Design To Be Conversation

In today’s episode, I speak with Jessica Helfand. Jessica is the founding editor of Design Observer and author of numerous books on visual and cultural criticism including her new book aptly called Self-Reliance. She is an artist, designer, writer and educator and has taught in Paris, Porto, London, Malta, the Netherlands, and across the United States. Jessica is the first-ever recipient of the Henry Wolf Residency at the American Academy in Rome and has been a Director’s Guest at Civitella Ranieri, a fellow at the Bogliasco Foundation, and an Artist in Residence at Caltech.

We dive into ways of illustrating what it means to be self-reliant by leaning on yourself for inspiration, finding ways to challenge your creativity and imagination, and how designing for emotion and keeping a daily practice can weave more meaning into your journey as a self-reliant designer.

In today’s episode, I speak with Jessica Helfand. Jessica is the founding editor of Design Observer and author of numerous books on visual and cultural criticism including her new book aptly called Self-Reliance. She is an artist, designer, writer and educator and has taught in Paris, Porto, London, Malta, the Netherlands, and across the United States. Jessica is the first-ever recipient of the Henry Wolf Residency at the American Academy in Rome and has been a Director’s Guest at Civitella Ranieri, a fellow at the Bogliasco Foundation, and an Artist in Residence at Caltech.

We dive into ways of illustrating what it means to be self-reliant by leaning on yourself for inspiration, finding ways to challenge your creativity and imagination, and how designing for emotion and keeping a daily practice can weave more meaning into your journey as a self-reliant designer.

In today’s episode, I speak with Aaron Walter. Aaron is Acting Director of Product at Resolve to Save Lives where he explores how design and technology can help fight COVID-19. Formerly, he was the VP of content at InVision with 20 years of experience running product teams and helping companies enact design best practices. Aarron founded the UX practice at MailChimp and helped grow the product from a few thousand users to more than 10 million. His design guidance has helped the White House, the US Department of State, and many Fortune 500 companies, startups, and venture capital firms. He is the co-host of the Webby-nominated Design Better podcast and has been featured in major publications like Fast Company, TechCrunch, and Vanity Fair among others.

We dive into what it means to practice seeking meaning in your career and life, how curiosity helps you to craft a more purposeful career, what it means to navigate a mission-driven profession that aligns with your values and beliefs, and how investing in your emotional intelligence can guide you to a more fulfilling career.

In today’s episode, I speak with Aaron Walter. Aaron is Acting Director of Product at Resolve to Save Lives where he explores how design and technology can help fight COVID-19. Formerly, he was the VP of content at InVision with 20 years of experience running product teams and helping companies enact design best practices. Aarron founded the UX practice at MailChimp and helped grow the product from a few thousand users to more than 10 million. His design guidance has helped the White House, the US Department of State, and many Fortune 500 companies, startups, and venture capital firms. He is the co-host of the Webby-nominated Design Better podcast and has been featured in major publications like Fast Company, TechCrunch, and Vanity Fair among others.

We dive into what it means to practice seeking meaning in your career and life, how curiosity helps you to craft a more purposeful career, what it means to navigate a mission-driven profession that aligns with your values and beliefs, and how investing in your emotional intelligence can guide you to a more fulfilling career.

In today’s episode, I speak with Nancy Douyon. Nancy is a Global Design Ethicist & Product Philosopher. For more than fifteen years, she’s been leading as a Black woman at Google, IBM, Intel, and Uber working on human experience product design. Throughout her career, Nancy has gained a reputation for delivering big results in a culturally honest and purposeful way with hundreds of products deployed in over 80 countries. She consults globally on inclusive development in emerging markets, and has spoken at the White House and top universities, institutions, and corporations worldwide.

We dive into ways of navigating resilience and authenticity to communicate impact through your personal story, the importance of bringing out the value in everything that you do by speaking your truth, and practices you can adapt to improve your storytelling skills, and how you can communicate effectively to make an impact.

In today’s episode, I speak with Nancy Douyon. Nancy is a Global Design Ethicist & Product Philosopher. For more than fifteen years, she’s been leading as a Black woman at Google, IBM, Intel, and Uber working on human experience product design. Throughout her career, Nancy has gained a reputation for delivering big results in a culturally honest and purposeful way with hundreds of products deployed in over 80 countries. She consults globally on inclusive development in emerging markets, and has spoken at the White House and top universities, institutions, and corporations worldwide.

We dive into ways of navigating resilience and authenticity to communicate impact through your personal story, the importance of bringing out the value in everything that you do by speaking your truth, and practices you can adapt to improve your storytelling skills, and how you can communicate effectively to make an impact.

In today’s episode, I speak with Jared Spool. Jared is the Co-Founder, Co-CEO, and Maker of Awesomeness at Center Centre – UIE. For the past 43 years, Jared has been working with hundreds of organizations in the tech world. He has written two books, published hundreds of articles and podcasts, and has been touring the world speaking to audiences everywhere.

We dive into the important qualities of leadership and what it takes to be a true leader with a purpose and vision, the difference between a leader and a manager, strategies and tactics to grow your skills to become a great UX leader in an organization, and how EQ contributes to being a successful leader.

In today’s episode, I speak with Jared Spool. Jared is the Co-Founder, Co-CEO, and Maker of Awesomeness at Center Centre – UIE. For the past 43 years, Jared has been working with hundreds of organizations in the tech world. He has written two books, published hundreds of articles and podcasts, and has been touring the world speaking to audiences everywhere.

We dive into the important qualities of leadership and what it takes to be a true leader with a purpose and vision, the difference between a leader and a manager, strategies and tactics to grow your skills to become a great UX leader in an organization, and how EQ contributes to being a successful leader.

In today’s episode, I speak with Chetana Deorah. Chetana is the Design Director at Coursera that empowers online education worldwide. As a product design leader and mentor, Chetana helps empower human-centered design to achieve high-impact business goals. In her most recent post as Design Director at Netflix, she has led product design for global acquisition and growth for emerging markets. Her career trajectory includes leading design at Yahoo, Scribd and Pentagram.

We dive into the importance of intentionality, how leading and designing with intention can weave greater purpose into your career, how intention relates to self-awareness, as well as tactical ways of setting intention to create a safe space for yourself and your team to lead to increased productivity and collaboration.

In today’s episode, I speak with Chetana Deorah. Chetana is the Design Director at Coursera that empowers online education worldwide. As a product design leader and mentor, Chetana helps empower human-centered design to achieve high-impact business goals. In her most recent post as Design Director at Netflix, she has led product design for global acquisition and growth for emerging markets. Her career trajectory includes leading design at Yahoo, Scribd and Pentagram.

We dive into the importance of intentionality, how leading and designing with intention can weave greater purpose into your career, how intention relates to self-awareness, as well as tactical ways of setting intention to create a safe space for yourself and your team to lead to increased productivity and collaboration.