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067: Tiia Meuronen & Tom Kerwin on Redundancy & Pay Cuts

55m · Design Kaffé · 05 May 05:00

This week Tiia Meuronen and Tom Kerwin guest our podcast to share their experiences with redundancies and having their hours and pay cut. We talk about how you can look after yourself while going through such challenging experiences, how companies handle redundancies and pay cuts well and not so well, and what the wider design community can do to look after each other.

Find Tom on LinkedIn, his Innovation Tactics deck on Pip Decks, his Pivot Triggers on Maven, and his consulting services on Trigger Strategy Group.

Follow Tiia on LinkedIn and check out her company Béa Fertility.

Follow us on Twitter @designkaffe and check out our website designkaffe.com. New episode every other Friday!

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