Team

David Kester

Managing Director

David Kester has been an advisor to government, industry and the third sector, for over 20 years pioneering new ways to turn social and business challenges into innovation and enterprise. Formerly chief executive of both the Design Council and D&AD, David is an honorary professor at Warwick Business School and the founder of DK&A and Design Thinkers Academy London.

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Blog posts by David

Podcasts
Design thinking
Why businesses need to experiment more

Why businesses need to experiment more

Ben Crisp
In our latest Design Thinkers podcast we explore the importance of experimentation in business, and how to experiment successfully to drive growth.
Podcasts
Design thinking
Sustainability
When design thinking & big tech took on plastics

When design thinking & big tech took on plastics

Ben Crisp
In this latest podcast, listen to how a Design Sprint helped SAP use data and design thinking to take on the scourge of plastics pollution.
Design thinking
Prototyping
Pretotypes & prototypes

Pretotypes & prototypes

David Kester
Why is prototyping so important for design thinking? In this short read David Kester looks at some recent prototyping projects.
Design thinking
Social innovation
What Design Can Do: refugee challenge

What Design Can Do: refugee challenge

David Kester
WDCD Refugee Challenge is a design competition searching game-changing ideas to help refugees. David Kester explains why he's such a fan of the initiative.
Design thinking
Democratising design: Q&A with David Kester

Democratising design: Q&A with David Kester

Jo Maude
Jo Maude our producer pins down our founder David Kester and asks: Why design thinking? and why create the Design Thinkers Academy in London?