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What if we could redesign the systems that don't work? Design Influence is about exploring how we can use business and design to reimagine the world’s constructs. In other words it’s about adventures in entrepreneurship, social innovation and capital.

  1. Season IV / Episode 2: Concrete Molds—the Architecture of Control

    12/17/2024

    Season IV / Episode 2: Concrete Molds—the Architecture of Control

    Isabelle welcomes Dr. Tim Cunningham in this episode. A social justice advocate and urban design specialist, author of 'Human Rights and the Architecture of Conflict' (forthcoming) and Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute, Tim is based in New Jersey. We discuss the deliberate use of urban planning and architecture as tools for controlling marginalized communities both historically and in the present day. As we trace historical patterns of segregation through infrastructural designs, leading to socio-economic and cultural isolation, we move on to recent promising developments and successful alternatives to create cities for greater inclusion and wellbeing. 00:00 Introduction: The Impact of Urban Design on Communities 00:10 Comparative Analysis: Belfast and the United States 01:04 Personal Experiences in a Militarized Environment 02:59 Human Rights Work and Employment Discrimination 04:04 Urban Planning and Socioeconomic Inequality 06:14 The Role of Architecture in Social Control 07:49 Discovering Evidence of Deliberate Urban Design 15:52 The Legacy of Urban Design in Belfast 22:36 Modern Examples of Urban Design and Social Impact 26:00 Progressive Initiatives and Future Solutions 34:55 Challenges and Hope for Inclusive Urban Design

    40 min
  2. Season IV / Episode 1: Transformation Collab—Redefining Health, Safety, and Justice.

    10/02/2024

    Season IV / Episode 1: Transformation Collab—Redefining Health, Safety, and Justice.

    In this episode, host Isabelle Swiderski is joined by Alexzandria Poole, Director of Defender Initiatives at Zealous, as she shares her journey from being a public defender to spearheading systemic advocacy. Through her personal story and work at Zealous, Alexz highlights the power of storytelling, education, and media in challenging systemic injustices from the inside and fostering community-led change. 00:00 A Touching Encounter with a Client 00:26 National Advocacy and Zealous Organization 00:54 Transition from Public Defender to Systemic Advocate 01:43 Community Initiatives and Systemic Advocacy 02:54 Teaching and Training Public Defenders 03:25 Police Accountability and Legal Reforms 04:49 Community Defense Center in Roseland 07:58 Challenges and Innovations in Public Defense 09:21 Storytelling and Shifting Narratives 19:49 Empowering Communities and Building Trust 21:08 Training New Defenders and Collaborative Efforts 26:52 Reflections on Systemic Change and Hope

    31 min
  3. Season III / Episode 5: Communities, Networks, and Ecosystems — Platforms for Change

    10/10/2023

    Season III / Episode 5: Communities, Networks, and Ecosystems — Platforms for Change

    Host Isabelle Swiderski sits down with Meaghan Kennedy, founder of Orange Sparkle Ball, an innovation consultancy focused on public-private partnerships to explore the role communities / networks / ecosystems can serve as a supportive framework for change.

    38 min
  4. Season III / Episode 4: What if we ran the thing?—Building Economic Democracy

    08/08/2023

    Season III / Episode 4: What if we ran the thing?—Building Economic Democracy

    “What if we thought of the Bronx as an economy of scale? And what if we try to create a plan for the borough that actually brings all of us in, where we share a vision, where we share in leadership, and where the wealth and capital is owned by us and bred by us? So the simple phrase is: what if we ran it?”—Michael Partis Host Isabelle Swiderski sits down with Michael Partis, current Executive Director of the Red Hook Initiative and previously ED of the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative to discuss the making of the Bronx-wide plan and what it takes to build economic democracy in a borough that’s been underestimated and underfunded but never gives up on its people and its values.

    26 min
  5. Season III / Episode 3: The Practice of Democracy—From Redlining to Equity

    05/24/2023

    Season III / Episode 3: The Practice of Democracy—From Redlining to Equity

    This episode features April De Simone, a transdisciplinary practitioner working at the intersection of architecture, planning, and systems thinking. She collaborates with different communities across the country, bringing to light the lasting impacts of redlining, urban renewal, and gentrification. What are new ways to explore housing as a key node in ecosystems underpinning community fabric and the reinvention of democracy? How might we consider where we live as one aspect of our entire experience and health? How can under-represented voices finally be heard and valued to co-create equitable systems and shared value? April shares insights related to her collaborative experiences surfacing, reframing, and dismantling intentionally designed systems of inequity and, how, through this reimagining, we might, somehow, find a new path to democracy.

    34 min
  6. Season III / Episode 2: Disrupt or Destroy—the Identity Crisis of Gender Lens Investing

    03/26/2023

    Season III / Episode 2: Disrupt or Destroy—the Identity Crisis of Gender Lens Investing

    Sana Kapadia, director of strategy at 2X Global, sits down with host Isabelle Swiderski to talk about the current state of gender lens investing and the resources and approaches that support the people and partnerships behind the work.

    28 min

  7. 12/12/2022

    Season III / Episode 1 : Yes, and . . . —Iterations on the New Economy

    This episode features Vicki Saunders, founder of Coralus (formerly SheEO) based in Toronto. Coralus now operates in 5 countries and through the annual contribution of individual activators, provides interest-free loans and, crucially, a community of support, to ventures led by women- and non-binary folks. Over 140 ventures tackling the world’s to-do list have been taken in and gone on to grow their impact. Vicki shares her insights from 20+ years spent exploring the conditions that allow individuals to thrive and what it takes to imagine and co-create a new solution for women to fund each other. How might we all show up? What are our responsibilities, as individuals or organisations committed to social justice, to not only acknowledge these tools for building a more equitable economy, but to actively support their expansion and adoption?

    29 min
  8. Season II / Episode 8: Driving Social Change—the Case for Economic Empowerment

    10/31/2022

    Season II / Episode 8: Driving Social Change—the Case for Economic Empowerment

    This episode, the last in Season II, features Darrell Schuurman, co-founder and CEO of the Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.  The CGLCC is a coalition of LGBTQ2S+ businesses, government, corporate and community partners advocating for change to make a more inclusive Canadian economy possible. Darrell sheds some light on the evolution of the organization as it navigates its domestic role and its growing impact in other countries.

    30 min
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What if we could redesign the systems that don't work? Design Influence is about exploring how we can use business and design to reimagine the world’s constructs. In other words it’s about adventures in entrepreneurship, social innovation and capital.

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  • Creator
    Seven25
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
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