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Design Talk (dot IE)

Design Talk. A podcast for learning about the business of technology design and management. Listen to stories, panels, interviews and discussions about technology and design in-the-wild: the good, the beautiful, and the useful. Whether you"ve got one big idea, you think of yourself as an organisation designer, product designer, creator, or entrepreneur. Each episode offers a take on how people design, strategise, organise, and develop technology. We want to dig into the essence of design, discover

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0250 - Programming as Craft with Roland Tritsch

Design Talk (dot IE) ·

2025/02/26

Today we’re talking with Roland Tritsch, about software engineering, the increasing relevance of functional programming, and his thoughts on the implications of using genAI in the development process. Our student hosts are: Lora, Noah, Mynah, Austen, Fionn, and Sergio, with Lucas on sound, and our audience is the class of 2025 studying the Contemporary Software Development module taught by Mel Ó Cinnéide.First, Roland, can you set the context and explain what it means to be a software craftsman?What

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0249 - Storytelling for Learning by Allen Higgins

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2024/12/06

[this one is for Séamas who kept asking if there was a recording of the talk I did for our Faculty Teaching and Learning Insights series...]A short talk by me (Allen Higgins)A Socratic questioning style for teaching/learning using a simple three-part structure: introduction, a series of questions, and closing comments.The hard part, or the art, is in asking good questions.Questioning 'story', or more specifically, 'storytelling' for teaching and learning.There is no set formula for creating a story,

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0284 - On Corporate Behaviour with Niamh Brennan

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2024/11/18

Hosts: Leo, Danny and BronaPreambleBrona Russell:The theme for today’s conversation is Good Corporate Governance.To help us dig into this topic we are delighted to be joined by UCD ProfessorNiamh Brennan. Niamh is the Michael MacCormac Professor of Management at University College Dublin and the Founder and Academic Director of the UCD Centre for Corporate Governance.To start, Niamh, can you tell us a little about yourself and how you came to specialise in Corporate Governance?Question

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0240 - Games that Work with Dov Jacobson

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2024/11/12

“I started computing when there was no screen, no colour, no pixel, the pixel had not been invented yet, literally!” (Dov Jacobson) Dov is a long-time game developer with a special background in Game-Based Learning and is currently experimenting with approaches for enabling non-programmers to create games using a special framework he has developed that includes a live AI shaped character using OpenAI's ChatGPT4 API in TWINE. In this talk Dov explores the development of the many features of immersive

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0247 - Saving the Game - GameChangers

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2024/10/25

Panel 3 – Saving the Game: philosophical, existential and technical issues, shaping the intersection of games and lawChair: Maria O’Brien•Kieran Nolan: Material and Cultural Preservation of Legacy Video Game Platforms•Abby Rekas & Matt Voigts: Saving the GameNotes, extra questions, and further reading:With thanks to the College of Business, Public Policy & Law for the funds to support this event. The event is also part-funded by the College of Business, Public Policy & Law research

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0246 - Gaming the System - GameChangers

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2024/10/25

Panel 2 – Gaming the System: the enabling aspects of regulation and competition as drivers of business opportunity for the games sector.Chair: Conn Holohan, Director Centre for Creative Technologies, University of Galway·Ambre Nicolle: Platform competition and strategic trade-offs for complementors: Heterogeneous reactions to the entry of a new platform·Alexey Rusakov: First-party complements and value in platform markets·Maria O’Brien: Ireland’s new Digital Games Tax Credit: the role of the state

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0245 - Testing, a Quality Mindset with Sushant Singhal

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2024/10/23

Welcome to Design Talk.Our guest today isSushant Singhal from Gartner. Sushant works on the Software Development and UX team in the Gartner Technical Professionals Guild (that’s my term for Garnet’s team specialisms).Sushant offers us his take on software testing and the quality mindset you need to bring to digital design and software engineering.There is lots to unpack here and to apply to your own environments.Don’t forget to look through the show-notes for further readings and links.Our hosts for

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A Storied Academic Life

Design Talk (dot IE) ·

2024/10/11

Today’s episode is a cross-pod release with the UCD Centre for Innovation, Technology and Organisation.The following is the second recording from the Music and Virtual Worlds Workshop held on the 20th of June, 2024 – where invited guest, Emeritus Professor Karamjit Gill, co-founder and editor of the journal AI & Society reflected on his personal academic habitus; How he felt called to take action and respond to the question: How do you bring people together to help others, to make change and

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0242 - Digital Product Design with Mitch Eva

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2024/10/09

Our hosts today are Bonnie Lyons and Téo Bayon, and our guest is Mitchell Eva, Principal Designer @ Sonalake,Dublin.Welcome to the podcast Mitch. Starting off, could you say a little about your background and interests?·A short sketch of the kinds of projects Sonalake works on?·How does your process change between your in-house products like SwitchedOn Fibre and your client work?·What differences have you seen between working as a designer in Africa vs Ireland?·Where do you see product design

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0241 - Community Engagement and My Practice

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2024/10/02

In this episode we go to UCD’s Building 71 where the 2ndyear Architecture class of 2024 played host to three visiting architects, talking about how collaborative work has shaped their own practices.I hope you enjoy listening to these inspiring accounts by architects navigating their own deliberate practice in the world, working alongside communities and a range of other stakeholders.I think the insights they share can inform and inspire anyone involved in designing for others; practices for learning

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0237 - The Music and Virtual Worlds Workshop

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2024/09/24

Today’s episode is a cross-pod release with the UCD Centre for Innovation, Technology and Organisation.Hi. I’m Allen Higgins,The following is a recording from the Music and Virtual Worlds Workshop held on the 20th of June, 2024 - a working event of the XTREME project, a research projected funded by the European Union.The workshop was a preliminary activity of the XTREME project; which stands for“’miXed Reality Environment for IMmersive Experience’ of Art and Culture”.The goal of the project being to

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0239 - STS Community Making with Cassidy R. Sugimoto...

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2024/09/16

A cross-pod release with CITO Conversations -https://www.smurfitschool.ie/facultyresearch/cito/The STS Ireland unconference of 25 June 2024.Welcome by Kalpana ShankarProfessor Cassidy R. Sugimoto, chair of the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology and Professor Rob Kitchin from the Social Sciences Institute at Maynooth University.(the unconference was held at the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), St Stephen’s Green South, Dublin.)Why an unconference? An unconference is an

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0234 - Offshore Entrepreneur with Shourjya Sanyal

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2024/08/21

Our hosts are Chahat Goel and Shreyaa Krishnakumar. Today we’re talking with Shourjya Sanyal, AVP/ Head of Innovation at Unum Ireland. Unum is a Fortune 250 Insurance carrier. Shourjya co-heads Unum’s R&D & Software Centre of Excellence, with 300 people in Carlow, Ireland.1. Could you share a bit about yourself and your role in Dublin?2. When did you first start exploring outsourcing options, and which tasks were you looking to outsource?3. What specific qualities or characteristics were

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0288 - Insurance industry Insights with Feargal Bracken

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2024/08/15

Our hosts are George and Jonas. Welcome to Design Talk. Today we’re talking with Feargal Bracken, Head of Property - Ireland at McLarens, a global claims and professional technical services provider. Feargal combines over two decades of insurance-related Major & Complex Loss Adjuster experience with a proactive approach to crisis management, specializing in catastrophe response and complex claims adjustments. Our discussion will delve deep into the challenges and intricacies of insurance

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0227 - An Outsourcing POV with Karan Bagla

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2024/08/15

Cian Croghan and Sarthak Sunil Jaiswal are today's hosts for our interview with Karan Bagla, an IT professional based out of Bengaluru in India. Karan's industry experience at Paypal and technology consultancy firm EXL have given Karan experience on both sides of the offshore outsourcing equation, working directly for a large multinational firm in an offshore environment in addition to working for a consultancy firm delivering outsource services for remote clients.Questions·Could you please share

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0236 - Talking About Captive Centres with Dave Borowski

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2024/08/14

Welcome to Design Talk, I’m Saisnehha Natraj. I am delighted to have David Borowski to talk with us today.Dave is a Senior Partner at West Monroe, the business transformation company. Dave is an engineer by training with experience in operations, supply chain and business transformation.First, Dave, can you tell us a little more about yourself and West Monroe?And a question for you Allen. How did you make the connection with Dave?Okay, back to you Dave,·Is the ‘managed services industry’ the same as

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0225 - Patrick McDermott Partnering with DigiTally!

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2024/08/13

Hosts: Emily Zhong and Nishchay JosephWe are delighted to have Patrick McDermott, CEO of DigiTally, sharing his outsourcing experience with us today. DigiTally is a software provider located in County Galway, dedicated to using digital solutions to help food businesses stocktake effectively and avoid food waste. It is a significant contributor to reducing carbon emissions.In this interview, we'll learn about Patrick's considerations when selecting outsourcing partners and their locations, as well as

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0223 - Lean Product Management with Mayank Kumar

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2024/08/12

Today our hosts are Sagar Shetty and Sahil Gupta. First, an introduction to Mayank Kumar, Product Manager, Payments at Mastercard, Ireland and his career path thus far.Questions:1.How does Lean product management stand out from traditional product management with its significance in terms of development, management and delivery?2.What is the scope of outsourcing and offshoring with respect to lean product management?3.Can you share a recent experience where you have outsourced any services during

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0222 - Talking about Global Talent, Diversity and...

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2024/08/09

Welcome to today’s interview: our hosts are Tobi Edward and Abhishek Mukherjee.Today we’re talking with Justin McCarthy, a current Senior Director, EMEA Digital Sales, Customer Acquisition and Customer Success in Microsoft Ireland, reflecting on his experience at Microsoft, the challenges and operational complexities of outsourcing and offshoring, partner relationships, while supporting global talent, workforce diversity and inclusion.·You've been instrumental in setting up high-growth digital

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0221 - Local Impact, Global Reach with Joe Dowling

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2024/08/08

Our hosts today are Clare Mustapha and Akanksha Aravinda.Welcome to today’s interview:Today we’re talking with Joe Dowling, Chief Technology Officer at Sidero, a GlobalLogic Company.·To start Joe, could you tell us a little about your career and introduce us to Sidero and Globallogic?·What key lessons have you learned about managing outsourced/offshored delivery models? [e.g. Managing remote/offshore teams, what strategies have you found most effective for ensuring cohesive teamwork and productivity

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