This Human Life: Recent Episodes
Melis Senova
Ep 45 - The designer who found his way through You’ve just spent weeks doing design research and you have a room full of post-its, artifacts, and data. It can feel overwhelming knowing where to start and how to find the insights within. This story is about how Anh tackles this challenge and finds his way through. And after the story, Melis unpacks a few concepts to help support you to deepen your practice in human-centred design.
You can keep up to date and even contribute a story or two by joining this human community which is hosted on Mighty Networks here: https://community.thishuman.com/share/Rm9F4edx1lKVmWG0?utm_source=manual
For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and Melis’ deep leadership program head over to melissenova.com.
You’re about to run a workshop, people are 20 minutes late, you’ve got a lot to get through so you skip the framing and dive straight in.
This is a story about a designer who pushed through a workshop to get the activities complete and skipped the upfront framing. An example of how a simple misunderstanding at the beginning can result in a significant challenge that can be avoided.
After the story, Melis unpacks a few concepts to help support you to deepen your practice in human centred design.
You can keep up to date and even contribute a story or two by joining this human community which is hosted on Mighty Networks here: https://community.thishuman.com/share/Rm9F4edx1lKVmWG0?utm_source=manual
For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and Melis’ deep leadership program head over to melissenova.com.
There is a conversation we continue to find ourselves having, which is the one that reminds us that we need to consider the human being in our decision-making. Not as a resource, but as a person. This story is about the designer who was committed to having that conversation, no matter how many times she had to. And after the story, Melis unpacks a few concepts to help support in deepening your practice in human-centred design.
You can keep up to date and even contribute a story or two by joining this human community which is hosted on Mighty Networks here: https://community.thishuman.com/share/Rm9F4edx1lKVmWG0?utm_source=manual
For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and Melis’ deep leadership program head over to melissenova.com.
You know that feeling that sits in your chest, that heavy kind of feeling, when you know that you probably should say something, but you don’t because you don’t fancy the consequences of you speaking up. This story is about that. And after the story, Melis unpacks a few concepts to help support in deepening your practice in human centred design.
You can keep up to date and even contribute a story or two by joining this human community which is hosted on Mighty Networks here: https://community.thishuman.com/share/Rm9F4edx1lKVmWG0?utm_source=manual
For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and Melis’ deep leadership program head over to melissenova.com.
We are SO excited to be launching our next project! Finally, after many many years of pining and wishing and thinking and yearning… we are embarking on the Design Fables project.
In this episode, Melis introduces the concept, why we want to do it, and how you might get involved or simply enjoy the wondrous stories and illustrations about to come your way!
You can keep up to date and even contribute a story or two by joining this human community which is hosted on Mighty Networks here: https://community.thishuman.com/share/Rm9F4edx1lKVmWG0?utm_source=manual
For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and Melis’ deep leadership program head over to melissenova.com.
Melis reveals the hidden framework that helped her organise her thinking to write the book This Human. She lifts the kimono on the hidden framework that informs her personal practice of design and shares it to give a different light to the content, and perhaps even a different way to use the content in the book.
Melis reads the final few pages of her book pp202-205 wrapping up this 7-month long project!
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For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com.
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
Constraints can be liberating. Constraints can drive creativity. Constraints can be your friend, not your enemy. In this culminating episode, Melis explored what’s required to work with tricky constraints during the final stages of delivering your work. It marks the final installment in Chapter 7!
Melis covers pages 194-201 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com.
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
There’s nothing more important than being able to move your work from the realm of ideas to the realm of reality. This episode focuses on the different aspects of your design worth prototyping, and the stances we ought to take when doing this work. Always about the being, Melis, you always bring it back to that.
Melis covers pages 189-193 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com.
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
In this episode, Melis explores what a well-resolved design is and provides a framework of questions that helps you make sure yours is. With the usual deep thinking and real stories from her career to boot.
Melis covers pages 185-188 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com.
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
Melis kicks off the last chapter in ‘this human’ which is all about Delivery. This episode focuses on the different types and levels of commitment required to deliver your work strongly, and with impact. It reminds us of ALL the humans we are designing for to ensure we deliver strong.
Melis continues reading through pages 177-184 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-) Come over and join us at This Human Community hosted on Mighty Networks. https://community.thishuman.com/share/Rm9F4edx1lKVmWG0?utm_source=manual
For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com.
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
Connecting with your passion, desire, and what gives you pleasure in your work is just as important to doing great work as a robust process. Melis explores the role of designing for yourself in providing access to endless inspiration and motivation.
Melis continues reading through pages 171-175 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com.
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
Moving through some deeper content in this episode, we explore duality, good vs evil, and the role of beauty in design. Melis talks us through an exercise where you can make sure you’re considering the shadow side of human behavior in your design process.
Melis continues reading through pages 165-171 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
Melis unpacks three different forms of empathy and why as human-centered designers it is important for us to recognize and work with each type.
Melis also mentions an animation by Brene Brown re empathy vs sympathy which is linked below. An oldy but a goody: https://www.youtube.com/watch/KZBTYViDPlQ
Melis continues reading through pages 161-167 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
We kick off 2021 with Chapter 6 which is all about Emotion. Designing for and with emotion. In this episode, Melis explains our relationship with emotion and some neuroscientific explanations as to why we find it so challenging to work with them sometimes.
Melis continues reading through pages 154-160 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
Come over and join us at This Human Community hosted on Mighty Networks. https://community.thishuman.com/share/Rm9F4edx1lKVmWG0?utm_source=manual
For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
Melis wraps up chapter 5 with a great section on self authority, self confidence and resilience. What an appropriate topic to see out 2020.
Melis continues reading through pages 145-151 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
Distracted much? Melis shares four questions you can ask yourself to help you discern whether to say yes or no to design direction. And encourages all who work in complex problem solving to be conscious of where your attention is going to make sure you direct your precious energy in relevant ways.
Melis continues reading through pages 141-145 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
Melis dives deeper into the role intention plays in bringing clarity to your work. The Huddle Thinking framework makes another cameo appearance and she distinguishes the difference between clarity and focus and why that’s important in design and leadership.
Melis continues reading through pages 135-140 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
A great resource for focussed work as referenced in this episode: https://www.the1thing.com/about/
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
Melis talks about the role intention plays in directing design work. She also explores the difference between Purpose and Intention, why it matters and what they enable.
Melis kicks off chapter 5 and continues reading through pages 125-134 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
Meils talks about the importance of enlisting your heart to help you better connect with your work and the people you work with and for. Knowing your own heart, your own values enables you to know who is doing the designing.
Melis finishes off chapter 4 and continues reading through pages 120-123 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
Meils shares an intimate opening into a timely episode about being in service of others. Of course, she focusses on how this orientation plays into your role as a human centred leader and designer.
Melis continues reading through pages 114-120 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
Chapter 4 everybody! It’s all about heart. Melis talks us through the importance of being open-hearted when going about designing with and for other people. To remember that even though it’s scary to share parts of yourself with another person, it’s totally worth it and makes you a better designer (and leader). Jump in for a warm audio cuddle.
Melis kicks off Chapter 4 and reads pages 107 to 113 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week Melis introduces a framework about different forms of listening, with some tips and tricks about to know where you’re listening from and be deliberate about how you choose to listen. She then takes us a little further and shares the clues on how to listen to listening! We could go on. But we won't.
Melis finished chapter 3 and reads pages 95 to 105 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Julia. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week Melis talks about how to prepare yourself and others to hold a productive and less painful design critique session. She takes us through a framework that, when followed, creates the perfect conditions to access the feedback you need to propel your design forward.
Melis reads pages 92 to 95 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week Melis talks about integrity and courage in communication. She touches on the importance of establishing deep listening skills to improve your practice as a human centred designer and of course, as a leader.
Melis reads pages 85 to 91 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
She mentions Simon Sinek’s Ted Talk which you can watch here: https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
"Your work is only as good as how well you communicate it." This week Melis talks about intentional communication and talks us through a framework to help connect with your audience, and speak to them on their terms with clear intent.
Melis reads pages 79 to 85 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week we talk about the traps of falling in love with your idea too early and what to do about it.
Melis reads pages 74 to 79 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week we explore imagination as the most useful skill to help with envisioning alternate futures. We reconnect with the importance of questions and question types so you’re asking the right questions for the answers you seek.
Melis reads pages 68 to 74 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
For more info on the Centre for Optimism that Melis mentions, check it out here: https://www.centreforoptimism.com/
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week we explore the importance of building instinct around your work and learning how to trust it. We talk about the role of intuition in envisioning outcomes for you work and seeing the pathways through to achieving success.
Melis reads pages 61 to 68 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week we cover how to use systems thinking to envision your impact scenarios at different levels of scale and understand why the practice of thinking big helps you have impact with your work.
Melis reads pages 54 to 60 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
For the link to HMW tool head over to wearehuddle.com/download-HMW
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week we cover the importance of giving your new ideas a place to grow before being exposed to critique and the harshness of reality. This fertile place is initially your mind. so we explore how to create the conditions that allow your ideas to flourish! :-)
Melis reads pages 45 to 53 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week we cover the difference between findings and insights, and wrap up chapter 1 with exploring the role of your imagination during analysis and synthesis of research data. All in the interest of meaningful insight hunting.
Melis reads pages 36 to 45 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week we cover attachment and how it can lead to others resisting your ideas, how to keep your work relevant and the role of surrender in design.
Melis reads pages 29 to 36 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week we explore the role of intuition as an important input into your decision making as a designer and leader, how curiosity help you connect with other people's realities and a little about body wisdom!
Melis reads pages 21 to 29 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
Melis also mentions the amazing talk by neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor about her experience of stroke. https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_my_stroke_of_insight
Come over and join us at This Human Community hosted on Mighty Networks. https://community.thishuman.com/share/Rm9F4edx1lKVmWG0?utm_source=manual
For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week we cover off on mindsets conducive for great leadership and design, the role biases play in our sense-making, and the dangers of certainty! Melis reads pages 13 to 20 from her book with a whole bunch of stories in between. :-)
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For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
The refreshed podcast that accompanies the book, this human. An Author's cut narrated and monologued by Melis Senova.
This week we continue our journey into beliefs and the role they play in filtering what you perceive and the meaning you make. Melis reads pages 9 to 13 from the book. :-)
Come over and join us at This Human Community hosted on Mighty Networks. https://community.thishuman.com/share/Rm9F4edx1lKVmWG0?utm_source=manual
For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
The refreshed podcast that accompanies the book, this human. An Author's cut narrated and monologued by Melis Senova.
This week we start to explore the realm of beliefs and touch on how our highly curated feeds can work against those of us trying to remain open minded, and Melis reads pages 1 to 9 from the book. :-)
Come over and join us at This Human Community hosted on Mighty Networks. https://community.thishuman.com/share/Rm9F4edx1lKVmWG0?utm_source=manual
For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
The refreshed podcast that accompanies the book, this human. An Author's cut narrated and monologued by Melis Senova.
This week we start with the Prologue, Melis shares some of the backstory of the experiences she describes in the book's set up.
Come over and join us at This Human Community hosted on Mighty Networks. https://community.thishuman.com/share/Rm9F4edx1lKVmWG0?utm_source=manual
For courses and more free stuff, including worksheets from the book, head over to www.thishuman.com.
For more information on 1:1 coaching and her deep leadership program head over to www.melissenova.com
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week we get curious about curiosity. An exploration of the different elements of curiosity and how we can welcome more of it into our daily lives and work.
This is the eighth episode of This Human Life podcast by Melis Senova. An authentic reflection on being human. Intended as an intimate (one-way) conversation about the quirkiness of being human and why we do the things we do.
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week we explore intuition and the role it plays in guiding us through the complexity and ambiguity of our lives and our work. I attempt to describe how to work with your intuition so you can leverage an intelligence that is beyond your brain.
Oh and this is the link to the Ted talk I mention by Jill Bolte Taylor: https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight?language=en
This is the seventh episode of This Human Life podcast by Melis Senova. An authentic reflection on being human. Intended as an intimate (one-way) conversation about the quirkiness of being human and why we do the things we do.
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week I share with you my recent adventures in exploring the application of human centred design at the nation scale. I talk about my recent trip to Aruba and the amazing work the island nation is doing to diversify its economy.
This is the sixth episode of This Human Life podcast by Melis Senova. An authentic reflection on being human. Intended as an intimate (one-way) conversation about the quirkiness of being human and why we do the things we do.
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week we explore how to cultivate insight. An important ability to lead intuitively. Whether you're designing or leading people, having insight helps you be more effective in achieving great outcomes.
This is the fifth episode of This Human Life podcast by Melis Senova. An authentic reflection on being human. Intended as an intimate (one-way) conversation about the quirkiness of being human and why we do the things we do.
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
This week we explore the power of beliefs, and their impact on our thoughts and actions. We explore how we can have more autonomy over how we lead, design and well, live.
This is the fourth episode of This Human Life podcast by Melis Senova. An authentic reflection on being human. Intended as an intimate (one-way) conversation about the quirkiness of being human and why we do the things we do.
Music by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Much gratitude for your gift.
The third episode of This Human Life podcast by Melis Senova. An authentic reflection on being human. Intended as an intimate (one-way) conversation about the quirkiness of being human and why we do the things we do.
This week we explore uncertainty and why we should cultivate the ability to be ok with not knowing.
Music is the next version of the prototype track created by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler.
The second episode of This Human Life podcast by Melis Senova. An authentic reflection on being human. Intended as an intimate (one-way) conversation about the quirkiness of being human and why we do the things we do.
This week we explore attachment and letting go, and how these show up in our work as designers and our lives as humans.
Music is a prototype track created by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Wait until you hear the finished piece!
The very first episode of This Human Life podcast by Melis Senova. An intimate reflection on being human. Intended as an intimate (one-way) conversation about the quirkiness of being human and why we do the things we do. Occasional references to neuroscience, leadership, design and awkward situations.
Music is a prototype track created by the very talented Mark Wright and Michael Juler. Wait until you hear the finished piece!