Episodes
72
Latest episode
Sep 2026
Language
EN
Driven by curiosity, we engage in conversation with everyone involved in service design. We bring positive stories about big or small topics, from innovation to UX, design thinking and system design,… We aim to ignite and inspire listeners in their own path of creating human-centred services around the world.
What happens when a system designed for external foster-family’s is applied to kin-specific family’s? We talk with Katrina Lanahan and Sonya Silva about the fostercare system in the USA and learned a lot about the essence of timing, the power of simplicity, how financial incentives move systems, and the most important thing find the allies who have been waiting for exactly this moment!
We talk with service design ninja Clementina Gentile about proactive public services and building a community of practice across government agencies. How do you design for 100% of citizens, build an architecture of trust, and break down bureaucratic silos?
What if going punk is the most human-centered thing you can do right now? 🤘 We sat down with Gerry Scullion to talk HCD, AI, and why discomfort might actually mean you're on the right track. Did we make you curious?
A new voice, same Service Design Podcast! Laurens Somers is passing the mic to Eva Faes, service and social designer at Knight Moves.
What does it take to modernise a live government system? Hefen Wong from Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower shares how an 18-year-old Employment Pass platform was transformed into a user-centred digital service: through prioritising user value, smart use of research, and agile ways of working.
We visit Sheila Kesselaers and Tomas De Preter at Reynaers Group HQ: how do they grow the shift to a Customer Experience mindset at a systems company in the world of building elements?
We talk with Mia Mo, Robyn Carino, and Samiha Essakhi as they take us through the innovative model they co-created to integrate health, social, and physical supports directly within Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCS).
We talk with Maarten Raemdonck, Head of Innovation at Aquafin, and Lien Dewitte from Leap Forward, about how innovation takes root in a large, technical organisation. From bold early experiments to building lasting change, they share honest lessons from Aquafin’s journey to make innovation part of everyday work in a company that treats the waste water of 5 million people daily.
In this episode, we visit AZ Groeninge in Kortrijk to meet Brian Desplinter and Jurgen De Klerck, the duo behind a unique collaboration between healthcare and telecom. From private 5G networks to co-designed care services, we explore how design thinking is driving real change in a clinical setting.
What if your home had a memory? In this episode, PhD researcher Sun Ah Hwang joins us to explore Digital Building Logbooks — the “health cards” of buildings. From DIY dreams to data-driven renovation advice, we discuss how DBLs are reshaping our approach to sustainability, ownership, and building design across Europe.
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Matt East
Sean Smith, Mike Mella, & Amanda Lutz
Payments Consulting Network
Phil McKinney
