by Melea Press | Mar 14, 2016 | Perspective
At the recent climate talks in Paris, 195 countries adopted a universal climate deal for the first time ever, key parts of which are legally binding. This is a stunning success and highlights how urgently the world’s nations, backed by their citizens and businesses,...
by Charlotte Hollands | Mar 8, 2016 | Perspective
EPIC Profiles Series Simon Roberts, a founder of Stripe Partners, is an expert at using the power of ethnography to drive strategy and innovation by continuously unveiling the ‘black magic’ of people’s worlds. He has crafted a pioneering career,...
by Suzanne Currie, Chris Massot | Mar 1, 2016 | Perspective
IoT (the Internet of Things) took center stage at CES last January. Many watchers of the giant Consumer Electronics Show opined the array of new products entering this space (many aimed at mainstream consumers) was the main story from Las Vegas this year. Rewind a few...
by Arvind Venkataramani | Feb 24, 2016 | Perspective
by [contrib_author post_id=’6169′ name=’Arvind Venkataramani’], EPIC2016 PechaKucha Panel Lead Even in a heterodox community such as EPIC, ‘Papers’ can feel like a forbidding mechanism for generating knowledge and exchanging ideas. To those not...
by Laith Ulaby | Feb 23, 2016 | Perspective
Conducting research with small businesses can pose many challenges, but these same dynamics also make ethnography one of the most rewarding and potentially impactful ways to study them. I have worked with small businesses in academic contexts as well as with a UX...