Experience Designed

Experience Designed

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Experience Designed

Thought provoking conversations on design, research, strategy, emerging tech, psychology, and many other critical factors to human experiences in tech and beyond.

12/03/2024

Ep25 Life After Tech: From Tech Uncertainty to Career Clarity with Debbie Levitt

Join us for an eye-opening discussion with Debbie Levitt, a UX research leader, accomplished author, and career coach who's tackling the tech industry's most critical challenges head-on. Drawing from her latest book, Debbie explores how professionals can navigate the seismic shifts happening in tech – from widespread layoffs to AI's growing influence on the workforce. In this timely conversation, we explore practical strategies for future-proofing your career. Debbie shares invaluable insights on developing your "Plan B," helping you assess your transferable skills, uncover hidden opportunities, and chart a course toward career resilience. Whether you're concerned about job security or simply wanting to expand your professional horizons, this episode offers concrete steps to transform uncertainty into opportunity. If you’ve enjoyed this conversation, don't forget to share this episode with your friends and colleagues—it's a conversation worth spreading!

1h 12m
11/12/2024

Ep24. The New Designer: Rejecting Myths & Embracing Change with Manuel Lima

Today, I’m chatting with ⁠Manuel Lima⁠, a UX design thought leader, author, and leading figure in visual culture development, the intersection between art and technology, and data visualisation. Manuel Lima's latest book, The New Designer: Rejecting Myths, Embracing Change, challenges traditional notions of design by emphasizing designers' ethical responsibilities in today's society. In this thought-provoking conversation, we explore how design shapes not just what we see but also how we live, think, and interact with the world around us. Manuel dismantles traditional design paradigms and presents a compelling case for designers to embrace their role as architects of change, addressing crucial challenges at personal, societal, cultural, and environmental levels.

1h 4m
10/22/2024

Ep23. The Future of UX Research: AI, Advanced Methods & Jobs with Lawton Pybus and Thomas Stokes

Today, I’m chatting with Lawton Pybus and Thomas Stokes, UX Research veterans and founders of Drill Bit Labs, a research strategy consultancy. They have also researched and authored several UX industry meta-reports and educational articles that can help UX researchers, designers, and UCD leaders stand out from the crowd. In this riveting episode, we explore: 💼 The evolving UX industry job market: insights into the skills, roles, and opportunities defining the next generation of UX researchers. 🤖 AI's growing role in UX Research: how artificial intelligence is reshaping our methodologies and deliverables. 🔬 Essential and more advanced research methods: tried and tested, and innovative techniques that are pushing the boundaries of marrying user needs with tech advancements. And much more. If you’ve enjoyed this conversation, please remember to share this episode with your friends and colleagues—it's a conversation worth spreading!

1h 4m
10/01/2024

Ep22. Leading and Managing Design at Scale with Wolfgang Bremer

My guest today, Wolfgang Bremer, is an award-winning UX leader and design executive who has worked in multiple Fortune 500 companies. In his career to date, he has managed several highly performing global design orgs and teams. In this conversation, we delve into a few topics surrounding design leadership: The ever-desired and elusive seat at the table, and how to do it right The difficulties of leadership positions and how Wolfgang balances out highly abstracted leadership work and personal achievements Design leadership principles that Wolfgang leads his large design orgs Advice for buddying managers and design leaders, as well as ICs who would want to lead design organisations Ever-increasing levels of uncertainty due to emerging tech and AI and what design leaders should be prepared for And much more. If you’ve enjoyed this conversation, don't forget to share this episode with your friends and colleagues—it's a conversation worth spreading!

1h 12m
09/17/2024

Ep21. AI-Powered Service Design, Leadership, and Portfolios with Thomas Wilson

Thomas Wilson is a UX design thought leader, service designer and industry veteran currently focusing on CX/UX/EX and AI strategies. In this session we delve into a few hot topics: service design and its stark differences across the UK and the US, how future digital services can be shaped with AI, why absolutely everyone needs a portfolio and what makes for good and bad design leadership. We also discuss the recent theme of 'founder mode' and how it's masking more pertinent issues of innovators vs adaptors in tech. This episode offers valuable perspectives for design professionals and enthusiasts on staying ahead in the rapidly evolving field of experience design. Don't forget to share this episode with your friends and colleagues—it's a conversation worth spreading!

1h 22m
09/03/2024

Ep20. UX for AI: Challenges, Principles and Methods with Greg Nudelman

Greg Nudelman is a UX thought leader, serial design book author and speaker. With over 32 projects in AI, he's a true veteran in emerging tech-powered user experience design. In this session, we discuss the evolving landscape of UX design in the era of AI. Greg shares key challenges, principles and how to pick the right tools to deliver great user experiences and become more future-proof. We also delve into how tech teams can pick the right use cases for AI projects, the value of field research and user interviews, and the concept of digital twins, value matrix and more in UX design. Don't forget to share this episode with your friends and colleagues—it's a conversation worth spreading!

1h 4m
06/25/2024

Ep19. Product Management for UX People with Christian Crumlish

Christian Crumlish is a UXer turned product management leader. He's also an author of the Product Management for UX People book and a host of Design in Product community and conferences on the same topic. In this conversation, we delve into the turf wars between UX and PMs, the unique challenges from both sides, potential career transition strategies and tactics for those keen to take their UCD skills to more business-oriented realms and much more. Don't forget to share this episode with your friends and colleagues—it's a conversation worth spreading!

1h 8m
06/11/2024

Ep18. User Research with AI and UX for Public Services with Mike Green

Mike Green is a user research leader specialising in research and service design for public services. He's also a host of the Understanding Users podcast. In this episode, we delve into the current state of user research with AI: tools, limits and opportunities. Additionally, we also cover Mike's rich background in government public services and what private companies and UX designers and researchers can learn from it. We also discuss the state of the general UX job market and share advice for newcomers and existing people struggling to find the next job. Don't forget to share this episode with your friends and colleagues—it's a conversation worth spreading!

1h 5m

TRAILER

Ep1: Experience Design Podcast - Intro and What to Expect

In the first episode of the Experience Designed podcast, I'll share a few underlying notions: the upcoming end of the hackers and painters era with the rise of automation, future thinking, and why now is the right time to reflect on what matters in designing experience for products and services that work not only today but years later too, guest appearances, the building of the collective intelligence and many more factors that will all shape the upcoming episodes.

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Thought provoking conversations on design, research, strategy, emerging tech, psychology, and many other critical factors to human experiences in tech and beyond.

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Experience Designed
Years Active

2023 - 2024
Episodes

25
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