Abbie Walsh's guest appearances

Abbie Walsh

Fjord Fika

Design Untangled | A UX & design podcast in plain English

Positive People Podcast

Anna Lee

Rebecca Storch

Greg Holderfield

Martha Cotton

John Oswald

Michael Wolff

Josh Harris

Greg Walsh

Lou Rosenfeld

Stuart Davis

Abby Covert

Andy Polaine

Sam Ford

Kelsa Trom

Katz Kiely

OwlTail

We’ve partnered with ProtoPie, the future of interactive product design, to help you navigate through uncertainty and overcome the challenges today's unprecedented conditions have brought to the industry. Join us for Season 2 - Designing for a new level of uncertainty. How can diversity in the design process help organisation future proof products and services in this unpredictable world we live in? Abbie Walsh talks about her diversity journey and how she’s helped organisations identify and overcome the biggest barriers to create an inclusive working culture using service design as a methodology. Abbie talks about her experience as a gay woman in the design industry and how she overcame difficult challenges during her personal and professional life. She discusses the importance of creating spaces in organisations for people from minorities to have a voice and talks about the power of having diversity in design teams. She also talks about a service design methodology called Living Business. A practical way to identify organisational blockers for change and a process to become truly flexible in these uncertain times. About our guest We talk with Abbie Walsh, Chief Design Officer at Accenture Interactive (former Fjord) and recently recognised as one of the women who have shaped the Digital Industry in the UK by The Drum. Abbie has a strong voice for diversity within the industry, which she believes is a good step towards tackling unconscious bias in design. Before joining Accenture, she was at the BBC where she worked on the BBC iPlayer. What you’ll learn  How can diversity be a tool to help designers and organisations to face what Covid-19 has brought to the world?  What are the common problems organisations have about diversity and inclusion and how can service design help?  What benefits does diversity bring in the design process?  What is unconscious bias and how does it affect the design process?  How can organisations become flexible enough to be able to respond to fast changes and challenges?  How can companies keep being a people oriented organisation in the middle of a pandemic?   Show notes  25 From 25: women who have shaped the digital industry  Living Business: Rewiring your organization to unlock your people’s potential  

We’ve partnered with <a href="https://www.protopie.io/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">ProtoPie</a>, the future of interactive product design, to help you navigate through uncertainty and overcome the challenges today's unprecedented conditions have brought to the industry. Join us for <a href="https://designuntangled.co.uk/series/season-2-designing-for-a-new-level-of-uncertainty" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Season 2 - Designing for a new level of uncertainty</a>. How can diversity in the design process help organisation future proof products and services in this unpredictable world we live in? Abbie Walsh talks about her diversity journey and how she’s helped organisations identify and overcome the biggest barriers to create an inclusive working culture using service design as a methodology. Abbie talks about her experience as a gay woman in the design industry and how she overcame difficult challenges during her personal and professional life. She discusses the importance of creating spaces in organisations for people from minorities to have a voice and talks about the power of having diversity in design teams. She also talks about a service design methodology called <a href="https://www.fjordnet.com/conversations/living-business-rewiring-your-organization-to-unlock-your-peoples-potential/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Living Business</a>. A practical way to identify organisational blockers for change and a process to become truly flexible in these uncertain times. <h3>About our guest</h3> We talk with Abbie Walsh, Chief Design Officer at Accenture Interactive (former Fjord) and recently recognised as one of the women who have shaped the Digital Industry in the UK by <a href="https://www.thedrum.com/news/2019/09/05/25-25-women-who-have-shaped-the-digital-industry-part-4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Drum</a>. Abbie has a strong voice for diversity within the industry, which she believes is a good step towards tackling unconscious bias in design. Before joining Accenture, she was at the BBC where she worked on the BBC iPlayer. <h3>What you’ll learn</h3> <ul> <li>How can diversity be a tool to help designers and organisations to face what Covid-19 has brought to the world? </li> <li>What are the common problems organisations have about diversity and inclusion and how can service design help? </li> <li>What benefits does diversity bring in the design process? </li> <li>What is unconscious bias and how does it affect the design process? </li> <li>How can organisations become flexible enough to be able to respond to fast changes and challenges? </li> <li>How can companies keep being a people oriented organisation in the middle of a pandemic? </li> </ul> <h3>Show notes</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.thedrum.com/news/2019/09/05/25-25-women-who-have-shaped-the-digital-industry-part-4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">25 From 25: women who have shaped the digital industry </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.fjordnet.com/conversations/living-business-rewiring-your-organization-to-unlock-your-peoples-potential/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Living Business: Rewiring your organization to unlock your people’s potential </a></li> </ul>

S2E1: Abbie Walsh - How diversity and design can be a catalyst for change

Ruth Ridgeway

This week Amy is talking to Ruth Ridgeway and Abbie Walsh about self love and why it's so hard to maintain. From being bullied to setting email boundaries, this is jam packed with inspo to help you feel at your best.  can actually have a positive impact on your wellbeing. Hold your positive vibes and take time to acknowledge the bad days too. It might just feel good! https://www.instagram.com/dream0graphy/ https://www.instagram.com/ruthridgewayxo/ https://www.instagram.com/positivepeoplepodcast/ https://twitter.com/posipeoplepod Fiona Thomas Author of Depression in a Digital Age https://www.instagram.com/fionalikestoblog/ Amy Holland Founder of I Can Cards, Single Parents Wellbeing and Warrior Women Events https://icancards.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/icancards/

This week Amy is talking to Ruth Ridgeway and Abbie Walsh about self love and why it's so hard to maintain. From being bullied to setting email boundaries, this is jam packed with inspo to help you feel at your best.  can actually have a positive impact on your wellbeing. Hold your positive vibes and take time to acknowledge the bad days too. It might just feel good! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dream0graphy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/dream0graphy/</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruthridgewayxo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/ruthridgewayxo/</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/positivepeoplepodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/positivepeoplepodcast/</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/posipeoplepod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/posipeoplepod</a> Fiona Thomas Author of <a href="https://amzn.to/2TZcDjR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Depression in a Digital Age</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fionalikestoblog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/fionalikestoblog/</a> Amy Holland Founder of I Can Cards, Single Parents Wellbeing and Warrior Women Events <a href="https://icancards.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://icancards.co.uk/</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/icancards/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/icancards/</a>

Ep13 Ruth Ridgeway and Abbie Walsh: Hailstones and happiness

As founder of Kiely &amp; Co., a services business that pioneers people-powered digital transformation, Katz Kiely is a bona fide expert at effectively managing change and helping transform brands into Living Businesses. During this Fika, Kiely and Fjord’s Abbie Walsh tackle this topic in an unexpected way: through a discussion of desert music and arts festival, Burning Man. Katz also reveals the results of her research into office productivity losses and shares imperative culture changes businesses must make to realize their true potential.

Fika with Abbie Walsh and Katz Kiely