Design Kaffé

by Susan Zhuang, Sandrine Duval

Welcome to Design Kaffé, a podcast where we have mindful, candid conversations for designers in tech. In our fortnightly episodes, we explore a wide range of topics to explore what it means to be a designer, the challenges we face in the design and tech industry, and share thoughts on how we can all be better at what we do. We hope you enjoy listening! Follow us on Twitter @designkaffe and check out our website www.designkaffe.com

Episodes

073: Do We Need Product Managers?

43m · Published 18 Aug 05:00

In our last episode of season 4, we ask ourselves: do we need product managers? Can people in other disciplines, like designers and engineers, do product management, or is it essential that there is a dedicated PM on every team? When does it make sense to have PMs and when does it not?

072: Speed of Delivery, at All Costs

50m · Published 04 Aug 05:00

This week we're talking about delivery speed and the fine balance to find with delivering quality. We explore why it matters, the impact delivery speed can have on the quality of the team's outputs and how we as designers can face this challenge.

071: Money as Designers

1h 10m · Published 30 Jun 05:01

We talk about money. How transparent should we be about salaries with our peers, recruiters, and companies? How should salary negotiations be handled or not handled? What about raises and promotions?

070: Discrimination in the Workplace

58m · Published 23 Jun 05:00

We're back this week with a heavy topic on discrimination. We're trying to unpack how being discriminated feels like, what discrimination looks like and why it occurs in the workplace. We also explore how we can be better allies and improve our work environments.

069: Nepotism & Other Toxic Workplace Signs

46m · Published 02 Jun 05:00

We talk about nepotism and other signs of toxicity in the workplace. We discuss why it’s so damaging to individuals and teams when there’s systemic toxicity at work, and share thoughts on what to do when you find yourself in these situations.

068: Stigmas of Taking Time Off for Mental Health

43m · Published 19 May 05:00

We explore the challenges and difficult feelings of taking time off from work due to mental health. We discuss why it is tricky to be honest and upfront about it, and fears we may have about the perception others have of us and our reliability at work.

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

55m · Published 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.

066: Poorly Delivered Feedback

53m · Published 21 Apr 05:00

Today we’re discussing feedback and how it can sometimes be delivered poorly. We explore in what contexts or situations poor feedback tends to occur and how we can best react to it.

065: Mediocrity & Low Standards

46m · Published 07 Apr 05:00

We talk about mediocrity and low standards where design over time doesn’t deliver impact or meet the standards set by ourselves and others. We discuss what might cause mediocre design, how experience as leaders and designers can affect our standards, and what we can do to improve our design standards.

064: Toxic Productivity & Goal-Setting

51m · Published 24 Mar 06:00

This week we talk about toxic goal-setting and productivity. We reflect on the best way to evaluate growth at work and best practices to set goals for ourselves. We also discuss productivity and how to set healthy boundaries when we're caught into the hustle mentality.

Design Kaffé has 83 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 58:23:29. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 16th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 30th, 2024 18:41.