DockPod
The Dock is a diverse team of creative problem-solvers within Accenture – where design, business and technology meet under one roof. Here’s what's currently occupying our minds in Accenture’s flagship R&D and Global Innovation Centre.
- Update frequency
- every 75 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 14
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2021
What you need to innovate
What exactly do we mean and want when it comes to innovation? Is diversity relevant? Is failure really permissible or are we just dealing in rhetoric? In a new podcast series, Gen Woods is joined by …
Your Whole Self
It is widely believed that people work best in innovation when they are being most authentic to themselves. As a result, they need to bring their whole selves into the workplace.
But is this an idea …
Predictions for the Future
"We are all focused intensely right now on what may be about to happen whether it’s in the world of tech, medicine, economics or politics. Here in The Dock, Accenture’s global R&D hub, anticipating a…
The Tough Truth about Innovation
To secure their futures, organisations need to constantly innovate. And if you need compelling evidence of this, 2020 has it in spades. In a moment of reflection, DockPod brought together several of …
The Financial Art of Experimental Banking
Is now a good time for businesses to be bold and is the banking sector in particular ready for a radical overhaul? Welcome to the latest episode of DockPod, which is produced by The Dock, Accenture’s…
Responsible AI: what’s next?
Responsible AI is one of the most pressing issues facing the tech world – so what does it look like in the near future, and what does it mean for business? This episode features some of the best thin…
How to cybersecure your business
A new series of DockPod starts with an episode on Cybersecurity, featuring a panel of experts from the worlds of policing and security.
From ransomware to spear phishing, and doxing to data breaches,…
Rebuilding the House of Capitalism
“Capitalism is the most powerful tool in our toolbelt, but a hammer can be used to make or destroy a house. So how do you choose to wield it?”. So says Unreasonable Group founder Daniel Epstein in th…
Is Sustainability A Privilege?
In recent weeks some of the biggest companies in the world, including Accenture, have pledged to put the planet ahead of profit.
But just how feasible are such commitments? Can big business really re…
The Business of Feelings
What does it take these days for customers and clients to feel something? In an age of constant stimulation, strategy and sheer noise, how can businesses hope to make any kind of emotional impact? We…
A smarter look inside the home
How much time are you spending at home and what are you doing when you’re there? Have we changed our idea of home and has technology anything to do with it? And where are the business opportunities f…
Great Expectations
Is now the best time to be a consumer? Do our rising expectations reflect our innate desires as humans or are we spiraling out of control? April Durrett from our Fjord team, Dr Mairead Brady from Tri…
Hierarchies and the structures of work
In this episode, Laurence Mackin and Sinead O’Shea are joined by fellow Docker Derek McGrath, Tara Levins from Accenture Ireland, and Neva Elliot McGinley, CEO of Crash Ensemble, to discuss how hiera…
How failure works: Embracing it all when it all goes wrong
In our first episode, we discuss failure. It’s the ability to experiment, to encounter setback and to handle failure that creates real success. Failure is not a pleasant experience but that doesn’t m…