Citizen Centric

Ken Dooley

The Citizen Centric podcast - Transforming our cities with Technology and Sharing. We explore examples of user centric urban services and our core message is: "if we solve the citizen’s problems first and if we do this with intuitive and easy to use tools then all of the data to make city more efficient and sustainable will be available by default" The core concept of a citizen centric, smart & sustainable city is the optimised allocation of the assets in a city. This pool of shared assets could include buildings, outdoor spaces, vehicles and even equipment like 3D printers or DIY tools.

Categories: Technology

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Episode 8 of the Citizen Centric podcast is now out! Workplace is still on the agenda as the latest workplace trends can really help us to understand more about user experience in a city. Elisa Rönkä from Siemens is a perfect person to talk to about this subject. She specializes in end user apps, IoT and emerging technology but she isn’t a fan of technology for technology’s sake. Her role is to look past that shiny new piece of technology and ask “but what does this do for me as a user, employee or citizen?” We talk about: - why the era of accepting friction in our daily life is over - how Elisa’s varied work history makes her the perfect person to question the experience delivered by new technology - why the best innovation occurs when people collaborate voluntarily and why that doesn’t normally happen in meeting rooms - why workplaces are a good place to study when aiming to understand user experience as employers are trying to keep up with apps like uber or justeat - why technology needs to delight us and not just function More about Siemens https://new.siemens.com/global/en/products/buildings/markets/smart-office.html