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C-Level with former Chief Design Officer at Philips

Live Interview: Craft VS. Business at C-Level with former Chief Design Officer at Philips
08 July 5 PM, BST

Chief Design Officers are making a powerful comeback.

After years of uncertainty, companies are investing in the position again, recognising the unique expertise CDOs bring and the positive impact they have on the business.

Join the latest episode of our Chief Design Officer Series with Sean Carney – a brilliant design leader and a former CDO at Philips – to learn why now is the most exciting time to be a design leader at the executive level – and how to shine brightly in this role.  fla.wiki/4ki2Iho

You will learn:
How to maintain your creative integrity at the C-level
Case studies of how design can bring additional revenue and save from potential losses
Why companies are obsessed with hiring CDOs (again)
Bonus: why design thinking can be dangerous – and how designers can change the game

About the speaker:
Sean Carney is the former Chief Design Officer & Business Leader Healthcare Transformation Services at Philips. Leading a team of more than 700 designers, he has created empathic and data-connected solutions with added value for millions of users. His success is widely recognised by the 180 top design awards won by Philips in 25 key global design competitions in 2021. Under the leadership of Sean Carney, the Philips Experience Design Team has received the Red Dot: Best of the Best a total of twelve times. His Experience Design Team was named Red Dot: Design Team of the Year 2022

Sean pioneered a user-centred approach to brand design while working with Electrolux and subsequently applied his approach to brands such as iittala, Assa Abloy and Hewlett-Packard.

About the host:
The webinar will be hosted by Future London Acad
event dateTuesday 8 July
venue addressOnline London EC1N 2SW
event timesFree
Organised by Future London Academy
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