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I'm delighted to have you with me for another cracking episode this time with Leon Barnard, co-author of the brand spanking new book on A Book Apart, called Wireframing for Everyone.
Leon, Michael and Bill all work for one of my absolute favourite UX businesses, Balsamiq. A wire framing tool that when it came out in 2008, was revolutionary. It reduced the exclusivity around the capability of wire framing, and made it accessible overnight to teams and non-designers. It increased the quality of communication, it reduced meetings, it sped things up and enabled better outcomes for teams working in the product space. It wasn’t perfect, it wasn’t sexy, but it was powerful. 
In this conversation, we chat about the self-imposed restrictions on the product, still owned by the original founder, Giacomo (Peldi) Guilizzoni who I can vividly remember answering my support tickets in the early days of the business, and it’s awesome to see and hear what the culture is like within the business.
But onto the book, all three of the co-founders worked on parts of this book, and we speak at length with Leon about the approach, the mindset of wire framing and how it unlocks blockers within teams. This book I believe would make for great gifts for teams to pass around the organisation to try and improve the wire framing capability as you’ve probably heard many many times on this podcast, prototyping is one of the most incredible skills to have for any change-makers, and this book helps provide the keys to people.
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In this exclusive interview, dive deep into the realm of service design with Patrick, co-author of "Orchestrating Experiences" and a key figure at Harmonic. From the early days of Adaptive Path to the rise of service design as a strategic force, Patrick reveals the nuances of running a successful design studio, Harmonic Design. Discover the significance of staying true to one's purpose amidst rapid change, the importance of self-care in the entrepreneurial journey, and the diverse applications of service design in today's organizations. Whether you're a seasoned design enthusiast or just starting out, this chat offers rich insights into creating impact in the world of design.
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Play. Something we all did as children, but as we grow older, it's less and less common to see, and even more so within the workplace. Play is often seen as the opposite of work.
But what about if your job was to help unlock the potential, and you encourage play to do that in the workplace? Well, earlier this year, Adam Lawrence and Marcos Edgar Hormess, who I've worked with for many years, mentioned to me about a new play kit that they were involved in creating with Playmobil Pro.
And I bought the full pro kit myself out of my own money. So this isn't an advert. I paid for this kit myself. But once I got it, I hit a few stumbling blocks. And I wasn't entirely sure how to weave it into my sessions or my workshops with my clients. Now, Frank, the MD of PlayMobile Pro, who I spoke to earlier in this year on the podcast, was awesome and connected me with today's guest, Juan Prego.
Now, on the topic of play, I've been a big fan of Miro for many, many years. It's the tool of choice for my online workshops. And they've kindly sponsored today's episode. And the sessions and learning experience that I provide for my clients are always fun. And I put this down to the utilizing of Miro's fun features inside their tool.
And I can really curate whatever experience I want to have within my canvases. Now Miro are helping us out. By sponsoring this episode, as I said, so if you want to show some love, why not check out what they've been doing by visiting Miro. com forward slash podcast, or by clicking the link in the description or show notes, depending on where you're listening or watching this episode.
Now, if you are listening, did you know that you can watch this episode on our YouTube channel? People are absolutely loving the fact that they can see the guests chat about things. So be sure to subscribe if you can get a chance and check out our YouTube channel. Back to Juan. He's produced an awesome book, Play Like a Pro, that is due out later this year in 2023 in English.
And I have a copy of it and it's awesome. It's great to hear Juan though in this episode talk about how he recommends weaving methods like Playmobil Pro into his sessions. Is it as simple as just cutting and pasting? And also cover off his thoughts regarding Playmobil Pro versus LEGO Serious Play etc.
There's a debate in the community on which is best. Not much of a debate anyway.
Let's jump straight in.
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Today on the show we have up until recently, the world's first chief design officer within a bank setting. Opher Yom-Tov. And as mentioned over recently, exited ANZ bank in Australia. Where after seven years, he was a crucial piece of their journey towards becoming more design centric. At the time of editing, there are over 200 designers within the organization. Pretty remarkable for any design led business out there. But even more. So when you think about the heavy regulation that persists within the areas of banking, This episode is quite simply a most listened for anyone within the banking space globally, who was banging their head against a wall dreaming of helping move the dial forward within the organization. Now we hear over's perspective on advice to designers who are in this situation right now. So even if you aren't part of a banking industry, This is a great opportunity to hear from behind the executive curtain, so to speak. 
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Today on the show we have a very special guest, Mollie, of Irish with Mollie Instagram fame. Now Mollie is from Dublin and has been on a mission to spread the love of my native language, Irish, or as we say in Ireland, Gaeilge. To give you a very brief background on our history in Ireland, we spoke Irish up until the British rule, and it wasn't until the early 1900s and 1916 that we regained our independence, but we never regained our native tongue fully.
It's now spoken only in parts in Ireland, and even though it is mandatory in schools. Many in my generation really had little or no appreciation of its beauty. Now Molly's gifted me access to her courses and I'm about to start taking her courses. So who knows, you might start to hear me weave a few words here and there into the podcast.

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Many of you will have heard of Ikigai, the Japanese concept of aligning our lives to our purpose, something I am deeply involved with at the moment on my coaching programmes. Hector has written two of the best selling books on this topic, and is based in Japan himself. In this conversation, I get into areas of the methods that Hector suggests, but also does himself. By the end of this conversation, you will understand not only what Ikigai is, but also how to start weaving it's principles into your day to day life.
We became fast friends on this episode, and have invited Hector back onto the podcast in a few months to catch up. So if you're a member of Premium This is HCD, you will be able to ask him a question? Not a member yet? The link is in the shownotes and it costs €3.99 per month for an ad-free feed with some additional perks along the way.
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