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Mike Oustamanolakis, PhD, is a systems strategist. He finds where an organisation’s information, rules and services stop matching the people who use them, and redesigns them. Two of his books are out in 2026.

Mike Oustamanolakis, PhD, is a systems strategist. He finds where an organisation’s information, rules and services stop matching the people who use them, and redesigns them.

He has worked for twenty years across Europe and Asia: seven as managing director of a design consultancy in Hong Kong, and since 2020 in UK higher education. He holds a PhD in Design from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Two of his books, Compression vs Clarity and Great Cities, Unique Fails, are out in 2026. Greek, he is based in the United Kingdom.

Mike Oustamanolakis, PhD, is a systems strategist. He finds where an organisation’s information, rules and services stop matching the people who use them, and redesigns them.

He has worked for twenty years across Europe and Asia. For seven of them he was managing director of a design consultancy in Hong Kong, and since 2020 he has worked in UK higher education on digital transformation.

He studied in Athens, Helsinki, Amsterdam, Gothenburg and Shanghai before a PhD in Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is building six independent institutes, each devoted to one subject, from how people use interfaces to Cantonese culture.

Two of his books are out in 2026. Compression vs Clarity follows products from Hong Kong and Taiwan as they travel west. Great Cities, Unique Fails asks how London, Athens and Taipei treat their own failures. Greek, he is based in the United Kingdom and moves between Athens, Hong Kong and London.