Why Design Matters in a Complex World

November 6, 2014
Hosted by Bonnie D. Graham

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The buzz: Design. In a world where everyone is expected to focus on execution, there’s a critical need to innovate everything from cars and shoes to enterprise software. The answer to this dilemma? The notion of design is not just for designated “designers”. By leveraging design thinking methodology, we can solve the problems we know, and discover new problems and their solutions. Wouldn’t your company benefit from the best practices of successful innovation teams, and scaling design thinking globally to enrich the ways we work and live? The experts speak. Jayson Mayden, MarkOne: “I am not a Designer. I am simply and humbly a bridge between the generations long past and the generations that have yet to come.” George Kembel, Stanford D.School: “For innovation, prioritize learning over expertise, experimentation over planning, and collaboration over individual excellence.” Sam Yen, SAP: “Beauty is only skin deep.” Join us for Why Design Matters in a Complex World.

Future of Business with Game Changers, Presented by SAP

Archives Available on VoiceAmerica Business Channel

The world of business is being dramatically impacted by the increasing adoption of the Cloud, and by the mainstreaming of new technologies that have hitherto been the domain of imaginative Hollywood films, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things, augmented reality and more.

Join host Bonnie D. Graham as she invites you to take an additional coffee break with game-changers for our series on how modern technology is completely redefining the world of business, on the Future of Business with Game-Changers.

With digital transformation becoming a mission-critical imperative, every company needs to simultaneously chart its future path while keeping an eye on the rear-view mirror to see who’s coming up in the fast lane to overtake them. In many ways, this is making every business a technology business, no matter their size, industry or geographic location.

Bonnie D. Graham

Bonnie D. Graham produced and hosted her first live talk radio show in 1998 on AM1240–WGBB, Long Island, NY’s oldest terrestrial radio station. A few years later, she moved from terrestrial to Internet radio with her author interview show, “Up Close and Personal.” In 2011, working at the enterprise software leader SAP, she developed the concept for a weekly live global business thought leadership roundtable series on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel – and launched “Coffee Break with Game-Changers” on October 5, 2011. Over the next nine years, Bonnie D. created, produced and hosted 46 additional SAP series on the Business Channel, attracting millions of listeners around the world. Since becoming an independent broadcaster in 2019, she has developed and hosted live radio and podcast series on the Business Channel for eight additional organizations, as well as her own weekly series, “Read My Lips: Cool Conversations with Creatives with akaRadioRed,” on the Empowerment Channel. In 2023, her live-streaming “Technology Revolution: The Future of Now” series was ranked No. 6 on FeedSpot’s Top 70 Technology Podcasts to Listen to in 2023. What powers Bonnie D.’s passion for radio? She “loves speaking with smart people!”


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