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hello, welcome to my website. in these pages you can find articles I have written about design,
innovation, technology and my maserati. you can see some of the things I have helped create, and get in contact with me.
as part of Cisco’s advisory services to clients, I work with businesses and the public sector to shape
customer experiences and increase the successful use of technology by improving usability, increasing adoption and considering
emotional and functional needs.
everyday we find examples of great technology that is
poorly designed and remains inaccessible and unfriendly, severely limiting access and success: we still live in a world that
is incredibly poorly "designed" and I am just amazed that people haven't stormed the citadel of archaic technology
development and demanded better.
Update July 2010
Twitter and Facebook remain my preferred
way of staying in contact via the web, please follow my twitter account http://twitter.com/clivegrinyerfor everyday updates. But I will renew efforts to keep this site fresh and have just added blogs and presentations.
two recent events stand out as being inspirational. the Royal College of Art (RCA) held it's Innovation
night at the end of June and invited Chad Hurley, one of the founders of You Tube, to be interviewed by the new rector Paul
Thomson in front of an invited audience. he spoke extremely well and I was particularly impressed with his balance of technology,
business and design. I am sure that his design background played a role in making You Tube a success and I would recommend
that every technology start-up have a designer in the senior management team! I confidently predict it would enhance your
chance of success and ROI! I was asked to write a short piece celebrating You Tube and I have added this to
my blog section.
The second event was a workshop at NESTA (National Endowment for Science Technology and Art) on
how the web can help our ageing population. There were some great speakers and some very good examples and I will blog
about this for more information. My presentation is added to the presentation section of this site.
My second year
with Cisco has been extraordinary for the range of projects and the amazing innovations we have been creating. I'm particularly
proud of the work for our programme Ageing Well in Almere www.cisco.com/go/ageingwell and also the launch of Dialogue Cafe www.dialoguecafe.org .
My stuff
I spoke in Leeds last year at a Ted-X event on
the subject of the democratisation of design and have added the presentation to the site - it's work in progress but I
think the role of design is changing rapidly in a way that requires different behaviour from designers and a better understanding
of the underlying value of design thinking. http://bit.ly/4wrVn
my private time is now dominated by my band which came together last year; http://www.thecameos.co.uk but I will try and remain focused on design and customer experience....
you can see the talk I gave in Oslo
at the Norwegian design Council's conference on Inclusive Design two years ago which is a very complete version of
Lipstick on a Pig, if you want to see the full thing. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1014154808870557040&hl=en the short
, pecha kutcha, version of Lipstick on a Pig can be found at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2oNKEqrY4Y
please contact me at clive@clivegrinyer.com
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