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Our top 10 innovation books to read in 2024

Our top 10 innovation books to read in 2024

Make 2024 about embracing ‘practical wisdom’, with our carefully chosen books on innovation, a mix of classics and some new. 
Celebrating innovative women throughout history

Celebrating innovative women throughout history

Meet the Design Lab Team: Tiwonge Cohn

Meet the Design Lab Team: Tiwonge Cohn

An interview with Tiwonge Cohn, Equity Coach on the Mayor of London’s Design Lab.
Workforce reformer: Andrea Williams-McKenzie

Workforce reformer: Andrea Williams-McKenzie

Andrea is at the heart of transforming workforce and community integration at Guy's and St.Thomas', the very same hospital where her mother worked as a cleaner three decades ago.
Fred Moon, UnSplash

Tech, talent & tolerance drive innovation

Mayor of London Design Lab Symposium

Mayor of London Design Lab Symposium

Free online event livestreaming from City Hall in London on 6 March.
Systems thinking
Our Top 5 Systems Thinking books for 2024

Our Top 5 Systems Thinking books for 2024

The team at Design Thinkers Academy London have compiled a list of 5 systems thinking books to read in 2024.
A day in the life of the Design Lab

A day in the life of the Design Lab

A video and photostory of our recent healthcare sector co-creation as part of the Mayor of London's Design Lab.
Design thinking
Service design
5 skills every researcher needs

5 skills every researcher needs

In this blog we talk to our Associate Research Director at DK&A, Ruth Flood and our Associate Head of Research, Ellen Davies, about 5 core skills that any good researcher needs.
Podcasts
Design thinking
Why businesses need to experiment more

Why businesses need to experiment more

In our latest Design Thinkers podcast we explore the importance of experimentation in business, and how to experiment successfully to drive growth.
Podcasts
Equity by design
Service design
By all of us & never just one of us

By all of us & never just one of us

In this podcast we talk to our new Design Director, Goldie Chaudhuri, about her new role what it’s like working as an ensemble with our team and clients.
Equity by design
Social innovation
Diversity, anti-racism & Equity by Design

Diversity, anti-racism & Equity by Design

How might we enable individuals to uphold their cultural identities and heritage while integrating our societies to form a cohesive whole?