Power of Ten with Andy Polaine

Andy Polaine

Booking Overview

This is an interview podcast about design at multiple levels, spanning service design, technology, psychology, organizational transformation, and societal change; its external guests are typically experienced designers, researchers, authors, and transformation leaders. Agencies could credibly pitch senior design and UX practitioners, AI and interface experts, service-design leaders, organizational-change executives, and authors with substantive frameworks or research. Booking difficulty is medium: the show accepts respected specialists and industry practitioners, but guests generally need significant experience, credible work, or published expertise.

Metrics

Episodes: 56

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: Australia

YouTube: 878 subscribers

Contact Information

podcasts@polaine.com

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Host

Andy Polaine - Design strategist and educator focused on service design, design leadership, technology, and organizational transformation.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Senior experience in design, user experience, service design, technology, research, or organizational transformation, supported by substantial practitioner experience, published work, major client or organizational impact, or recognized subject-matter expertise.
Required Achievements:  
Published books or substantial research, Leadership of design or transformation teams, Work with major companies or complex organizations, Development of influential design frameworks or practices

Recent Guest Discussions

Lisa Bennett - Human Agency, Psychology Of Overwhelm, The Polycrisis, Global-scale Empathy, Artificial Intelligence, Trust, Authentic Communication, And Sustainable Forms Of Care.

Veronika Kindred - AI And User Experience, Intelligent Interface Design, Interaction Design, Design Research, And Responsible Technology Implementation.

Josh Clark - Interaction Design History, Intelligent Interfaces, AI System Postures, Casual Intelligence, Physical Metaphors, And Responsible AI Implementation.

Martin Dowson - Service Design, In-house Design Leadership, Organizational Transformation, Design Capability, Measuring Business Impact, And Design In The AI Era.

Recent Topics

Service Design, Design Leadership, User Experience, Organizational Transformation, Artificial Intelligence

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Power of Ten with Andy Polaine
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S5 Ep5: Lisa Bennett – Savor The World

July 08, 2026

Power of Ten: design at every level of zoom, from thoughtful detail to organisational and societal change, hosted by Andy Polaine.In this episode, journalist and author Lisa Bennett, Harvard Fellow, co-author of Ecoliterate, and author of the forthcoming Savor the World: Why Wonder, Not Worry, Will Save Us, talks with Andy about restoring human agency in an overwhelming world. Drawing on a career spent studying how people rise to crisis, Lisa unpacks the E.B. White line that underpins her boo...

S5 Ep4: Josh Clark & Veronika Kindred - Sentient Design

June 09, 2026

My guests in this episode are Josh Clark and Veronika Kindred, co-authors of the book, Sentient Design: Crafting Intelligent Interfaces with AI, published by Rosenfeld Media.Our conversation ranged across the history of interaction design (Zork, MUDs, branching narratives), Josh and Veronika's "four postures" of AI systems (tools, chat, agents, co-pilots), the dangers of leaning too hard on physical metaphors, the idea of "casual intelligence" as a counter to AI maximalism, and the responsibi...

S5 Ep3: Martin Dowson – Service Design & Lobsters

May 04, 2026

My guest in this episode is Martin Dowson, a design and transformation leader who’s passionate about elevating the role of design as a strategic force for business growth.With over two decades of experience across Financial Services, Telcos, Media, and more. He’s built and led design teams, established Centres of Excellence, and guided organisations through complex transformations that align design with commercial outcomes.Martin went from reading our service design book hoping to solve a log...

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