Pack Unleashed

Better late than never, and worth the wait no doubt! It's the end of season 2 episode, where we wrap up the season with a look back over our guests, what we've learnt and the great conversations we've had!Join our hosts for this final episode John and Dom, who take you through what's been done, what's to come and their favourite moments from the movie Ghost, which John's only just got round to seeing!Thanks for listening, see you for season 3 soonish...Pack out! —————Thanks to our s...

In our penultimate episode of Pack Unleashed season 2, we are welcoming Richard Banfield, VP of design transformation into the mix!Richard joined our recently at our first product unleashed event, where he dropped some knowledge combs about high performing teams on our eyes and ears!This time, like Arnold, he's back! And our design director John got Richard chewing the fat about his varied career starting with studying biology and ending up in design via diving in far away lands. Always ...

For this episode, we are joined by a very special guest, Mat Hunter, Co-CEO of Plus X. Matt has had a long and varied career kick-started by landing a placement at world-renowned design and innovation agency IDEO, where he went on to work for 15 years focussing mostly on creating digital products and services. He's also a tutor and visiting professor at the Royal College of Art (RCA) and Imperial Business School London. As if that wasn't enough plates for Mat to spin, he's now ...

In this episode of Pack Unleashed, the founders of Pack Matt, John and Dom delve into the world of perfection OR, rather, how striving for perfection can ultimately hold you back. From day dot we’re programmed to strive for perfection in everything we do. But is perfection something we can really attain?And how does perfection affect the way we think about our work and the products we create? AND...what on earth does all this have to do with John’s Nan and Duke Nukem 3D…You’re ...

Settling into Season 2 of our podcast, we have the great Erika Hall joining us for an awesome episode, where we talk about the importance of research and how you can benefit from including it in your product business. We’ll also be jumping into the Pack Delorean to take a leap back in time, to discuss how Erika got started in the design industry and what first got her interested in the subject of research. Erika is Co-founder and Director of Strategy at Mule, a consultancy which foc...

To kick off season 2 of our podcast, we have a great guest and a white hot topic!We’re joined by Laïla von Alvensleben, who heads up Culture & Collaboration at MURAL.Laïla has a background in UX design and has worked as an industry expert and facilitated workshops for the likes of Hyper Island and Mural. She’s now a remote workplace expert and contributes to a variety of programmes and businesses helping them navigate their remote challenges!We talk about what it means to build...

WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!It’s finally here. We’ve managed to push the fan mail aside and have made it back into the saddle once more, for season 2 of Pack Unleashed! Not only are we back, we’re also in a brand new studio and have a sponsor, the ever awesome Plus X innovation hubs. In our first episode we recap on season 1, but more importantly we look forward to what’s in store in season 2 our mightiest season yet. Jam packed with guests and knowledge bombs aplenty! Buckle up buttercup…W...

We had big things planned for the end of Pack Unleashed Season 1, but...life happens! 😬This week John rounds things up with a retrospective episode where he reveals why we started the podcast, what we're passionate about, a tribute to our brilliant guests and what you can expect from season 2, while Matt and Dom are in the trenches of a Design Sprint! 🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏃‍♀️If you want the lowdown on what the last 13 episodes have covered, this is the episode for you 🔥It's time to kick off your shoes, rel...

Worried your business is staggering into a post apocalyptic future like one of the Zombie hoard?Have you tried to introduce new innovative services and solutions into your company but hit a block at every turn?Then you need to have a listen to this weeks Pack Unleashed special guest episode with Elvin Turner. Elvin is the go-to Innovation consultant for some of the biggest companies world, and author of Be Less Zombie - How great companies create dynamic innovation, fearless leadership and pa...

In this weeks show John is joined by an extra special guest, head of communications at Eximia Graeme Cook.Graeme is former EMEA strategic communications manager at Microsoft and has worked for both London Heathrow and BT in the past communications roles.After telling our own Graeme and John origins story via wrestling and sharks, we talk about the power of stories and how you can harness storytelling to help get buy in for your ideas. From neuroscience to Jaws, selling junk on eBay, righ...