation</li><li>Strong design leadership consists of specific leadership ‘tactics’  </li><li>How some outdated organisational cultural norms can make it difficult for female leaders to adopt the 'rebel with a cause' approach  </li></ul>Links from the episode​​ <ul><li>The book - Design Leadership Ignited: Elevating Design At Scale <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Design-Leadership-Ignited-Elevating-Scale/dp/1503613968" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here</a> </li><li>The 'Innovate for Impact Self-Assessment': <a href="https://www.impactoconsulting.com.au/selfassessment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here</a> </li><li>Impacto Consulting on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/impacto-consultingau/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here</a></li></ul>

Gerda Gemser: Design leadership and igniting design in your organisation

Ingo Karpen

Gerda Gemser And Ingo Karpen - Talking Business 2016, Ep45