Paul Taylor

  • Built Not To Last: Could Planned Obsolescence Be Good For The Social Sector?

    Planned obsolescence is the practice of deliberately creating consumer goods that rapidly become obsolete (or out of date) and therefore need to be frequently replaced. If we designed our organisations to have an expiry date would we get better social outcomes?

    Paul Taylor

  • To Boost Innovation We Need To Make Ourselves Obsolete

    If you’re of a certain age you’ll sometimes find yourself reminiscing about an age where things were built to last. My own mother swears her first washing machine lasted for over 20 years. Today,  Apple expects the lifecycle for an average iPhone to be just three. Firstly – this is almost certainly a rose tinted view…

    Paul Taylor

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