How are the algorithms in our lives holding us back? What are the most pressing problems of urban residents businesses can help resolve? What can other sectors learn from how the luxury industry is getting sustainability right? These are some of the questions we unpack in season two of the Phenomena podcast by ReD Associates, which explores how a deep understanding of human behaviour can help shape better business strategy. 'Leading with Perspective', a new season of the Phenomena Podcast…
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What makes a conversation feel natural rather than scripted? What kills it in three seconds? What makes someone feel understood versus processed? In this episode, we are joined by Larry McGrath, a User Research Lead at Amazon, where he has spent the past four years working on Alexa Plus, Amazon’s conversational AI platform, to talk about how to build AI that actually works for people. With deep…
How to design strategies that keep pace with our changing world? In this episode, we are joined by Carrie Yury, Head of UX Research within Digital at JPmorgan Chase, who brings decades of experience combining critical thinking, creativity, and deep human understanding. In conversation with ReD Partners Maria Cury and Morgan Ramsey Elliot, Carrie shares her insights on creating a more agile…
Network Economics has dominated business strategy for 40 years. But what happens when important anomalies challenge this theory? Take TikTok surpassing Instagram in user engagement despite a smaller network, or Hermès commanding a market cap 17X its revenue. These successes can't be explained by network size alone. In our piece, "Beyond Network Economics", co-authored by ReD and leading strategy…
How do you turn cultural insights into products that make a difference in people’s lives? In this episode, we are joined by Stefan Biel, a scientist turned innovator who for over 25 years has looked to uncover unexplored opportunities and translate them into meaningful products. Having worked for various large players across the consumer goods industry, he now finds himself at Tesa, the global…
How to build a corporate strategy for Africa's largest international health NGO? In our latest episode of Leading with Perspective, we are joined by Dr. Githinji Gitahi, Group CEO of Amref Health Africa. Amref is committed to transforming the health of African communities serving 30 million people in 35+ countries annually. Since joining as CEO in 2015, Dr. Gitahi has led Amref through a…
How has the financial sector looked to regain trust with consumers and play a more meaningful role in their lives? In this episode, we are joined by Camilla Dahl Hansen who was most recently with Saxo Bank where she held a number of roles including its Global Chief Saxo Experience Officer and Senior Executive Vice President. Before that, Camilla spent 14 years with Danske Bank as the Head of Group…
What foundational ideas should guide our thinking around future approaches to care? In 2026, the Mary Elizabeth Hospital in Copenhagen will open to the public. It is a hospital that will revolutionise the experience for children, teens, pregnant women and their relatives before, during and after treatment. And they are doing this by centering the hospital all around play. Alongside Elisabeth Ida…
In another live edition of the ReD podcast, we are joined by Taylor Price, a leading Gen Z financial expert with over a million followers on TikTok, and Matt Klein, a writer, cultural theorist and head of foresight at Reddit, to discuss what spaces or figures people are turning to as trust in traditional sources of authority is in decline. In the conversation, we get into the "who" – has…
In our age of AI and hyper-replication, who really is the author? To explore this question we sat down with with Charles Gorintin (co-founder of Mistral AI and co-founder and CTO of Alan) and Neil Beloufa (artist and co-founder of the collective EBB) who alongside ReD’s Charlotte Vangsgaard discuss: How should companies that thrive on originality respond to this new age of mass participation? What…
How to embrace uncertainty and channel chaos as the leader of a legacy brand? In this episode, we are joined by Alvin Lu, CEO of Kodansha USA Publishing, fresh from the opening of Kodansha House – an immersive space where people can experience all things Manga – which runs throughout October in New York City. Kodansha USA Publishing, or KUP, is a subsidiary of Kodansha, one of Japan’s largest and…
