Design To Be Conversation

In today’s episode, I speak with Ioana Adriana Teleanu. Ioana is a UX Designer driven by the ambition to craft great products that people love. She currently works at UiPath on building RPA-enabling products that are easy to use. In the past, alongside years of working for ING Bank, she took on various freelancing and consulting roles with startups.

As a personal project, she’s built UX Goodies, an Instagram design community with over 200,000 followers, sparking healthy design conversations and providing her with insights on the design industry and the struggles designers have.

We dive deeper into self-awareness and how it relates to imposter syndrome and authenticity, how to navigate self-doubt, how weaving authenticity into your practice can help you embrace your true self, as well as many actionable insights to help you become an effective designer.

In today’s episode, I speak with Ioana Adriana Teleanu. Ioana is a UX Designer driven by the ambition to craft great products that people love. She currently works at UiPath on building RPA-enabling products that are easy to use. In the past, alongside years of working for ING Bank, she took on various freelancing and consulting roles with startups.

As a personal project, she’s built UX Goodies, an Instagram design community with over 200,000 followers, sparking healthy design conversations and providing her with insights on the design industry and the struggles designers have.

We dive deeper into self-awareness and how it relates to imposter syndrome and authenticity, how to navigate self-doubt, how weaving authenticity into your practice can help you embrace your true self, as well as many actionable insights to help you become an effective designer.

In today’s episode, I speak with Mig Reyes, Product Design Manager at Instagram that helps bring the world closer to people and things they love. As a passionate supporter of the design community, Mig, together with his team, tirelessly works to improve the simplicity and craft of Instagram wherever you may find it. Mig is the president emeritus of AIGA Chicago and founded the Chicago chapters of Creative Mornings. We dive into the importance of self-awareness, how it is necessary when building high-functioning design teams, how self-awareness leads to higher productivity, collaboration and growth, and how you can start to contribute to a culture of self-awareness.

In today’s episode, I speak with Mig Reyes, Product Design Manager at Instagram that helps bring the world closer to people and things they love. As a passionate supporter of the design community, Mig, together with his team, tirelessly works to improve the simplicity and craft of Instagram wherever you may find it. Mig is the president emeritus of AIGA Chicago and founded the Chicago chapters of Creative Mornings. We dive into the importance of self-awareness, how it is necessary when building high-functioning design teams, how self-awareness leads to higher productivity, collaboration and growth, and how you can start to contribute to a culture of self-awareness.

In today’s episode, I speak with Frank Bach. Frank is a Lead Product Designer at Headspace in LA. Prior to this, he worked on the global launch of Red Bull TV. His work spans product, growth and brand design. He's interested in the relationship between mindfulness and creativity: how meditation can empower you to be a stronger designer and more engaged contributor. We dive into how meditation and mindfulness has impacted his personal and career journey, mindfulness techniques to weave into your design process, and the intersection of mindfulness and creativity and how those can make you a better designer.

In today’s episode, I speak with Frank Bach. Frank is a Lead Product Designer at Headspace in LA. Prior to this, he worked on the global launch of Red Bull TV. His work spans product, growth and brand design. He's interested in the relationship between mindfulness and creativity: how meditation can empower you to be a stronger designer and more engaged contributor. We dive into how meditation and mindfulness has impacted his personal and career journey, mindfulness techniques to weave into your design process, and the intersection of mindfulness and creativity and how those can make you a better designer.

In today’s episode, I speak with Debbie Levitt. Debbie is the CXO of Delta CX, has been a CX and UX strategist, designer, and trainer since the 1990s. As a “serial contractor” who lived in the Bay Area for most of this decade, Debbie has influenced interfaces at Sony, Wells Fargo, Constant Contact, Macys.com, Oracle, and a variety of Silicon Valley startups. Clients have given her the nickname, “Mary Poppins,” because she flies in, improves everything she can, sings a few songs, and flies away to her next adventure.

We dive into what a low-ego action hero is, what are the actions of high and low-ego designers, the relationship between self-awareness and ego, the intersection between empathy, knowledge, and meaning, the difference between sympathy, empathy, and compassion, and what skills to develop to become a low-ego action hero designer.

In today’s episode, I speak with Debbie Levitt. Debbie is the CXO of Delta CX, has been a CX and UX strategist, designer, and trainer since the 1990s. As a “serial contractor” who lived in the Bay Area for most of this decade, Debbie has influenced interfaces at Sony, Wells Fargo, Constant Contact, Macys.com, Oracle, and a variety of Silicon Valley startups. Clients have given her the nickname, “Mary Poppins,” because she flies in, improves everything she can, sings a few songs, and flies away to her next adventure.

We dive into what a low-ego action hero is, what are the actions of high and low-ego designers, the relationship between self-awareness and ego, the intersection between empathy, knowledge, and meaning, the difference between sympathy, empathy, and compassion, and what skills to develop to become a low-ego action hero designer.

Adam Rotmil is a product discovery and design lead at AstraZeneca and a product design professor at Maryland Institute College of Art. We dive into why it’s essential to cultivate self-awareness as a designer, how to make your career strengths and weaknesses actionable, the importance of retrospectives, how to create a safe working environment, as well as stories and strategies for giving and receiving feedback.

Adam Rotmil is a product discovery and design lead at AstraZeneca and a product design professor at Maryland Institute College of Art. We dive into why it’s essential to cultivate self-awareness as a designer, how to make your career strengths and weaknesses actionable, the importance of retrospectives, how to create a safe working environment, as well as stories and strategies for giving and receiving feedback.