London climate action week

Healthy Futures: Can we thrive if our planet is sick?

kyu House returned with a special pop-up event for London Climate Action to explore just that. 

On June 26, 2024, kyu companies including IDEO, Lexington and Gehl, along with Kite Insights, hosted dynamic and proactive discussions around health-centric environments and greener health systems. 

 

They asked questions like….

  • What would a healthcare system look like if you kept human and planetary health in balance?
  • How can patients drive climate-positive outcomes?
  • Where can we be more impactful in the climate x health space?

 

Later in the week, SYPartners partnered with Elevation Barn to bring together an evening of elevating impact, and ATÖLYE co-hosted a session with Metabolic spotlighting actionable, investable strategies to mobilize the critical funding necessary for a sustainable future.

Senior Communications Specialist, IDEO.org

Victoria Yan

Senior Communications Specialist, IDEO.org

Victoria Yan

Senior Communications Specialist, IDEO.org

As a Senior Communications Specialist, Victoria weaves the many threads of IDEO.org’s multi-disciplinary team and community of partners to craft compelling narratives on what we do and why we do it.

Prior to joining IDEO.org, she cut her teeth in communications at Brooklyn Grange, where she worked towards building a more climate-resilient New York City, and as a founding member of 1:1 Foods, a food justice social enterprise born in response to the pandemic. In a past life, Victoria connected people through stories as a journalist in Beirut, Lebanon.

Senior Communications Specialist, IDEO.org

Victoria Yan

Senior Communications Specialist, IDEO.org

As a Senior Communications Specialist, Victoria weaves the many threads of IDEO.org’s multi-disciplinary team and community of partners to craft compelling narratives on what we do and why we do it.

Prior to joining IDEO.org, she cut her teeth in communications at Brooklyn Grange, where she worked towards building a more climate-resilient New York City, and as a founding member of 1:1 Foods, a food justice social enterprise born in response to the pandemic. In a past life, Victoria connected people through stories as a journalist in Beirut, Lebanon.

Managing Partner, SYPartners

Nicolas Maitret

Managing Partner, SYPartners

Nicolas Maitret

Managing Partner, SYPartners

Nicolas is responsible for leading the firm’s business, culture, and people in collaboration with fellow members of the management team. Over the past 20 years, Nicolas has helped leaders shape organizations that can navigate change and complexity to create value for all stakeholders.

A designer and business strategist by training, he brings clarity to complexity, the ability to reframe challenges to discover new opportunities, and deep expertise helping organizations define their purpose, vision, and culture.

Managing Partner, SYPartners

Nicolas Maitret

Managing Partner, SYPartners

Nicolas is responsible for leading the firm’s business, culture, and people in collaboration with fellow members of the management team. Over the past 20 years, Nicolas has helped leaders shape organizations that can navigate change and complexity to create value for all stakeholders.

A designer and business strategist by training, he brings clarity to complexity, the ability to reframe challenges to discover new opportunities, and deep expertise helping organizations define their purpose, vision, and culture.

Venture Partner, Executive Director (MENA), SYPartners

Rie Nørregaard

Venture Partner, Executive Director (MENA), SYPartners

Rie Nørregaard

Venture Partner, Executive Director (MENA), SYPartners

  • Strategic Leadership
  • Innovative Design
  • Design Education

Rie Nørregaard is a multinational creative director, business leader, and award-winning designer from Copenhagen. Her work examines the interactions that link cultures, people, and ideas.

She currently serves as Venture Partner and Executive Director, MENA, at SYPartners, where she drives transformation across cultural and sociopolitical institutions by equipping organizations and startups with the vision and belief to introduce systems-level change.

Venture Partner, Executive Director (MENA), SYPartners

Rie Nørregaard

Venture Partner, Executive Director (MENA), SYPartners

  • Strategic Leadership
  • Innovative Design
  • Design Education

Rie Nørregaard is a multinational creative director, business leader, and award-winning designer from Copenhagen. Her work examines the interactions that link cultures, people, and ideas.

She currently serves as Venture Partner and Executive Director, MENA, at SYPartners, where she drives transformation across cultural and sociopolitical institutions by equipping organizations and startups with the vision and belief to introduce systems-level change.

Partner, IDEO

Bryan Walker

Partner, IDEO

Bryan Walker

Partner, IDEO

Bryan has a proven track record of seeing and building the next big thing. He partners with leaders to transform their organizations and ways of working to win in the climate era. Forever the design advocate, he believes design has a pivotal role to play.

Bryan’s work has been widely recognized and spans the consumer electronics, fashion, financial services, food and beverage, health care, hospitality, and retail industries. His design research for a baby stroller was awarded “product design of the year” by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society and was later featured in the Smithsonian Museum. His work has also been featured in BusinessWeek, Fast Company, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

He is a core design team member for the Aspen Institute’s First Movers Fellowship Program and also lectures at Cornell University, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and the California Center of Arts on the topics of design thinking, organizational design, consumer experience design, and service design.

Partner, IDEO

Bryan Walker

Partner, IDEO

Bryan has a proven track record of seeing and building the next big thing. He partners with leaders to transform their organizations and ways of working to win in the climate era. Forever the design advocate, he believes design has a pivotal role to play.

Bryan’s work has been widely recognized and spans the consumer electronics, fashion, financial services, food and beverage, health care, hospitality, and retail industries. His design research for a baby stroller was awarded “product design of the year” by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society and was later featured in the Smithsonian Museum. His work has also been featured in BusinessWeek, Fast Company, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

He is a core design team member for the Aspen Institute’s First Movers Fellowship Program and also lectures at Cornell University, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and the California Center of Arts on the topics of design thinking, organizational design, consumer experience design, and service design.

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