The Big Rethink: Presentations

From international brands to innovative start-ups, design veterans to new media pioneers, The Big Rethink brought leaders and thinkers together to explore how design can respond to challenges like climate change, globalisation and fast-developing technology.

Click on the names below to find out more about each speaker, download an MP3 of their presentation or read a complete transcript.

Nick Jankel

Nick Jankel

What business opportunities have been opened up by recent technological and social trends?

Steve Evans

Steve Evans

How climate change is forcing companies to redesign their business models in order to stay competitive.

Roberto Verganti

Roberto Verganti

How radical innovation through design will change the way in which companies compete in the future.

Hugo Spowers

Riversimple

How Riversimple designed a completely new car, and a completely new kind of business to go with it. 

Jeff Denby

PACT

How design helped an ethical underwear brand identify their customers, define their values and create their products.

Paul Bennett

Paul Bennett

Why modern leadership is not about providing answers; but about asking the right questions.

Craig Sams

Green & Black's

Craig Sams, President of Green & Black's explains how design helped shoppers discover organic chocolate.

Ferdinando 'Nani' Beccalli-Falco

GE International

How investment in R&D has helps GE create successful new products, even in times of economic hardship.

Jonathan Sands

Jonathan Sands

Tools to change your business and inspiring ideas from around the world.

Anna Rafferty

Penguin books

How can an international publisher give customers what they've been asking for?

Joe Ferry

Virgin Atlantic Airways

How investment in design has led to innovative products and services that encourage more people to fly Virgin. 

Jonathan Salem Baskin

Jonathan Salem Baskin

A personal vision of how customer relationships will come to shape brands and businesses in the future.

Eddie Obeng

Innovation master class

Professor Eddie Obeng introduces some principles of design-led innovation with help from David Kester, Richard Seymour and Bonnie Dean.

Sir George Cox

Four trends that will shape tomorrow's world

Robin Bew of the Economist Intelligence Unit and Sir George Cox explore the challenges and design opportunities of current business trends.

2011 Design Summit

 

How can Britain’s design industry can play a more central role in driving economic growth?

 

Find out more about our 2011 Design Summit on Design for Growth

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