Chris Diming on Anthropology in Business with Matt Artz

In this episode of the Anthropology in Business podcast, Chris Diming speaks with Matt Artz about his career as a business anthropologist. The conversation covers his journey into anthropology through political science, his interest in design anthropology and UX, and his current work as a workplace anthropologist. About Chris Diming Chris Diming is a design anthropologist with a passion for the built environment. A Virginia native, his initial education and experience were in political science and activism. In 2017, he obtained a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from Durham University in the United Kingdom. Focusing on public space and urban anthropology, his doctoral research explored how people form, negotiate and mobilize inter-personal relationships in Kosovo. After graduating, he held an applied research role with a property technology start-up aiming to build trust between neighbors in cities. Having recently returned to the United States, he applies anthropological methods to reimagining workplaces. Recommended Links

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Watch the Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyafBUdu3A8 Episode Transcript Please note this transcript is an automated transcription and may have some errors. Matt Artz: [00:00:00] Welcome to the Anthropology in Business podcast where you'll learn about the many ways anthropology is applied in business and why business anthropology is one of the most effective lenses for making sense of organizations and consumers through conversations with leading anthropologists, working in advertising, marketing, consumer behavior. [00:00:22] Organizational culture, user experience, and many other roles you'll learn firsthand what it means to do business anthropology and how the work differs from academic edge apology. We will discuss issues like the pace and depth of research in business, our visibility and influence as practitioners in what we can do to build our brand. [00:00:44] We will also focus on the value impact of our research and business so that we can help businesses. As leaders understand why they should be hiring anthropologists. I'm your host, Matt. Artz a business anthropologist, specializing in design anthropology, and working at the intersection of product management, user experience and business strategy. [00:01:05] Let's get started. All right. Hi everyone. Welcome back. And, um, today I'm with Chris dimming, a design anthropologist and workplace strategists. So, uh, Chris, thanks for joining and, uh, to jump right into it, your mind, maybe telling us a little bit about, you know, your career or really your education through anthropology and into your current career and you know, what, what it means to be a workplace strategist. [00:01:28] Chris Diming: [00:01:28] Sure. So, um, I'm originally from the Richmond, Virginia area. Um, thanks a lot for your time, Matt. I really appreciate it. So I'll just go through, uh, where I started and then, uh, into anthropology and done what I'm. During right now. So I'm set I'm from the Richmond, Virginia area originally, but I actually ended up going to Durham university in the UK for a masters, then a, uh, a PhD, the PhD being an anthropology. [00:01:59] So when I started out, I'd say I was very interested in grassroots, um, social relationships and also just grassroots politics due to my, having been a community organizer. And. It's a little more organized here before I went to Durham. So after graduation from CNU and I did a degree in political science for about a year into 2012, I worked for a couple of political campaigns and done an environmental organization and the climate action area, um, that got me very interested in social relationships and how p...