0266 - Unlocking Design Expertise with Tom Rourke

0266 - Unlocking Design Expertise with Tom Rourke

From Design Talk (dot IE) by Allen Higgins

December 5, 2025 · 53 min · Season 13 · Episode 266

About this episode

Tom Rourke discusses design expertise and innovation in business education.

Our guest for this session is Tom Rourke. Tom works in Kyndryl as Vice President for Design, Insights and Innovation. The first of 3 seminars organised by John Mooney as part of the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School MBA programme in collaboration with UCD’s MSc Digital Innovation programme. Notes: Tom Rourke – LinkedIn profile:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-rourke-1a8b70/ Tom gave a shoutout to Kevin Bethune -  https://www.kevinbethune.com Also, the MRI design story by Doug Dietz, Industrial Designer – ( link ) Also, Tom co-hosts The Progress Report, with Sarah B. Nelson (Chief Design Officer at Kyndryl) on: Apple Podcasts -  https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-progress-report/id1627095388 Spotify -  https://open.spotify.com/show/23hDHHDkOPSeFrrNsa9jcD?si=fa531ad1ec36459b Finally, The Kyndryl Institute (download the app) -  https://www.kyndryl.com/gb/en/institute/ Acknowledgements Music  Title: First Take Artist: Debajyoti Biswas and Michael O'Neill Source:  mis.aup3 License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Cover Art  Title: Unlocking Design (screenshot from Tom in Kyndryl leadership video) Artist: Allen Higgins Source…

People in this episode

Host: Allen Higgins

Guest: Tom Rourke

Topics covered

  • design expertise
  • innovation
  • business education
  • digital transformation
  • leadership

Keywords

  • design
  • innovation
  • business
  • education
  • Kyndryl

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kyndryl, Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, UCD, The Progress Report, Kyndryl Institute

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