# 0266 - Unlocking Design Expertise with Tom Rourke

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Podcast: [Design Talk (dot IE)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-talk-dot-ie-3492246)
Published: 2025-12-05T16:18:06+00:00
Episode link: https://designtalk.ie
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## Resource

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: Pepperdine_Tom.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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