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The Startup

Your Product’s Ethical Stack

It’s time for a mental model update to help product teams explore the ethical integrity of the products they build

Oct 6, 2020

Your Product’s Ethical Stack

Oct 6, 2020

James Lynden

The 5 Freshest Books on Ethics that Technologists Must Read 📚

With great power comes great responsibility, right? I want to help technologists have more informed and fruitful discussions about that…

Aug 5, 2020

The 5 Freshest Books on Ethics that Technologists Must Read 📚

Aug 5, 2020

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The Sustainable Innovator

Should You Really Describe Your Innovation Approach As “Human-centred’?

Everything that is problematic with the design industry’s darling buzzword

Dec 10, 2019

Should You Really Describe Your Innovation Approach As “Human-centred’?

Dec 10, 2019

James Lynden

Chief Philosophy Officer — A Job Description

The CPO will be our in-house devil’s advocate, tasked with asking uncomfortable questions.

Nov 5, 2019

Chief Philosophy Officer — A Job Description

Nov 5, 2019

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The Sustainable Innovator

Never Brainstorm Ever Again

Introducing the two-storm. You’ll never go back

Nov 4, 2019

Never Brainstorm Ever Again

Nov 4, 2019

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Becoming Human: Artificial Intelligence Magazine

What does it mean to “humanise” technology?

Tech discourse is increasingly using the term “humanise” to describe everything from designing more personable chatbots, through to…

Nov 10, 2018

What does it mean to “humanise” technology?

Nov 10, 2018

James Lynden

Qualified Self: Quantified Self’s AI-powered replacement?

A new movement, Qualified Self, built upon on AI which can analyse qualitative data, may soon take the place of Quantified Self.

Oct 9, 2018

Qualified Self: Quantified Self’s AI-powered replacement?

Oct 9, 2018

James Lynden

Poetry, My Secret Weapon for Language Learning

I’ve started learning German. Right now, I have just about enough German to say that ich spreche kein Deutsch. That is, I’m a total…

Mar 25, 2018

Poetry, My Secret Weapon for Language Learning

Mar 25, 2018

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Experiencing mood on Spotify

I’ve been putting some thought into the relationship between mood and technology, particularly looking at digital experiences which build…

Jan 21, 2017

Experiencing mood on Spotify

Jan 21, 2017

James Lynden

Why does everyone hate Read Receipts? We did some research to find out.

Read receipts, such as that familiar blue double-tick on WhatsApp or timestamp on iMessage, are the object of a lot of frustration. At…

Nov 4, 2016

Why does everyone hate Read Receipts? We did some research to find out.

Nov 4, 2016

James Lynden

James Lynden

Researcher, Facilitator, Strategist. Working at Spotify. Ethical innovation and systems thinking. Making space for deep work. Ex-Ultraleap, B&O, O2, IXDS.

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