Technology Cards: A Design Game for Navigating in a Future of Digital Technologies
Sidsel Katrine Nymark Ernstsen
NIRAS, Allerød, Denmark / DTU Management, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Sidsel Katrine Nymark Ernstsen received a PhD in design and innovation engineering from the Technical University of Denmark in March 2021. She is a digitalisation consultant at the engineering consultancy NIRAS A/S, co-manages the company’s digital strategy, and drives various innovation initiatives. Sidsel’s research investigates how emerging technologies may impact the construction sector and proposes concrete advice on how established companies may anticipate and prepare for disruption. A tangible outcome of her PhD was the Technology Cards design game, which became very popular. As of December 2022, she and her colleagues have held 43 Tech Session workshops with 780 participants from multiple industries. Those interested in inquiring about a Tech Session or a free deck of Technology Cards may do so by visiting www.niras.com/techsession or by contacting the authors.
Christian Thuesen
https://www.dtu.dk/english/Person/christian-thuesen?id=19839
DTU Management, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Denmark
Christian Thuesen is an associate professor in project and construction management at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and has been a Fulbright scholar at UC Berkeley and Stanford. He has worked in project management for over 20 years as a lecturer, researcher, and consultant in various engineering settings, including construction and IT. This experience has sparked his fundamental research interest in the role of projects as vehicles for industrial and societal change, and more broadly, in the role that projects play in modern society. In this pursuit, he co-founded DTUs ProjectLab (www.doing-projects.org), which he currently directs. His current research focuses on establishing a research agenda for transforming the construction industry towards sustainability by leveraging developing digital capabilities.
Christian Holmegaard Mossing
NIRAS, Allerød, Denmark
Denmark
Christian Holmegaard Mossing is a vice president of Data, Analytics and Planning at NIRAS. Christian has 25 years of experience as a consulting engineer across several domains and companies. Throughout his professional career, he has been passionate about translating advanced technology for ordinary people and generic applications. He regularly teaches business leaders in digital imagination and how to make strategic decisions when one doesn’t fully understand or has yet to master emerging technologies. Christian co-manages NIRAS’ digital strategy, which involves a digital transformation of the company. Moreover, he is the deputy chairman of the Danish geodata interest organisation Geoforum.
Stig Brinck
NIRAS, Allerød, Denmark
Denmark
Stig Brinck is an expertise director for digitalisation and process development at NIRAS. He has more than 25 years of experience working on the digitalisation of the construction sector. Stig drives the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and leads various innovation initiatives. He has participated in the development of several new, cross-sectoral industry standards within the digitalisation and services sectors. Drawing on his experience as a client advisor on large construction projects, he also acts as a reviewer and appraiser in the Danish Arbitration Court. Moreover, Stig is a censor at the Technical University of Denmark and Aalborg University.
Anja Maier
https://www.dtu.dk/english/Person/anja-maier?id=59683
DTU Management, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark / Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
Denmark
Anja Maier is a professor of engineering systems design and head of Department Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management (DMEM) at the University of Strathclyde. She is also a professor at the DTU-Technical University of Denmark. Her research interests are in the areas of design process improvement, design communication, and human behaviour. Anja received a PhD in engineering design from the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, and has worked as a consultant in the manufacturing and software industries. She serves on the Board of Management of the international Design Society. Her research has been published in journals including Design Science, Design Studies, International Journal of Design, Journal of Engineering Design, and Research in Engineering Design.