Lunchtime conversation: How can designers change the world?

A table by Ben Sheppard, Co-founder & Chair at Design for Good

None of the 17 United Nations goals is on track for 2030. The number of chief design officers in the 100 largest corporates has fallen from 40 to 24 in the last five years. Entry level design roles are at their lowest level in a decade. 

It is easy for designers to feel disempowered and disengaged. Ben Sheppard, Co-founder and Chair at Design for Good, and author of the McKinsey Business Value of Design will lead a discussion about how designers can make a meaningful difference, both in their companies, and more importantly in the world around them.

Join Ben for a conversation with peers on this hosted lunch table. Places are limited - you can sign-up at the registration desk on the day.

Ben Sheppard

Co-founder & Chair at Design for Good

Ben Sheppard is the co-founder and Chair of Design for Good, a global charitable alliance spanning 30 countries working pro bono to develop products and services with the goal to improve 10 million lives by 2030 and advance selected UN Sustainable Development Goals. He brought together the founding members, including General Mills, LIXIL, Logitech, McKinsey, Nedbank, Nestlé, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Philips and the Royal College of Art.

Ben works with boards and CEOs to grow innovative, design-led businesses and has recently taken interim leadership roles of cutting-edge medical technology companies. A former long-standing Partner at McKinsey & Company, he led the firm’s global research on design, including the Red Dot-winning Business Value of Design series. For many years, he convened the Chief Design Officer Roundtable — a forum of 50 of the world’s most senior design leaders, whose work touches the lives of seven in eight people on the planet. 

Ben is Senior Advisor to the Design Council, a member of Fortune's Global Advisory Council on design, a former Dezeen master jury member, and a visiting lecturer at institutions including the Royal College of Art.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedictsheppard/