Andy Polaine

Design Leaderhsip Coach, Service Design & Innovation Educator, Keynote Speaker, Writer, Podcaster

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I am an independent design leadership coach, consultant, educator, trainer and writer who helps clients build and grow their own design and innovation capability to transform their organisations and themselves.

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The Design Leadership Dip

Since I’ve just started offering Design Leadership Coaching, I thought I’d share my experience of moving into that role. But first, some background. A journey …

Andy Polaine

23 Apr 2020

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Fear & Anxiety in Stakeholderland

A common topic that comes up in my design leadership coaching is a difficult …

Andy Polaine

20 Apr 2023

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A New Look

I felt it was about time for an update of my website. It’s a bit more …

Andy Polaine

21 Mar 2023

The Press Release Wizards of the Coast Should Have Written

I’ve mentioned a few times in my newsletter and podcast that I play …

14 Jan 2023

Meta and the Paradox of VR

I sat through Mark Zuckerberg’s painfully stilted Meta Connect Keynote …

Andy Polaine

12 Dec 2022

The Greed for Speed

I often see the same symptoms in the first sessions with my coaching clients. …

Andy Polaine

17 Nov 2022

Shut Up and Do Something

I wrote a little rant on LinkedIn the other day having heard same story from …

Andy Polaine

16 Sep 2022

Powers of Ten Updated

The BBC and Open University have created an updated version of the famous …

Andy Polaine

16 Oct 2021

Power of Ten

Podcast Power of Ten

Alex Schmidt – Deliberate Intervention

My guest in this episode is Alex Schmidt, author of Deliberate Intervention: Using Policy and Design to Blunt the Harms of New Technology published by Rosenfeld Media. Alex has pursued interests in …

Andy Polaine

4 May 2023