Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis 🇺🇦

Vidya Dinamani shares important strategies for building belief, healthy product cultures, and positive cross-functional relationships. Highlights include: ====== Who is Vidya Dinamani? Vidya is the co-founder of Product Rebels, a company that has provided world-class and hands-on product management coaching, by tenured product management executives, to over 1,200 product leaders and founders. She is also a founding partner of Ad Astra Ventures, a specialist early-stage venture investment firm and accelerator that helps female founders to get funded. Before founding Product Rebels, Vidya was the VP of Innovation and Design at Mitchell International, where she established and grew a team that was focused on new growth products and the development of an innovation framework, metrics and process. Vidya also spent a little over a decade at Intuit, where her last role was as the Director of Product & Customer Experience Development for TurboTax. She holds 9 US software patents. Is a member of both GroupSolver’s and Sash Group’s board of directors. A limited partner of the Neythri Futures Fund. A mentor for Techstars and GrowthMentor. And the founder and lead organiser of Product Tank San Diego. ====== Find Vidya here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vdinamani/ Website: https://vidyadinamani.mystrikingly.com/ X: https://twitter.com/vdinamani Product Rebels: https://productrebels.com/ Ad Astra Ventures: http://www.adastra.ventures/ ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Suj Premachandran shares how Digital Influx brings UX to children, how they integrate Eastern educational philosophy, and the challenge of changing archaic education systems. Highlights include: ====== Who is Suj Premachandran? Suj is the CEO of Digital Influx, an international, industry-led, and interactive EdTech platform that helps children, teens and adults to develop UX design skills and to think differently about problems, large and small. Suj is also the Vice President of the recently established Digital Influx Foundation; a US based non-profit that aims to make design education accessible to all children, regardless of their socio-economic background. Before founding Digital Influx, Suj worked in design recruitment as a senior talent partner for Revolut, one of the world’s first global super apps. And also as a creative talent consultant for product and UX people at Salt in London. Suj is an advocate for design & UX education at Tech London Advocates, a network of more than 15,000 tech leaders, entrepreneurs and experts across the globe. He is also a member of the Design Leadership Forum. ====== Find Suj here: Website: https://digitalinflux.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suj-premachandran-b630b444/ X: https://twitter.com/CEOinflux ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Andy Vitale shares his experiences as an executive design leader, how he’s successfully scaled several design orgs, and why a career in pro wrestling wasn’t for him. Highlights include: ====== Who is Andy Vitale? Andy is the Chief Design Officer of Constant Contact, an automation platform that helps small businesses to simplify and amplify their digital marketing. In this crucial role, Andy is responsible for providing executive leadership for the design organisation. A master when it comes to scaling design teams, while at Rocket Companies Andy grew the design team into a multidisciplinary organisation with over 170 people working across design, research and brand. Aside from his busy day job, Andy is also helping to shape the thinking of future user experience professionals, through his work as an adjunct professor for Kent State University’s Masters of Science in User Experience Design programme. Andy is the co-host of the Surfacing Podcast where, alongside Lisa Welchman, he engages designers, technologists, and business leaders in inspiring conversations. He is a member of the Fast Company Executive Board, an Adobe Education Leader, and - believe it or not - he still finds time to mentor designers on ADPList. ====== Find Andy here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyvitale/ Website: https://www.andyvitale.com/ Medium: https://medium.com/@andyvitale X: https://twitter.com/andyvitale ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Ben Sauer shares why designers need to be better presenters, how to keep stakeholders awake and engaged, and what to do when disaster inevitably strikes. Highlights include: ====== Who is Ben Sauer? Ben is an independent product and design strategist, coach, and trainer, helping companies to craft the vision for their products, and to inspire better internal processes and practices. Drawing on over 20 years of experience, he has written and spoken about strategic storytelling, voice UI design, and how slowing down can help organisations to speed up. And his insights have been put to use at organisations such as NASA, Amazon and the BBC. Ben’s most recent mission is helping designers to become more influential by becoming more confident communicators of their work. That’s why he’s recently published a book called “Death by Screens”, a practical how-to guide for presenting high stakes design work. Before becoming an independent consultant, Ben worked at Babylon Health, where he was first a Director of Design and then a Director of Product. There, he led a large team of over 100 designers, clinicians, data scientists and engineers. He has also been a Senior UX Designer at Clearleft, the world-renowned and perhaps first UX design consultancy in the United Kingdom. ====== Find Ben here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bensauer/ Website: https://bensauer.net/ X: https://twitter.com/bensauer Death By Screens: How to Present High-Stakes Digital Design Work and Live to Tell the Tale - https://bensauer.net/deathbyscreens/ ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Aylin Uysal shares her story of leading enterprise design, the reality of being an exec and a parent, and how patience and perseverance have served her well. Highlights include: ====== Who is Aylin Uysal? Currently the VP of User Experience for Cloud Applications at Oracle, Aylin is at the forefront of design at one of the tech industry's most established companies, helping its customers to see data in new ways, discover insights and unlock endless possibilities. During over two decades at Oracle Aylin has held several senior leadership roles, serving previously as a Senior Director of User Experience, a Director of Applications User Experience, and as a Senior Manager of HCM User Experience. Before her long-standing tenure at Oracle, Aylin was a valued member of the design team at SAP, where she was a lead designer. She also made her mark as a senior designer at Silicon Graphics, a legendary Silicon Valley icon. Originally from Turkey, Aylin graduated from Middle East Technical University with a Bachelor's in Industrial Design. She further honed her craft, obtaining a Master of Fine Arts from San Francisco's Academy of Art University. Aylin's influence is not just corporate; she's been celebrated as one of the top thirty influential Turkish-American women by Turk of Amerika, she is a board member of the TUSIAD Silicon Valley Network, and is credited on 8 US patents. ====== Find Aylin here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aylinuysal/ X: https://twitter.com/aylinuysal ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Monal Chokshi shares the lessons learned from growing three UX research orgs, what makes research impact a reality, and reflects on the next step in her career. Highlights include: ====== Who is Monal Chokshi? Until recently, Monal was a Senior Director and Head of Research & Insights at Dropbox, the company behind the cloud-based file storage and synchronisation service that helps over 700 million people, in over 180 countries, keep life organised. At Dropbox, Monal led an organisation with researchers embedded in teams working across the company’s diverse range of products. As well as a centralised research team that contributed to Dropbox’s strategic direction through foundational research. Before joining Dropbox, Monal was the Head of UX Research at Lyft. It was here that her visionary leadership enabled the discipline to grow from just her, to over 30 researchers, design strategists, and research operations specialists, working across all of the company’s products and services. A generous contributor to the community, Monal has shared her insights at popular events, such as at UX Live’s UXR Conference, and on podcasts like the UX STRAT Podcast, Noam Segal’s UXR Conversations, and UserZoom’s UX Peditious. ====== Find Monal here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monal/ X: https://twitter.com/MonalChokshi How to Succeed as a UXR Manager: https://youtu.be/JhjCOljQDHA ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Jakob Nielsen addresses some of the criticism he’s faced, calls on UXers to urgently adopt AI, and shares why he believes the commoditisation of UX is a good thing. Highlights include: ====== Who is Jakob Nielsen, PhD? Jakob is the founder of UX Tigers, the website and associated substack he uses to bring his 41 years of UX knowledge and experience to the world, in what he has described as a plainspoken, hard-hitting and not bowing to orthodoxy kind-of-way. Before founding UX Tigers, Jakob was the co-founder and principal - for 25 years - of a rather well known UX consultancy, the Nielsen Norman Group. His other notable roles include being a distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems, and a member of the research staff at Bell Communications Research - one of the world’s top three HCI labs in the 1990s. Jakob is known for many other things, among which are being the founder of the discount usability movement, the foundational 10 usability heuristics for user interface design, and the eponymously named Jakob’s Law of Internet User Experience. He is the holder of no less than 79 United States patents and the author of 8 books, including the best-selling “Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity”, “Usability Engineering”, and the pioneering “Hypertext and Hypermedia”. In 2013, Jakob received the Lifetime Achievement Award for HCI Practice from ACM SIGCHI and in 2024 he was named a “Titan of Human Factors” by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. ====== Find Jakob here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakobnielsenphd/ Website: https://www.uxtigers.com/ ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Justin Dauer shares how he conquered his ego to become a better designer, why he’s left executive design leadership, and how unfulfilled designers make bad products. Highlights include: ====== Who is Justin Dauer? Justin is the Founder of Anomali by Design, a consultancy specialising in design strategy, product design, and engagement. Through Anomali, Justin helps organisations to develop their design leaders, so that they in turn foster healthier processes, methods, and cultures. Before founding Anomali, Justin was the Vice President of Human-Centred Design and Development at bswift, a tech company owned by CVS Health, that transforms the way millions of employees perceive and engage with their benefits. Justin also spent a number of years as Design Director of Nansen, a Swedish-American design firm. In this role, he established the Chicago office and managed a multi-disciplinary team of designers, front-end developers, and UX architects. He is the author of two celebrated books on design. His first, the beautifully illustrated “Cultivating a Creative Culture” was published in 2017, with a second-edition released in 2020. His latest book, “In Fulfillment: The Designer’s Journey” was released is early 2022. ====== Find Justin here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pseudoroom/ Website: https://anomalibydesign.com/ X: https://twitter.com/pseudoroom Books: In Fulfillment: The Designer’s Journey - https://www.in-fulfillment.com/ Createive Culture: Human-Centered Interaction Design & Inspiration - https://www.the-culturebook.com/ ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Rob Hamblen shares his insights on effective sprint facilitation, why he asks clients if they’re designing for today or tomorrow, and why design sprints have a PR problem. Highlights include: ====== Who is Rob Hamblen? Rob is the Founder of Be the Leap, a company specialising in the combination of rapid innovation frameworks, like the Design Sprint and Design Thinking, with leadership accelerators. Why? To help product teams launch more successful products! With over three decades of experience working in and leading teams that make digital products, Rob has worked with clients like AMEX, Adidas, HSBC Bank, McKinsey and ‘that company formerly known as Twitter’. Before founding Be the Leap, Rob served as a Product Design Director at AJ&Smart in Berlin. In this role, he honed his facilitation expertise, leading the B2B sprint team and overseeing both the client experience and the development of the product offering. Prior to that, Rob spent some time in sunny Dubai as the Creative Director of UX for IBM iX, where he helped to establish IBM Studios and managed a cross-functional team that supported clients as they sought to transform their businesses. ====== Find Rob here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robhamblen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betheleap/ Website: https://www.betheleap.com/ X: https://twitter.com/bamberlingling ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Adam Perlis shares why it’s important to always treat interns well, how he’s trying to solve bad recruitment practices, and some practical advice for navigating the job market. Highlights include: ====== Who is Adam Perlis? Adam is the CEO and founder of Academy, a flexible staffing and recruitment agency that helps companies like Under Armour, NBC Universal and Wish.com, to scale their UX orgs and UXers to further their careers. Before founding Academy, Adam spent a decade working in various design roles in New York, including as a Head of UX for AKQA, Head of Design for B-Reel and notably, Head of Design for TIME magazine, where he led the team responsible for TIME.com, FORTUNE.com and MONEY.com. Adam has also been a Creative Director at AT&T, guiding the design of AT&T AdWorks and AT&T AdWorks Lab, and at Dish Network, where he was a manager of Interactive Television. A dedicated contributor to the field, Adam has spoken at events around the world, such as SXSW, Web Summit and Tech Open Air. He is also the host of “How We Scaled It”, a podcast that explores the journey of growing a successful design practice from 0-100. ====== Find Adam here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamperlis/ Website: https://adamperlis.com/ X: https://twitter.com/AdamPerlis Academy - UX Staffing & Recruiting Agency: Website: https://www.academyux.com/ Blog: https://blog.academyux.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/academyux/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8wVKD8NG7uhrcPSuylrPnQ X: https://twitter.com/academyuxdesign ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Ash Ivory shares what they’ve learned from burning out as a product leader, why gender and orientation can’t be left at home, and why inclusive design matters. Highlights include: ====== Who is Ash Ivory? Ash is the newly minted Chief Product Officer at Ivory Common, after recently wrapping up their role as Head of Product at Askable, a global participant recruitment and research platform that empowers organisations to make better product decisions. In their role as Head of Product, Ash led the product vision as well as the people responsible for delivering on that vision, including product managers, designers, engineers, and researchers. Before joining Askable, Ash was the Head of Product at Outfit, an automation platform for large-scale brand management and production, and which was recently acquired by Smartsheet for an undisclosed sum. When Ash is not enabling great product to be built, they can be found coaching others in the office in the art of brewing great coffee, or riding their motorcycle in an act of active meditation. ====== Find Ash here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashivory/ ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Rakesh Patwari shares what’s made him a better manager, why a career in acting wasn’t for him, and how designers can give better portfolio presentations. Highlights include: ====== Who is Rakesh Patwari? Rakesh is a Director of Product Design and Research at Cisco, a NASDAQ listed company that was founded in 1984 by a small group of Stanford computer scientists, and that helped to create the IP networking technologies that power today’s Internet. Before joining Cisco, Rakesh was a Product Design Manager at Meta, where he supported the design organisation working on privacy infrastructure. Rakesh has also been a Director of Product Design at Salesforce, where he led the design team working on the experience platform. Prior to that at Salesforce, Rakesh served as a Product Design Lead, focusing on B2B commerce products. A dedicated member of the design community, for the past five and half years Rakesh has been a UX Instructor at UC Berkley Extension, designing curriculum and delivering lectures on information architecture. He is also a member of the Design Leadership Forum, an advisor at Berkley SkyDeck, where he provides guidance to startups, and a speaker, mentor and coach for Startup Weekend. ====== Find Rakesh here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakeshpatwari/ Website: https://rakeshpatwari.design/ X: https://twitter.com/rakeshpatwari ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Janna Kimel shares her remarkable story of meeting Stephen Hawking, how she's growing grassroots accessibility, and how to better navigate today’s job market. Highlights include: ====== Who is Janna Kimel? Janna is the founder and principal of Third Brain Studio, the consulting practice through which she mentors current and aspiring UX researchers, and helps organisations to plan and execute UX research and inclusive design. Alongside her consulting, Janna is also the founder and principal researcher at the Chronic Pain Project; a personal initiative that she hopes will bring visibility to the experience of people living with chronic pain, like her. Until recently, Janna was a senior manager of UX research at Hinge Health, where she built the UX research practice from the ground up. She has also led design research at Dexcom, overseeing the company’s software, hardware, and overall experience projects. Winding the clock back a little further, Janna worked in digital health design and research at Intel, conducting a range of research studies that helped seniors stay in their homes for as long as possible, and it’s during this time that she crossed paths with Stephen Hawking. ====== Find Janna here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jannakimel/ Website: https://www.jannackimel.com/ Chronic Pain Project: http://www.chronicpainproject.com/ Resource Bank for Job Seekers: http://tinyurl.com/4m89trcx ====== ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Alen Faljic shares the gap he observed between design and business while at IDEO, what he’s doing to address it, and how quantitative data can lead to greater empathy. Highlights include: ===== Who is Alen Faljic? Alen is the Founder and CEO of d.MBA, a company he started in 2017 to help designers become business confident, which is part of d.MBA’s mission - to show that companies can be run more thoughtfully and also be financially successful. d.MBA seems to be making progress in that mission, with a 97% completion rate and a 9+ out of 10 student rating. That’s been achieved from over 600 designers, hailing from more than 60 countries, and who work at companies like Apple, Frog, Google, Logitech and Amazon. Before founding d.MBA, Alen was a Business Designer at IDEO in Munich, Germany, where he practiced human-centred design, while working on digital experiences, services, physical products, and new ventures for Fortune 500 companies. Alen is a generous contributor to the field, sharing his insights freely through d.MBA’s podcast and other online resources. He has also been a guest on the Disco, Design MBA, and Bonanza podcasts, as well contributing his thoughts to UX Collective on Medium. ====== Find Alen here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alenfa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/alenfaljic Website: https://d.mba/ Prototyping with numbers: https://d.mba/webinars/prototyping-with-numbers ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

This is a special archived episode of Brave UX. Christina Wodtke reminds us to stop carrying the weight of the world, to start giving others the benefit of the doubt, and to make the most of the gift that is feedback. Highlights include: ====== Who is Christina Wodtke? Christina is one of the most impactful, established, and original thought leaders in Silicon Valley. There won’t be many of you listening who haven’t at least heard of her groundbreaking and bestselling book on OKRs, Radical Focus - now in its second edition! A self-described “curious human” with a serious big-tech resume, her work in design and product has included redesigns and IPOs at companies such as LinkedIn, MySpace, Zynga, and Yahoo! But those big names only scratch the surface of Christina’s professional story. She has co-founded a tech startup, co-founded the Information Architecture Institute, founded and was the original publisher of Boxes and Arrows, and is the founder Women Talk Design. Christina is currently preparing the next generation of product and game designers, as a full-time lecturer at Stanford University. Previously, Christina was an Associate Professor at California College of the Arts, where she taught creative entrepreneurship. ====== Find Christina here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinawodtke/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cwodtke Website: https://cwodtke.com/ Blog: https://eleganthack.com/ Christina’s books: Radical Focus (Second Edition) - Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results: https://amzn.to/3Sc82o4 Information Architecture - Blueprints for the Web: https://amzn.to/3UknzUL Pencil Me In - The Business Drawing Book for People Who Can’t Draw: https://amzn.to/2WOBNP7 The Team That Managed Itself - A Story of Leadership: https://amzn.to/3QRyXo6 Women Talk Design: Website: https://womentalkdesign.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/womentalkdesign LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-talk-design/ ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/ Website: https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

This is a special archived episode of Brave UX. Jesse James Garrett reminds us that once we were pirates, encourages us to understand how soft-power works, and to know and be true to our red-lines. Highlights include: ====== Who is Jesse James Garrett? Jesse is the Principal Leadership Coach of Intentional Associates, the executive design leadership coaching practice that he founded in 2020. And it’s through his coaching work that he is helping design leaders to develop the skills to lead with greater purpose, intention and creativity. Many of you may know Jesse for his influential model from the year 2000, “The Elements of User Experience”, and his book of the same name. It’s this foundational thinking, at frontier of UX, that has helped to inform, inspire and enlighten multiple generations of UX designers. Jesse was also a Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Adaptive Path, one of the original and most renowned User Experience consultancies. At Adaptive Path, Jesse worked tirelessly for 13 years to put UX design on the enterprise map. Throughout the years, his writing, teaching and public speaking has been unfailingly generous, taking him all over the world, including to events such as UX Lisbon, UX Salon, and USI. Jesse’s contributions continue through the “Finding Our Way” podcast, a show about design leadership that he co-hosts alongside Peter Merholz, his good friend, fellow Adaptive Path Co-Founder, and Brave UX alumnus. ====== Find Jesse here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-james-garrett-1341/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jjg Website: https://jessejamesgarrett.com/ ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/ Website: https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Clara Kliman-Silver shares how she brings together humour, people and cognitive psychology for research impact, and how teams can make the most of their design ecosystems. Highlights include: ====== Who is Clara Kliman-Silver? Clara is a Staff UX Researcher at Google, where she manages a team of UX researchers, and leads company-wide strategic research projects 🦉. She also works on the Material Design team and has previously worked as a Senior UX Researcher on design tools and systems. Before joining Google, Clara was a UX Designer at Bonsai, an artificial intelligence platform startup 🤖, where she designed workflows and facilitated a range of research projects. In 2014, Clara founded the Boston Chapter of Ladies that UX, an international organisation that connects women in the field of user experience 🙋‍♀️. An initiative that’s close to her heart, Clara is now the organiser of the San Francisco chapter, and a mentor to several other chapter leaders. She has spoken at events across the globe, including at the UXPA International Conference, Rosenfeld Media’s Enterprise UX, the CHI Conference, SXSW and at UX New Zealand 🎤. ====== Find Clara here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cklimansilver/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cklimansilver Website: https://www.claraklimansilver.com/ ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Hang Xu shares why he’s trying to make recruitment more ethical, how candidates can secure the best possible compensation, and what to watch out for when working with recruiters. Highlights include: ====== Who is Hang Xu? Hang is a former product designer who, in late in 2022, became the founding talent agent of Collective Supply 👻, a recruitment agency that matches senior UX talent with companies who have ethical hiring practices. Collective Supply believes that - in their own words - “the interview process should be ethical, transparent and respectful”, and they promise not to “shoehorn designers into crappy roles”, just so they can collect a commission. Before founding Collective Supply, Hang was a Senior Staff UX Designer at Boston Dynamics, one of the world’s leading robotics companies. There, Hang led the UX, UI and service design for the company’s first warehouse automation robot, called Stretch. Hang also previously worked as a Product Design Lead for Diligent Corporation, Principal UX Lead for Gemini.com, and Product Designer for Bloomberg. ====== Find Hang here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haxuco/ Website: https://collective.supply/ ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

A’verria Martin shares her remarkable story of reinvention, the challenges of establishing a global ReOps practice, and how she’s making the ‘seat at the table’ her own. Highlights include: ====== Who is A’verria Martin, PhD? A’verria is the Director, Chief of Staff, and Head of Research Operations and Strategy at ServiceNow, a global enterprise software company that’s busy making the world of work better, for everyone. Performing a multi-faceted role, A’verria is responsible for leading strategic initiatives, building bridges across functions, directing financial strategy, supporting the growth of other UX leaders, and acting as a trusted advisor to the VP of UX Research and Insights. A’verria also continues to lead ServiceNow’s ReOps team; a team that she established after joining the company in late 2018. Before ServiceNow, A’verria was a Director of Research at UC San Diego, where she led the operations of a multi-million dollar endowed research unit, comprised of 120 faculty and focused on geriatric mental health and aging. ====== Find A’verria here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averriamartin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/averriamartin ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

Alla Weinberg constructively unpacks unsafe workplace cultures, shares her thoughts on how we can change them, and why we should do just that. Highlights include: ====== Who is Alla Weinberg? Alla is the CEO and Culture Designer at Spoke & Wheel, the specialised culture design company that she founded in 2019. Through Spoke & Wheel, Alla provides culture consulting and leadership development expertise to companies like Docusign, Uber, Salesforce, Target and Zendesk; helping them to create work environments where people can think, collaborate, and innovate. Alla is also a Principal of Design Operations at Harmonic Design and before starting Spoke & Wheel, she worked in executive leadership development and learning and development at Salesforce, in the Bay Area. The author of “A Culture of Safety”, Alla has leveraged her own personal experience, that of others and the latest research in neuroscience to produce an actionable guide for leaders who want to create safer and more innovative work places. ====== Find Alla here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allaweinberg/ Website: https://www.spokeandwheel.co/ Alla’s talks: Culture Design: https://youtu.be/pae7HHdwdqY Fear: The Human Barrier to Innovation: https://vimeo.com/752662160 ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/