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 the backstory to technologies, and unpack the design attitude. We started this podcast for you, because you are interested in tinkering, in making, and...
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0271 - Agentic Transformation with Killian and Albena
<p>Welcome to Design Talk. </p><p>In this episode Killian O'Connor and Albena Krasteva from Zartis were in to talk to Masters students at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business. Killian and Albena presented a candid behind-the-scenes analysis of Zartis' initial struggles adopting AI within their own organisation. They went on to explain how their experience has led to insights that shape Zartis's AI deployment strategies and use cases for clients. Zartis is a technology services company headquartered in Cork, Ireland and is an official Anthropic partner, supporting organisations that are building with Claude and Claude Code.</p...
0270 - Creative Community with Maya Gaul
<p>In this, our first episode on ‘research design’ and ‘research designing’ I talk with Maya Gaul and Dunk Murphy from the Creative Futures Academy at UCD. Maya is completing a BA in Creative & Cultural Industries. Her final year project combines research with performance. The subject is Creative Community; an exploration of Irish Arts organisations and how they produce ‘belonging’. Maya talked about her plan for the production - to include elements of documentary, performance and interaction culminating in an event that digs into what arts and inclusion means for practitioners and audience.</p><br><p>Notes:</p><p>The Creative Fut...
0269 - Johno (Robert Johnston) on Psilocybin, Heidegger and being-toward-death
<p>Psilocybin, Heidegger and being-toward-death</p><br><p>Between 2020 and 2023 psychologist Marg Ross and psychiatrist Justin Dwyer, together with collaborators, ran the largest Australian randomised control of psychedelic assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of extreme death anxiety in terminally ill patients using psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) (Ross et al, 2025). </p><br><p>Over the past 15 months I have contributed to the analysis and reporting of qualitative interview data collected by these researchers before and after treatment. The therapy has been shown to be remarkably effective with 21 out of 28 patients who completed the full trial reporting sustained relief. W...
0254 - The PMIA Perspective with Fernandos Ongolly
<p>Today we’re talking with Fernandos Ongolly, to learn about home-grown innovations and digital startups from The Continent – in this case, Africa. </p><p>Our hosts are Selma Anya, Safa A. A. Emam, and Diana Achiro, students on the MSc Digital Innovation programme.</p><br><p>Fernandos has a PhD from UCD. He is the current “Proudly Made in Africa” Fellow in Business and Development at UCD College of Business, and the founder of – Non-EU Academics and Researchers Community in Ireland.</p><p>Our audience is the class of 2025 studying the Outsourcing and Offshoring module taught by Allen Higgins.</p><p>First...
0268 - Why Ireland? with Anna Scally
<p>Our guest for this session is Anna Scally - Partner and Head of Technology Media & Telecoms, KPMG in Ireland and EMA KPMG in Ireland. This is the third of 3 seminars organised by John Mooney as part of the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School MBA programme in collaboration with UCD’s MSc Digital Innovation programme.</p><br><p>Anna gave a masterclass intro to corporate taxation in Ireland and its relationship with global trade (focus on technology companies). </p><p>Yes, we need to talk about Trade, Tariffs, and Taxes, but the answers revolve around Technology, Connection, Trust, and People.</p><br...
0267 - Instructions Not Included with Dajana Achelpohl
<p>Our guest for this session is Dajana Achelpohl. Dajana heads up AI Change Maker and is an alum of Google & PayPal. The second of 3 seminars organised by John Mooney as part of the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School MBA programme in collaboration with UCD’s MSc Digital Innovation programme.</p><br><p>Notes:</p><p>AI Change Maker - https://www.aichangemaker.com</p><p>Dajana on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dajana-achelpohl/</p><br><p>On other media:</p><p>Dajana Achelpohl’s talk with Audrey Chia “A Framework for AI-Ready Teams” (YouTube link)</p><p>From AI Ireland: ‘...
0266 - Unlocking Design Expertise with Tom Rourke
<p>Our guest for this session is Tom Rourke. Tom works in Kyndryl as Vice President for Design, Insights and Innovation. The first of 3 seminars organised by John Mooney as part of the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School MBA programme in collaboration with UCD’s MSc Digital Innovation programme.</p><br><p>Notes:</p><p>Tom Rourke – LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-rourke-1a8b70/</p><p>Tom gave a shoutout to Kevin Bethune - https://www.kevinbethune.com</p><p>Also, the MRI design story by Doug Dietz, Industrial Designer – (link)</p><p>Also, Tom co-hosts The Progress Report, wi...
0265 - Siobhain Duggan on Learning from Leaders
<p>Hosted by Brona Russell</p><p>We are delighted to have Siobhain Duggan, CEO of GS1 Ireland in to talk to the first year Economics & finance Organisation Behaviour class today. The interview/podcast is being hosted by UCD’s first year Economics and Finance class as part of the Professional and Academic Development module. Our focus is on the human aspects of organising in corporate settings, recognising the role of human behaviour in determining organisational effectiveness.</p><p>Welcome Siobhain. So, it would be great to hear first about GS1 and what the work that you do. Then to unde...
0264 - Navigating Risk with Peter Cripwell
<p>Our hosts are Diarmuid Murphy and Leo Cuddigan</p><p>Welcome to the UCD Economics and Finance class. </p><p>We are delighted to have Peter Cripwell, CEO at RiskSystem, in to talk to us today about Risk Analytics and Risk Reporting and the value of knowing a bit about programming.</p><p>To start, Peter, can you tell us how you went from Nuclear Physicist to CEO of RiskSystem.</p><p>· Can you give us a demo of what Risk Reporting as a service looks like</p><p>· What technology do you use to design and build the product?</p><p>· ...
0263 - Learning from the London Whale with Denis McCarthy
<p>Welcome to the Economics and Finance class.</p><p>Our hosts are Daksh Wadhwa and Peter Barrett. </p><p>Today, we are very pleased to welcome Denis McCarthy, Head of Financial Risk Model Development at AIB.</p><p>Thank you for coming in to speak to us today. Can you tell us a little about yourself and your journey into financial risk modelling?</p><p>· What does a day in the week look like on your team? [for a finance/economist, quant analyst, programmer]</p><p>· How can a large organisation manage end-user tools like Excel? [policy, practices, systems management…]</p><...
