social innovation

  • Weather, Climate and Smoking

    Here in the UK, we are officially smack in the middle of autumn in our household. That time of the year when you switch on the heating depending on how cold your feet feel. It is still a few days, or weeks, before we will switch to the thermostat’s programmed timer schedule. That will be…

  • Birthday cakes and design process learnings

    Last week, I baked a birthday cake for my daughter. I enjoy cooking but I haven’t really tried my hand a lot at baking. So I picked up the easiest sounding recipe for a chocolate cake. Why chocolate? Because every five year old loves chocolate. Actually, make that between five and fifty, to take into…