Design Feeling: Recent Episodes
Nirish Shakya
Design Feeling is a new podcast and community platform for design thinkers, people gatherers, dot connectors, technologists and creative problem solvers who want to increase their self-awareness, creative confidence and meaning. Join Nirish Shakya, Design Thinking Consultant, Educator and Coach, and his expert guests as they explore the human behind the human-centred designer. Their mission is to help you become a more empowered problem solver with a clearer mission for others and more compassion for yourself. It’s a mix of interviews, mentorship calls and solo shows from Nirish you’re not going to want to miss. Hit subscribe and get ready to deconstruct the designer in you.
Ever wondered how you can take control of your career and life to achieve true freedom and fulfilment?
In this episode, Nirish Shakya engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Larry Cornett, a former designer and executive turned Freedom Coach. Larry shares his journey from Silicon Valley to a life of freedom near the mountains, revealing his strategies for achieving career invincibility. Emphasising the importance of finding joy and meaning in work, Larry discusses self-improvement, financial autonomy, and effective self-marketing as keys to a fulfilling career.
Larry highlights the power of having options and not being overly reliant on a single job, which allows individuals to refuse unreasonable demands from their employers. The conversation underscores the balance between career growth and personal contentment, stressing the avoidance of external validation and regrets.
Larry also talks about the significance of posting on social media as a way to build engagement and personal brand and shares practical advice for engaging on professional platforms like LinkedIn.
Whether you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or just looking for some motivation, this episode is packed with practical tips and thought-provoking advice.
Connect with Larry Cornett
https://larrycornett.coach/
Schedule a free call with Larry
https://www.invinciblecareer.com/schedule-a-complimentary-call/
Other interviews with Larry
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4wyClB5QGIKBckZAwZWJRW?si=dPoLnY4dTsSrp6c-qMtpfQ
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5VCcn1xaLpfycjJU5gpo9g?si=dz5uMX6CQGe_lvAFYjCkWw
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0yg6wV46A01q7PIuxBeplM?si=jaOo_kqGS9SJlPxJUau0Yw
https://paulhigginsmentoring.com/larry-cornett/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c7G4Uh0u-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5eNJV8xRaA
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https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
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In this episode, host Nirish Shakya speaks with motivational speaker, life coach and poet, Petra Williams. They explore the journey of overcoming societal standards and personal fears, the layers of identity with the inner illumination model, and transforming inspiration into actionable steps. Petra emphasises the importance of self-reflection, support networks, and managing ego. She also discusses the power of unfiltered self-expression through poetry, lessons from Viktor Frankl's 'Man's Search for Meaning,' and the critical role of hope and vision for the future. Tune in for Petra's advice on embracing authenticity, living life fully, and overcoming personal challenges.
In this episode:
- Self-discovery of layers of identity
- Overcoming fear and shame
- The power of choice and taking small steps
- Meditation and self-reflection
- The role of support networks
- and much more!
Get a free 20 minute coaching session with Petrafireypetrawilliams.com
linkedin.com/in/fireypetrawilliams
MeditationHQhttps://meditationhq.com.au/
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Franklhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning
Win a signed copy of the book ‘Designing Tomorrow’ by Martin Tomitsch and Steve BatyDrop a comment, DM or email nirish@designfeeling.co with your response to the question “What would you design about tomorrow?”
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In this in-depth discussion, recorded at the UTS podcast studio in Sydney, Australia, Nirish Shakya talks with Martin Tomitsch and Steve Baty, co-authors of the book 'Designing Tomorrow.' Keep listening to win a free copy of the book!
They delve into the shifting paradigms of the design industry, advocating for a life-centred approach that goes beyond human and business needs to consider the health of the planet and all its life forms.
The conversation covers the essential mindsets, tools, and techniques for designers, changemakers, and entrepreneurs to foster more sustainable practices and product life cycles. It also touches on the importance of collaboration across disciplines and sectors to achieve significant, positive change.
Highlighting the roles of education, corporate responsibility, and individual action, Martin and Steve share insights into making impactful changes within organisations and the broader societal context.
To enter the free book giveraway of the book ‘Designing Tomorrow’, drop a comment on any of our social media channels or email us (nirish@designfeeling.co) with an example of an organisation or a local community group or an individual who's having a positive impact in a small but growing way.
Shownotes
Order your copy of ‘Designing Tomorrow’
https://www.designingtomorrowbook.com
Martin Tomitsch
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martintomitsch/
Steve Baty
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebaty
Website Carbon Calculator
https://www.websitecarbon.com/
Good & Fugly
https://goodandfugly.com.au/
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Illustrations by Isa Vicente
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Music by Brad Porter
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This episode features a profound conversation with Steve Chapman, focusing on the liberation from societal constraints to embrace creative spontaneity and personal development.
Steve shares his transition from as a organisational culture expert to pursuing artistic freedom, underlining the importance of lived experiences over traditional learning. Steve’s projects like 'Sound of Silence' and 'Lost Cat' underscore the value of initiating endeavours without fixed goals, highlighting an organic discovery process.
Additionally, Steve discusses his mask workshops, derived from Keith Johnson's concepts and Gestalt therapy, which facilitate personal discovery by encouraging participants to express hidden facets of their identities.
Through these workshops and his approach to creativity, Steve emphasises the significance of embracing life's uncertainties and contradictions, acknowledging 'not knowing' as an intrinsic part of the human condition and a gateway to deeper self-awareness and creative exploration.
Show notes
Attend Steve Chapman’s Mask Workshop on 17th May 2024 in London
https://www.canscorpionssmoke.com/masks/
Connect with Steve Chapman
https://www.canscorpionssmoke.com/
https://www.instagram.com/stevexoh/
Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25491.Escape_from_Freedom
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In this deep conversation with consultant, facilitator, and mentor, Lana Jelenjev, and host Nirish Shakya, they delve into topics of self-discovery, healing-centred ecosystems, and building deep connections. They discuss the importance of pausing, self-reflection, decolonising oneself, and the role of body consciousness in healing. Lana shares her personal story, weaving through the stages of her life, from battling breast cancer to embarking on a self-discovery journey. This episode is packed with deep introspective discussions, powerful anecdotes, and significant insights about personal healing and how it radiates to form healing-centred ecosystems.
In this episode:
- From breast-cancer to self-discovery
- Healing-Centered ecosystems
- Mindset reframe: we’re all born self-actualised
- Decolonising oneself
- The practice of Nemawashi: A new approach to problem solving
- The art of pausing
- And much more!
Lana Jelenjev's work primarily focuses on the dreaming, designing, and illumination of new systems. She collaborates with impact-driven organisations that serve groups whose voices need to be amplified, whether through training, mentoring programs, or by weaving communities of practice to deepen and integrate change. In her roles as a consultant, facilitator, mentor, and board leader, Jelenjev supports the organizations she works with by helping them expand their vision, connect with their target audience, define strategic directions for their services, design meaningful and engaging training programs, community of practice, or cohort learning programs, and facilitate safer and brave spaces.
Shownotes
Connect with Lana Jelenjev
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lanajelenjev/
lanajelenjev.com
Books by Iyanla Vanzant
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/15508.Iyanla_Vanzant
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In this deep-dive interview, designer and activist Sam Griffiths details his journey from a design career into environmental activism, particularly with the organisation, Just Stop Oil. Sam discusses how entering the world of activism changed his perspective on the world and the importance of activism in our current climate crisis. Griffiths provides an insightful narrative on his confrontations with authorities, his experiences in prison, and the personal empowerment that arises as a result. He also shares advice for people feeling powerless in the face of massive systemic issues and emphasises the importance of collective action and resilience. Sam is also the founder of his business, Griffics, where he used play to help people access creativity through workshops and community projects.
In this episode:
- Sam's arrest and experience in prison
- Coping with confinement through art and mindfulness
- Challenging the status quo in design
- The role of designers in social change
- The power of stepping through fear
- And more
Shownotes
Less is More book
Sam’s drawings in prison
juststopoil.org
Connect with Sam
https://www.instagram.com/griffics/
https://www.griffics.com/
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Nirish Shakya interviews Tutti Taygerly, leadership coach, author and ex-Design leader at Meta and Disney, on navigating uncertain times and finding their unique place in the world. Diving into the notions of identity, systems, and personal growth amidst transitions, they discuss embracing individual uniqueness and the concept of 'otherness'. Tutti shares valuable insights on experimenting with personal leadership, trusting the process, seeking validation, and a deeper understanding of our position in the larger system. They also talk about Tutti's prolific multicultural background and how it influenced her career. Tune in to glean enlightening advice from Tutti's personal journey and reflections.
In this episode:
- Embracing individual uniqueness
- Dealing with transitions
- Experimenting with personal leadership
- Understanding our place in the system
- Advice from Tutti's personal journey
- And more!
Connect with Tutti Taygerley
https://www.tuttitaygerly.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tuttitaygerly/
“Make Space to Lead” book by Tutti Taygerley
Visions in the Liminal Space Oracle Deck (new version of Postcards From the Liminal Space)
How to sharpen your intuition as a designer using tarot with Dr. Adeola Enigbokan
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Welcome to Season 5! Let's face it, 2023 was a challenging year for many designers and techies, and 2024 might not show immediate signs of improvement. Amidst this prevailing uncertainty, you might be seeing an influx of social media posts about setting new goals, while you're still trying to recharge and find your bearings.
Falling into a cycle of setting goals, achieving them, and then feeling guilty for not achieving more is all too common. But what if a small shift in mindset could change your experience of the year ahead? What if you could learn to enjoy the journey of 2024, instead of just racing towards its end?
In this episode, I share my three intentions for the year that could help you relax your focus on rigid goals and purposes. I discuss how playing without purpose, expressing yourself more holistically and authentically, and having faith that things are unfolding in the right time, can transform your approach to life and work. Tune in to discover how these intentions might bring more joy and fulfilment to your 2024.
In this episode:
- The vicious cycle of goal-setting, achievement and self-loathing
- Playing without purpose
- Expressing yourself more holistically and authentically
- Have faith in the universe
- Multiple book recommendations!
Shownotes
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55696318-four-thousand-weeks
The Creative Body Process by Sian Davey and Abbie Trayler-Smith
https://www.thecreativebodyprocess.com/
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59163301-the-creative-act
The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40605300-the-courage-to-be-disliked
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48757.The_Tao_of_Pooh
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https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
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The new year is a great time to reflect on the past year, recalibrate your direction and refocus your energy for the new year.
There are lots of great reflection exercises out there but many can take at least a few hours to do.
If you’ve been thinking of doing a reflection but haven’t been able to find the time, I’ve designed a condensed version for you that’s less than 15 minutes long.
I’ll guide you through:
- a reflection of your past year - what energised you and what drained you
- a visualisation of your ideal future self 12 months from now
- a prioritisation of the tiniest next step to get your started
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047 - We wrap up Season 4 reflecting on some end of year reflection workshops I ran with Design Strategist, Josie Downey, to help designers and changemakers reflect on their year and refocus on 2024. We are also joined by Product Strategy Consultant, Jason Mesut, who attended one of those workshops.
Have you reflected on your year and set your intentions for 2024? If you already have or if you’re thinking of doing one, this episode might give you some ideas and new ways of going about it.
In this episode:
- Bringing your body into your reflection exercise
- Embracing your moments from the year as they were without judging them
- Playing with crazy ideas for the new year and embracing the unknown
- The power of visualising the future and trusting your inner self
- and much more!
Shownotes
Josie Downey
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josiedowney/
Jason Mesut
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmesut/
Resources for reflection curated by Jason Mesut
Andrea Mignolo’s At the end of a cycle
https://methodandmatter.com/essays/end-of-a-cycle/
The year compass
https://yearcompass.com/
Your data-informed self-reflection
https://medium.com/service-advent/your-data-informed-self-reflection-db9b96e24c7d
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Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
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046 - How we feel has a direct impact on our creativity and confidence. However, we don’t openly talk about our mental health at work.
In this episode, I speak to my friend Rob Armes who’s a design leader and founder of the UX consultancy, Circular UX. Rob opens up on his mental health struggles, including periods of psychosis and suicidal thoughts. And even after recovering and returning back to work, he experienced severe imposter syndrome.
Rob shares how he got back on his feet and took back control of his life and career, which includes starting his own consultancy. Rob also shares his advice on freelancing and growing beyond your comfort zone in your career.
Shownotes
Connect with Rob Armes
https://robarmes.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robarmes/
Being Brilliant by Andy Cope
Nielsen Norman Group
How you can get into UX contracting and freelancing | by Rob Armes (He/Him) | Nov, 2023 | Bootcamp
Mental health support links
Overview - Psychosis - NHS
Contact Us | Samaritans
Contact us | Mind
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045 - Do you take personal responsibility for things that don’t go according in your plan in your organisation? Do you try to control the outcome and burn yourself out in the process? What if you could let go of all that?
In this episode, I speak to Charles-Louise de Maere who’s an expert facilitator helping organisations with collaborative thinking, storytelling and visual thinking. Charles-Louis shares some amazing facilitation techniques that’ll enable you transform your sense of personal responsibility into a collective one within your organisation. He also talks about “Kishōtenketsu”, an Asian storytelling framework which is not based on a conflict, like the “hero’s journey” is. Charles-Louise also shares tips on how you can use visual thinking to collaborate, regardless of your sketching abilities.
Shownotes
Attend the end of year retro for designers and changemakers
https://www.designfeeling.co/retro
Connect with Charles-Louise de Maere
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleslouisdemaere/
Learn Kishōtenketsu with Charles-Louis
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/explorationlabssrl/758666?
World cafe method of facilitation
https://www.fsg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/World-Cafe-Method_0.pdf
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https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
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Designers, you’ve been sold a lie. You’ve been told you need to work harder, do more with less and prove your value. You’ve done all that but it’s left you frustrated, misaligned and burnt out.
In this episode, Sara Wachter-Boettcher lifts the lid on the bottled up feelings so many designers have right now. Sara digs into the roots of where these (often well intended) messages are coming from and how you can manage them, putting your own needs and well-being first. Sara shares valuable advice to help to reframe your definition of success and your own value and reclaim agency of your work and career trajectory.
Sara is a CEO of Active Voice where she helps people in tech and design become bold leaders by helping them understand themselves first. Sara was a content and UX consultant on responsible and inclusive design and she’s also the author of three books - Design for Real Life (with Eric Meyer), Content Everywhere and Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech.ShownotesSara on Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/saraboettcher/
Sign up for the newsletter to learn about upcoming 2024 programs
https://www.activevoicehq.com
Attend Sara’s “Reclaim your power” workshop on 8th December 1-4pm ET (pay what you wish)
https://www.activevoicehq.com/reclaim-your-power
Hey designers, they’re gaslighting you.
https://medium.com/nice-work-from-active-voice/hey-designers-theyre-gaslighting-you-e02e5a4d9cff
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042 - Join us in an insightful discussion with Boon Chew, a principal UX designer at Elsevier and a former board member at the London chapter of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA). Dive into the world of systems thinking as we explore how designers can utilise it to comprehend the larger systems they're designing for. From understanding our intrinsic cognitive systems to fostering empathy through awareness, Boon shares that systems thinking not only enhances our design perspective but also deepens our understanding of ourselves and others.
Shownotes
Boon Chew on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/boonyewchew/
Causal loop diagram
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causal_loop_diagram
The Systems Thinker
https://thesystemsthinker.com/
Systems Innovation Network
https://www.systemsinnovation.network/
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https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
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042 - You need to be good at everything - that’s the narrative we’re sold from pretty early on. The industry celebrates unicorns, magical beings who can do almost anything. However, we all have strengths that are unique to each one of us and trying to use our lesser strengths can drain our energy, making it difficult for us to get into a state of flow and impacting our wellbeing.
In this episode, I speak with Kate Berry, Instructor Manager at General Assembly and my strengths coach. Kate unravels the secrets to understanding and harnessing our innate abilities through strengths profiles. Whether you're battling imposter syndrome or seeking a deeper connection to your work and the people you work with, Kate will help you discover of the power of being great at less things instead of trying be good at everything.
Shownotes
Connect with Kate Berry on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-berry-/
Strengths and Wellbeing: Regaining Balance When Life Changes
https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/250214/strengths-wellbeing-regaining-balance-life-changes.aspx
CliftonStrengths profile
https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/home.aspx
Cappfinity Strengths Profile
https://www.strengthsprofile.com/
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Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
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041 - Join us in this enlightening episode with Saskia Listle, a digital humanist and founder of the Academy of Future Skills, which is a community of learning practice, a think-tank and a consultancy on the Future of our Skills. Dive deep into the value of transversal skills and why they offer a sense of purpose that hard skills can't. We'll explore the concepts of T-shaped vs V-shaped employees, the power of curiosity in shaping one's professional path, and the potential pitfalls of an unchecked growth mindset. Saskia also reveals her top 3 skills, which have been instrumental in her journey.
Shownotes
Connect with Saskia
https://www.linkedin.com/in/saskia-listle/
Academy of Future Skills
https://academyfutureskills.com/
Listen to Nirish on self-awareness as a skill on Saskia’s podcast, Conversations with My Future Skills
https://academyfutureskills.com/nirish-shakya-selfawareness/
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Music by Brad Porter
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040 - In a world driven by rapid growth, how do you stay connected to one’s inner compass and lead with intention, kindness and ethics? Join us for a candid chat with my good friend, Katja Forbes. Recognised as one of top 50 Australian professionals, Top 10 Women Disrupters and as one of Westpac/Australian Financial Review's '100 Women of Influence', Katja shares her learnings and wisdom from an illustrious career as a designer, design leader and entrepreneur.
In this episode:
- Managing your inner critic
- How to make it easier for people to give you useful feedback
- The highs and lows of running your own company
- Ethical navigation in the digital realm
- Knowing and sticking to your values
- and much more!
Shownotes
Connect with Katja
katjaforbes.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katjaforbes/
https://www.instagram.com/katjaforbes/
From Purpose to Impact by Nick Craig and Scott A. Snook
https://hbr.org/2014/05/from-purpose-to-impact
Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22529127-team-of-teams
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https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
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039 - Welcome to Season 4 of the Design Feeling Podcast!
We kick off the new season with an inspiring conversation with Rizwan Javaid, a seasoned human-centred designer from San Francisco and the creator of the Low Fidelity Newsletter and Unleash Your Mindset Podcast.
Rizwan opens up about his struggles with fear, doubt, and imposter syndrome, and shares how he overcame these challenges through the deliberate practice of mindsets and mindfulness.
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038 - For the final episode of Season 2, join us in this inspiring conversation with Jenna Maudlin, a multi-award-winning designer and advocate for social good. Jenna is currently working with 'Apart of Me', a charity empowering children and young people to cope with loss and trauma. Jenna discusses the From her journey of following her heart as a designer to teaching design thinking to young minds,, the therapeutic potential of design, and opportunities for you to get involved with her exciting projects she’s working on. Expect invaluable insights on how design thinking can empower our future generations.
In this episode:
- Co-designing with children and young people
- Following your heart when the time is right
- The importance of lived experiences
- Knowing your superpowers
- And much more!
Shownotes
Connect with Jenna on Linkedin and get involved her projects
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenna-maudlin-61490713/
Check out Apart of Me game and Nadiya app. They’re free!
www.apartofme.app
Jenna’s favourite resources
Business Model Generation
https://www.strategyzer.com/books/business-model-generation
This is Service Design Thinking
https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Service-Design-Thinking-Basics/dp/906369279X
Creative Confidence
https://www.creativeconfidence.com/
Jenna in the news
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/computer-suit-takes-guilt-out-of-childrens-tv-cgn9dcjnf
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roddyclarke/2019/07/26/uk-graduates-draw-attention-to-global-issues-with-purpose-driven-designs/
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037 - In this podcast episode, host Nirish Shakya has a heart-to-heart conversation with three of his UX design students from General Assembly, Junying Lim, Sarah Willet, and Freddie Grzybowski. They discuss the nuances of becoming a competent designer beyond just the methods and tools learned in a boot camp. They delve into personal and professional journeys that shape a designer's perspectives and approach to design.
Key topics discussed:
- The courage it takes to embrace the unknown and the discomfort that comes with learning something new
- The importance of personal experiences and perspectives in shaping a designer
- Why knowing your strengths and weaknesses will make your career more sustainable and joyful
- And much more!
Shownotes
Junying Lim
Art Instagram https://www.instagram.com/eggsydoodles/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/limjunying/
Sarah Willet
Linkedin linkedin.com/in/willett-sarah
Website Thewillettway.com
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the.willett.way/
Freddie Grzybowski
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/freddiegrzybowski/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fredzbeez/
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
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Music by Brad Porter
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036 - Service designer, facilitator, coach and a recent mum, Rachel Arthur discusses the challenges and growth that come with parenthood and how it can lead to increased self-awareness. We also talk about the importance of slowing down and how our constant busyness might distract us from meeting our deeper needs. Rachel also shares how becoming a parent, particularly a mother, can force a reconnection with the body and serve as a powerful transition for personal growth. Rachel also shares practical tips for reconnecting with your body at any moment during your busy day.
In this episode:
- The challenges and growth accompanying parenthood
- The discomfort of slowing down and the societal normalisation of busyness
- The "fixing mindset" of designers and its possible drawbacks
- The technique of ocean breathing
- Rachel’s program Mamma Kind to help mums connect with their needs
Shownotes
Connect with Rachel and Mama Kind
https://linktr.ee/mamma.kind
https://linktr.ee/designerjourneys
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-sy-arthur
Material Journal
https://www.maternaljournal.org/
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
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035 - Nirish Shakya talks to his coach Kim Witten PhD. Kim shares her journey from working in the design industry in San Francisco to pursuing a PhD in sociolinguistics in the UK. Kim shares her insights on how to turn overthinking into a superpower by reframing it as curiosity. She emphasises the need to be curious and non-judgmental when experiencing negative emotions, and to try to befriend them. They also discuss the importance of focusing on the essentials to do less but do them better and celebrating wins, no matter how small they are. Tune in to this enriching conversation about managing anxiety, focusing on values, and achieving success.
In this episode:
- Importance of slowing down, noticing, and accepting one's feelings and bodily sensations
- Treating oneself as the user of one's own life
- Noticing patterns and using tools like affinity mapping to make sense of them
- Giving ourselves grace in the process
- and much more!
Shownotes
Get 30% off Kim’s 90 minute one-to-one “Design Your Time” workshop if you mention the Design Feeling Podcast
https://witten.kim/designfeeling
Subscribe to Kim’s ‘Hold That Thought’ newsletter
https://witten.kim/holdthatthought
Listen to Kim’s podcast
https://witten.kim/podcast
How to go from Overthinking to Expert Thinking by Kim Witten
https://medium.com/@KimWitten/how-to-go-from-overthinking-to-expert-thinking-1d409ba00901
Four Signs That Separate Deep Thinkers From Over Thinkers by Jano le Roux
https://medium.com/illumination/four-signs-that-separate-deep-thinkers-from-over-thinkers-a47c992324b3
Use this UX Method in Your Next Challenging Conversation
https://betterhumans.pub/use-this-ux-method-in-your-next-challenging-conversation-d0938cbec5d2?sk=abfb5c40b947a0fba24d17721c18a2d6
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https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
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034 - Sex! It’s one of our most basic human interactions that also one that brings with it lots of complexities, unmet needs and plain awkwardness. What if you could approach it as a design challenge and simplify it a bit?
In this episode, Nirish Shakya talks with Nina McNamara, a design leader, entrepreneur, and activist, about the UX of sex. Nina is the founder of UX of Sex and is on a mission to help people consciously design their relationships and sex lives. Together, they discuss how to co-create a relationship and cultivate candid conversations about relationships, sexual experience, and desire. Nina also shares a tip on running a sex retro with your partner! Join in on the conversation and learn how to bring more intentionality, creativity and clarity into your relationships.
Key topics discussed:
- Using UX design in relationships
- The importance of communication, context and timing
- Understanding one's motivations and desires
- AI technology and dating apps
- Co-creation and empathy
- "Sex retro" exercise
- Applying intentional structures and rituals in relationships
- and more!
Shownotes
Get a seat at the table for the next UX of Sex event; ‘What can we learn from Kink?’
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/learnfromkink/871550
Connect with Nina
https://ninamcnamara.com/
https://www.instagram.com/uxofsex/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-mcnamara/
Turning People into Teams by Mary and David Sherwin
https://www.askthesherwins.com/teams
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033 - When was the last time you felt a sense of awe? Research shows that experiencing can make you happier, healthier and more humble. So often we tend to lose our awe we had as kids as we turn into adults and life becomes a busy routine. Kim Slade is trying to change that. He is the founder of Unlost Co, where he designs immersive adventures to help people recreate that childhood awe. In this episode, Kim shares his method for designing these immersive experiences that engages the 5 senses through every touchpoint. He also talks about his 4 step story framework to create moments of adventure, mindfulness and reflection in our busy lives.
In this episode
- How to design experiences - place, time, senses, story
- Using adventure and nature to find clarity and creativity
- How to know where to work for different types of work
- and much more
Shownotes
Kim Slade
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwslade/
https://www.instagram.com/unlostco
Happy Startup School Summercamp
https://happystartupsummer.camp/
Bill Gates’ think week
https://www.reservations.com/blog/resources/think-weeks/
Storytelling frameworks
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joankuhl/2018/11/12/it-takes-courage-to-share-and-grace-to-listen/
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
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032 - How safe do you feel failing, learning and growing in your organisation? In this episode, I had a chat with my good friends Sinem Erdemli and Callum Goodwilliam who’re also the co-founders of Random Animal, a social impact company that’s on a mission to improve work for everyone through better access to learning, design and community.
Sinem and Callum emphasise the need to focus on the human aspect of work and creating conditions in organisations where teams and individuals thrive. They also talk about the importance of building safe spaces and communities where people can go to independent of their work, work on developing skills in a non-linear fashion, or get support from peers.
Shownotes
Random Animal
https://www.randomanimal.org/
Join Random Animal’s test with new ways of learning, organising and worknig
https://forms.gle/3ZsxzQYvgJVcUaPeA
Random Animal's resources on Notion
https://tinyurl.com/RandomAnimal-library
The Second Mountain by David Brooks
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40642458-the-second-mountain
Leadermorphosis Podcast
https://leadermorphosis.co/
Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux
https://www.reinventingorganizations.com/
The Progress Principle by Teresa Amabile
http://www.progressprinciple.com/
The Range by David Epstein
https://davidepstein.com/the-range/
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Dan Pink
https://www.danpink.com/books/drive/
What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies by Tim Urban
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102146148-what-s-our-problem
Season 2 Episode 7: From Human-Centred Design to Life-Centred Design with Dr. Martin Tomitsch
https://www.designfeeling.co/s2e7
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031 - The future can seem like a figment of our imagination and devoid of reality. Our mind naturally creates multiple scenarios of how the future might unfold but we either ignore them or get worried about them.
In this episode, I speak with designer, facilitator and futures literacy educator Lena Tünkers on futures literacy and how we can use the future to shape the present. Lena mentions how analysing alternate versions of the future can be a powerful exercise in making them a reality. Lena also shares simple techniques you can use to reframe your imagined futures.
In this episode:
- What is futures literacy and how you can get better at it
- Probably, desirable and alternative futures
- Reframing assumptions of the future
- Creating future personas
- Getting buy-in for future scenarios in organisations
- and much more!
Shownotes
Lena Tünkers
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lenatuenkers/
https://www.lenatuenkers.com/
Sign up to Lena’s course ‘Using Futures in Practice’ starting in March 2023
https://www.designfeeling.co/lena
Stefan Bergheim
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanbergheim/
Causal Layered Analysis Framework
https://medium.com/foresight-matters/using-causal-layered-analysis-for-transformational-change-51b461bbfffb
Backcasting
https://fourweekmba.com/backcasting/
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
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030 - Do you leave a networking event or a conference with a stack of business cards but not much connection? That’s because most of our conversations are limited to small talk and stay on the surface.
In this episode, experience designer, facilitator, TEDx speaker and small-talk detoxer Jan Keck shares his advice on facilitating conversations that go deeper whilst building trust and connection.
In this episode:
- Having genuine curiosity as a facilitator
- Prioritising connection over content
- Facilitating silence
- Ice-melters over ice-breakers
- Starting conversations like starting a campfire
- and much more!
Shownotes
Connect with Jan
www.jankeck.com
www.linkedin.com/in/jankeck/
www.instagram.com/mrjankeck
Free app of Jan’s conversation starter cards
http://app.askdeepquestions.com
Google’s research on psychological safety
https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/understanding-team-effectiveness/steps/foster-psychological-safety/
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029 - Are you a designer or problem solver who wants to be more creative but are stuck in the routine of the daily grind? In this episode, I chat with Radim Malinic. Radim is a designer, creative director and best selling author of multiple books on branding, creativity and mindfulness. Radim takes us on a journey into his creative mind and how he thinks and feels creativity and incorporates mindfulness to keep himself grounded in the messiness of creativity.
In this episode:
- Utilising your job titles but not be bound by them
- Giving yourself opportunities to explore
- Using feeling as a metric
- Nurturing your relationship with creativity
- Using mindfulness to give yourself perspective
- Using AI as a tool to enhance creativity
Shownotes
Radim Malinic’s books
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Radim-Malinic/e/B01KK74CNI/
Mr. Motivator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Motivator
1000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly
https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/
Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense by Rory Sutherland
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/26210508-alchemy
Radim’s favourite resources
Works of Sir Ken Robinson, Author Brooks, Simon Sinek, Alain De Botton
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
https://sevenmillionbikes.com/
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028 - Welcome to Season 3! As designers, we are good at thinking and doing. But what about being? How does that look and feel like? In this first episode of Season 3, I spoke with Andrea (Andi) Mignolo, designer, executive coach and the President of the Interaction Design Association. Andi talks about self-awareness but also awareness of the system the self is part of.
In this episode:
- Ontology: a way of being
- Centering yourself
- How self-awareness makes you a better designer
- Embracing resistance as part of the creative process
- Uncoupling design and capitalism
- and much more!
Shownotes
Andrea on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mignolo/
Method and Matter
https://methodandmatter.com/
The Interaction Design Association
https://www.ixda.org/
P N T S . U S: an ontological design studio
https://pnts.us/
Wordpress theme Andi designed
https://wordpress.com/blog/2010/08/16/new-theme-oulipo/
Andi writes a monthly newsletter about leadership, business, and being human, called Kitchen Party.
https://methodandmatter.com/kitchen-party/
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
https://sevenmillionbikes.com/
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In this final episode of Season 2, Nirish recaps his top highlights and learnings from the 12 episodes of the season.
Share your ideas and suggestions with Nirish at nirish@designfeeling.co
Shownotes
Tim Yeo, the Quiet Achiever
https://www.thequietachievr.com/
Courtney Carlsson, Paradym app
https://theparadym.com/
Solve Problems That Matter: Design, Build & Launch Your Social Enterprise Idea by Ben Pecotich
https://dynamic4.com/solve-problems-that-matter/
Human-Powered Book by Trenton Moss
https://humanpoweredbook.com/
Matthew Bellringer
https://www.matthewbellringer.com/
Innovation capability paper -
https://www.qip-journal.eu/index.php/QIP/article/view/1596
Innovation ecosystems case-study -
https://journalsojs3.fe.up.pt/index.php/jim/article/view/2183-0606_006-003_0002
Organisational value of diversity -
https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/220/Supplement_2/S33/5552350
Joe Leech
https://mrjoe.uk
“Design, Think, Make, Break, Repeat” Book by Martin Tomitsch
http://designthinkmakebreakrepeat.com/
Sophia and Jed Lazar, Cozy Juicy Real
https://cozyjuicyreal.com/
12- Minute Method by Robbie Swale
https://www.robbieswale.com/the-12minute-books
Kate Pincott, Reality Prototyping
https://www.realityprototyping.com/
Dorsa Mokhtari
https://www.dorsamokhtari.com/
Egle Beliunaite
https://www.linkedin.com/in/egle-beliunaite/
Rafa Prada
http://rafa.madeabroad.io/
Sinem Erdemli
https://tinyurl.com/sinsplace
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026 - To wrap up the year, I had a candid chat with 3 friends who are all design leaders and creatives. Egle is a designer, researcher and lifestyle photographer who leads design teams for a global corporation. Rafa is a Design Director, Product Design Consultant, and Visiting Lecturer at The Bartlett (UCL) and London College of Communication (UAL). Sinem is a Principal UX Designer and Design Lecturer. We talked about how the year 2022 was for each one of them and their biggest challenges, learnings and advice for designers.
In this episode:
- Active listening and trusting people first before trying to solve problems with design
- Importance of alignment, trust and connection
- Letting go of methodologies and building your agility in a cross-functional team
- Not trying to control all the outcomes
- Thinking about the long-term impact on product and people
- Being comfortable with uncomfortable feelings and uncomfortable situations
Shownotes
Happy Startup School
https://www.thehappystartupschool.com/
Brene Brown
https://brenebrown.com/
Amy Edmondson
https://amycedmondson.com/
The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
https://eastermichael.com/book/
The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo
https://juliezhuo.com/book/manager.html
Design, When Everybody Designs by Ezio Manzini
https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/4460/Design-When-Everybody-DesignsAn-Introduction-to
Brave New Work by Aaron Dignan
https://www.bravenewwork.com/
Four Thousand Weeks
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56155228-four-thousand-weeks
F*ck It by John C. Parkin
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4837266-f-k-it
Egle Beliunaite
https://www.linkedin.com/in/egle-beliunaite/
Rafa Prada
http://rafa.madeabroad.io/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafaprada/
Sinem Erdemli
https://tinyurl.com/sinsplace
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sinemerdemli/
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
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Iranian-born architect and recent UX design graduate shares her experience of moving from Iran to the UK, studying UX at General Assembly and looking for her first UX job. Nirish answers her mentoring questions too.
In this episode:
- Moving from architecture to UX design
- Creativity as self-expression
- Overcoming the language barrier
- The benefits of an interactive teacher-led course
- Coming out of your comfort zone as a teaching assistant
- Pros and cons of not being a non-native speaker
- Looking for your first UX job as an immigrant
- and much more!
Shownotes
Dorsa Mokhtari
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorsa-mokhtari/
https://www.dorsamokhtari.com/
@ux_land on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/ux_land/
General Assembly
https://generalassemb.ly/
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Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
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024 - We’ve seen a lot of layoffs in the tech industry. Whatever the reasons might be, it can be one of the lowest points in your career and your life. Whilst our natural reaction is to find another role as quickly as possible especially if finances are a concern for you, using this transition to stop, reflect and recalibrate your career trajectory can help you grow and find the next step that aligns with your values and gives you the joy and meaning you seek. In this episode, Design Leader and Coach, Kate Pincott, shares her step-by-step guide to do just that.
In this episode:
- Accepting the circumstance and negative emotions that come with it
- Reframing the situation
- Identifying your deeper needs
- Dealing with rejections
- Reaching out and connecting with others
- Using crisis as an opportunity
- Bringing joy back
- And much more!
Shownotes
Book a free coaching session with Kate to get clear on your goals and plans
https://calendly.com/kate-pincott/coaching-taster-designfeelings
Mention DESIGNFEELINGS in the form to get 10% off the program
Kate on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pincott/
Flexi working
https://www.gov.uk/flexible-working
How to Find a Flexible Job
https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/how-to-find-a-flexible-job/
10 iconic businesses created during a recession
https://www.businessleader.co.uk/10-businesses-created-during-a-recession/
Kate’s Reality Prototype Program
https://www.realityprototyping.com/
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
https://sevenmillionbikes.com/
023 - You’re a talented and hard-working doer but have you been putting off putting yourself out there and creating content to help others? In this episode, I chat with Robbie Swale, leadership coach, author and podcaster, who, in 2016, started writing blog-posts on his 12 min train journey to work and after 6 years, he’s now the author of the 12-Minute Method series of books, including How to Start When You’re Stuck, How to Keep Going When You Want to Give Up and How to Create the Conditions For Great Work. Robbie talks about importance of starting small and focusing on what really matters.
In this episode:
- What is the 12-minute method and how to it into a habit
- Getting started with content creation with minimum viable time
- Juggling consistency and intensity
- The pain of shedding your old identities
- Growing your creative confidence using experiments
- Releasing your creation out into the world without expectations
- and much more!
Participant in Robbie’s book giveaway by Thursday 24th Nov at
https://www.linkedin.com/company/designfeelingco
https://twitter.com/designfeelingco
https://www.instagram.com/designfeelingco/
Shownotes
The 12-Minute Method Podcast
https://anchor.fm/12-minute-method
The Coach’s Journey Podcast
https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast
Eisenhower Matrix
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_91.htm
Gay Hendricks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Hendricks
Big Magic by Liz Gilbert
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24453082-big-magic
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war-of-art/
Contacting Robbie
www.robbieswale.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbieswale/
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5aalWAQqFp6yTk2jghSpeQ
https://twitter.com/RobbieSwale
https://www.facebook.com/robbieswalecoachandauthor
https://www.instagram.com/robbieswale/
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
022 - Would you like to get cozy, juicy and real with your colleagues, friends and family? Most of the time, we stay on the surface while interacting with people . We do a lot of small talk on topics like the weather, TV shows or just work. But those conversations don’t allow us to connect with people at a deeper level and get to know the real person behind the social mask.
In this episode, I had a chat with Jed and his partner Sophia Lazar. Jed and Sophia are game designers and group facilitators who are on a mission to help people have deeper and more meaningful interactions. I had wonderful chat with Jed and Sophia as they shared their story of co-creating the game with their users and their biggest learnings and tips on building meaningful connections with people through deliberate and carefully designed prompts. If you’re someone who wants to build deeper connections with your team, friends or family, then this episode is for you.
In this episode:
- Creating and co-creating a board game with users
- Biggest challenges for teams in building connections online
- Difference between connecting deeply and oversharing
- Creating a space for trust
- True empathy vs manufactured empathy
- and much more!
Shownotes
Cozy Juicy Real website
https://cozyjuicyreal.com/
Online Team building
https://go.cozyjuicyreal.com/dsf-teams
Physical Board Game for Friends
https://go.cozyjuicyreal.com/dsf-notifyme
Upcoming Cozy Juicy Real events
https://go.cozyjuicyreal.com/ig-links
Dilts Pyramid - The Neurological Levels
https://www.landsiedel.com/en/nlp-library/neurological-levels.html
Rose, Thorn and Bud
https://easyretro.io/templates/rose-bud-thorn/
Appreciative Inquiry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appreciative_inquiry
The Gottman Institute
https://www.gottman.com/
ManKind Project
https://mankindproject.org/
Show credits
Illustrations by Kim Habib
http://iamk.im/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
https://sevenmillionbikes.com/
021 - Too much human-centricity is killing the planet and we’re part of the problem. In this episode, I chat with Dr. Martin Tomitsch on life-centred design, a new way of building products and services that considers the needs of non-human stakeholders and the planet.
Martin is a Professor in Interaction Design at the University of Sydney’s School of Architecture, Design and Planning. He teaches interface design, design thinking, creativity and innovation and leads the Urban Interfaces research group. He also is the lead author of “Design Think Make Break Repeat”, a handbook of design methods. In this episode, we shift the focus away from human-centred design and into life-centred design. Martin shares real life examples of how human-centricity is not always good for humans or for the planet and how designers can give start to make their work more life-centric. Martin will also be giving away 2 copies of his popular book “Design Think Make Break Repeat”.
In this episode:
- What is life-centred design and how it is different to human-centred design
- Negative impact of human-centred design
- How to be aware of the unintended consequences of your designs
- Adding Responsibility to Desirability, Feasibility and Viability
- Giving non-human stakeholders a voice in the design process
- What are non-human personas and how you create them
- and much more!
Shownotes
“Design, Think, Make, Break, Repeat” Book
http://designthinkmakebreakrepeat.com/
Ripple Impact canvas
http://designthinkmakebreakrepeat.com/methods/impact-ripple-canvas/
Systems mapping
http://designthinkmakebreakrepeat.com/methods/systems-mapping/
Middle Out Design Framework
https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-050-006 (Free open access paper)
Template for non-human personas
http://designthinkmakebreakrepeat.com/methods/non-human-personas/
Life-centred design
https://sbi.sydney.edu.au/for-the-sake-of-the-planet-we-need-to-rethink-human-centred-design/
Center for Humane Technology
https://www.humanetech.com/
“Ruined By Design” book
https://www.ruinedby.design/
Cathedral thinking
https://cathedralthinking.com/
“The Good Ancestor” book by Roman Krznaric
https://www.romankrznaric.com/good-ancestor
Design Feeling Episode 17 with Ben Pecotich
https://www.designfeeling.co/solve-problems-that-matter-with-ben-pecotich/
The Design Squiggle
https://thedesignsquiggle.com/
Ep 2 Kate Pincott
https://www.designfeeling.co/3
“Design Your Life” book and course
https://designingyour.life/
“The Contemporary Practice of Design” by Steve Baty at UX Australia
https://vimeo.com/607099038
Show credits
Illustrations by Kim Habib
Music by Brad Porter
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
020 - Advisor and coach to CEOs and recovering neuroscientist and UXer, Joe Leech, gives a pep talk for designers who’re feeling bored or trapped and encourages them to question what they’re doing and why.
Most designers pride themselves on their craft. After all, that’s what clients are paying for, right? But is that what they need? In this episode, Joe Leech challenges the notion that delivering designs is a designer’s superpower and how you can find your real superpower instead. We also talk about work-life balance and doing less for more.
Most designers pride themselves on their craft. After all, that’s what clients are paying for, right? But is that what they need? In this episode, Joe Leech challenges the notion that delivering designs is a designer’s superpower and how you can find your real superpower instead. Joe is an advisor and coach to CEOs and recovering neuroscientist and UXer. We also talk about work-life balance and what to do if you’re bored as a designer.
In this episode:
- Why inexperienced designers look for answers
- The role of craft
- What can you do if you're bored as a designer
- What if you realise design is not for you
- Quiet quitting
- A designer's superpower
- A better way to do things
- Determining your value as an employed designer
- Things that scares CEOs the most
Shownotes
Find Joe Leech at
https://mrjoe.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeleech/
@mrjoe on Twitter
Professional Principles to work and live by
https://mrjoe.uk/principles-work/
The Crossroads of Should and Must by Elle Luna
https://medium.com/@elleluna/the-crossroads-of-should-and-must-90c75eb7c5b0
https://www.goodreads.com/uk/book/show/22859551-the-crossroads-of-should-and-must
Are you an ‘insecure overachiever’?
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180924-are-you-an-insecure-overachiever
Show credits
Illustrations by Kim Habib
http://iamk.im/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
https://sevenmillionbikes.com/
019 - We are all neurodiverse but we’re encouraged to leave our neurodiversities at the door just so we can “fit in”. However, neurodivergent designers can bring in a lot of lived experiences helpful for innovation, especially when designing for neurodivergent users. In this episode, I chat with Matthew Bellringer, creative innovation consultant, neurodiversity advocate and social entrepreneur. Matthew was diagnosed with ADHD when we was 39 and autism at 42. For Matthew, increasing neurodiversity in organisations is not just a morally right thing to do but also a competitive advantage.
In this episode:
- Neurodivergence in design
- Recognising neurodivergence within yourself
- Filling in the neurodiversity gap and why that's important for innovation
- Fitting in or fitting out: what can you do as a neurodivergent designer?
- Who's responsible for nurturing neurodiversity in organisations?
- Don't create safe spaces, create safe-enough spaces
- and much more!
Shownotes
Join Nirish Shakya and Matthew Bellringer LIVE on Delightful Dissent on Thursday 20th October 1pm UK time
https://www.designfeeling.co/delightfuldissent
Matthew Bellringer on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-bellringer/
Matthew’s website
https://www.matthewbellringer.com/
Delightful Dissent Podcast
https://www.matthewbellringer.com/delightful-dissent
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
https://sevenmillionbikes.com/
018 - As designers and problem solvers, we pride ourselves on our craft and hard skills. But those will only take you halfway. Beyond that, you’ll need people skills to really be an impactful designer.
In this episode, I speak with Trenton Moss, Founder of Webcredible, one of the first UX agencies in the UK and author of ‘Human-Powered’, a book on emotional intelligence for digital product teams.
We explore techniques that will help you understand others better, run more effective meetings and become a people-centred leader.
In this episode:
- No one's interested in your designs
- Making time to understand people will save you time
- Reducing the opportunity cost of meetings
- If you're invited to a badly designed meeting
- A new definition of leadership
- Building relationships in a remote world
- And much more!
Shownotes
Trenton on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentonmoss/
Human-Powered Book
https://humanpoweredbook.com/
Webcredible
https://inviqa.com/ux-agency-webcredible
Team Sterka
https://sterka.team/
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
https://sevenmillionbikes.com/
017 - Design can change the world but many of us designers work in jobs we hate, solving problems we don’t care about. In this episode, I speak with Ben Pecotich on solving problems that matter without compromising your own values and wellbeing. Ben is a designer, coach, and founder of the social enterprise Dynamic4. He recently wrote a book called ‘Solving Problems that Matter’ where he lays out a simple framework for changemakers to design, build and launch their social enterprise idea. Ben shares his biggest learnings that can help us make the impact we’re seeking whilst prioritising own happiness.
In this episode:
- Say 'yes' before you say ‘no’
- Preventing your cognitive goalpost of happiness from shifting
- What is a social enterprise?
- Aligning your needs with your work as a designer
- Starting with your 10-year vision
- Ben's favourite frameworks from his book
- Balancing our need to make sustainable impact with personal sustainability
- and much more!
Shownotes
Get AU$20 off Ben’s new book ‘Solve Problems that Matter’
Go to http://designfeeling.co/solveproblems and use the code SPTM-DFPODCAST at checkout
Double diamond design framework
https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-work/news-opinion/double-diamond-universally-accepted-depiction-design-process
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
https://gregmckeown.com/books/essentialism/
Logic model
https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/programdevelopment/logic-models/
Shawn Achor
https://www.shawnachor.com/
Theory of change
https://www.nesta.org.uk/toolkit/theory-change/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zRre_gB6A4
Douglas Coupland
https://www.coupland.com/
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
https://sevenmillionbikes.com/
016 Councillors, therapy, meditation - Courtney Carlsson tried them all but what she needed was a structure to ask herself deliberate questions consistently to learn more about herself. Courtney is a CEO and Founder of the mental health app Paradym which she started after battling with her own mental health challenges. Courtney shares her personal journey of self-awareness and how she build Paradym, working with experts from around the world.
In this episode:
- The importance of asking yourself deliberate questions consistently
- What causes burnout and how to avoid and address it
- How to use feelings to build habits
- Reframing how you see any situation
Shownotes
Access your 1-month free discount to the Paradym app
https://www.designfeeling.co/feeling22
or go the Paradym website and use the code ‘feeling22’
https://theparadym.com/
Courtney on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtneycarlsson/
Courtney on instagram
https://www.instagram.com/courtcarlsson
Courtney on Twitter
https://www.twitter.com/courtcarlsson
Paradym on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/theparadym
Paradym on Twitter
https://www.twitter.com/_theparadym_
Episode 4 with Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
https://www.designfeeling.co/6
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
015 - We’re kicking off Season 2 with Design Director of IBM Consulting, Founder of the Quiet Achiever and proud introvert, Tim Yeo. In this episode, Tim shares his personal journey in his career as an introverted designer and design leader and the learnings he picked up along the way to be comfortable with his introversion and do the things that don’t come naturally to him as an introvert. Tim now helps other introverts like himself have impact and influence without pretending to be extroverts in a world that desires the extroverted ideal.
In this episode:
- We’re all ducks, calm on the surface, paddling furiously underneath and that’s ok
- Embracing your introversion rather than pretending to be an extrovert
- How experience helps you recognise repeatable patterns and increases your confidence
- Why our definition of what a successful leader looks like is flawed
- Why you don’t have to wait to speak up till you think you’re 100% right
- Building a strong design team remotely
- And much more!
Links and resources
The Quiet Achiever
www.thequietachievr.com
Tim Yeo on Twitter
https://twitter.com/timyeo
Tim Yeo on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timyeo/
Susan Cain’s Book ‘Quiet’
https://susancain.net/book/quiet/
Scott Berkun’s Book ‘Confessions of a Public Speaker’
https://scottberkun.com/the-books/confessions-of-a-public-speaker/
Christina Wodtke’s books ‘Radical Focus’ and ‘The Team that Managed Itself’
https://cwodtke.com/writing-2/
Patrick Lencioni’s Book ‘The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable’
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21343.The_Five_Dysfunctions_of_a_Team
Situational Leadership® Model
https://situational.com/situational-leadership/
Oliver Burkeman’s Book ‘Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortal’
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54785515-four-thousand-weeks
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
It’s the end of the first season of the Design Feeling Podcast! In this episode, host, Nirish Shakya, recaps the 12 guest interviews and shares his top learnings and reflections from them.
If this is your first time listening to the Design Feeling Podcast, this might be a good start to start. It’ll give you a taster of all the conversations we’ve had in the show so far so you can pick and choose the episodes you want to listen to in full.
Nirish also gives a sneak peak of what’s coming in Season 2.
Links and resources
Kate Pincott
https://www.remotedesigncoaching.com/
Jason Mesut
https://medium.com/@jasonmesut
Dr. Carlos Saba
https://www.thehappystartupschool.com/
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
https://www.zoranaivcevicpringle.com/
Corey Lebson
https://lebsontech.com/
Ryan Rumsey
https://www.secondwavedive.com/
Jane Reid and Janice Hannaway
https://researchutraining.com/
Dr. Adeola Enigbokan
https://www.whyadeolabecause.com/
Frances Khalastchi
https://betterbolderbraver.com/
Hattie Willis
https://www.guessworks.co/
Career Timeline
https://medium.com/shapingdesign/map-your-career-timeline-85df3ea8a890
Oura ring
https://ouraring.com/
‘Steal Like an Artist’ book by Austin Kleon
https://austinkleon.com/steal/
013 - Designing involves innovating. However, innovation requires a lot of guesswork. Making intentional guesses requires the right mindset, techniques and courage. In this episode, Hattie Willis, founder of the entrepreneurship education company, Guessworks, shares her biggest learnings from the world of venture building and corporate innovation. Hattie unlayers the real drivers that help changemakers innovate - exposing yourself to the right amount of risk and understanding not just designs, products and technologies, but also business models.
In this episode:
- Pick your own race that gives you energy
- Have your own authentic story to tell
- Be aware of where you get your energy from
- Hattie's top learnings from founders
- Look after your mental health as a founder
- Get an accountability partner
- And much more
Shownotes
Business Model You Book
https://businessmodelyou.com/the-book/
The School of Life
https://www.theschooloflife.com/
Secret Leaders Podcast by Dan Murray-Serter
https://www.secretleaders.com/
Not My First Guess Podcast
https://notmyfirstguess.buzzsprout.com/
https://www.instagram.com/notmyfirstguess/
https://twitter.com/NotMyFirstGuess
GuessWorks
https://guessworks.co/
Hattie Willis on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hattie-willis-she-her-2b47b376/
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
https://sevenmillionbikes.com/
012 - Throughout my design and technology career, I believed that marketing was just fluff. Hence, I never invested much time and energy into it, even to market myself. In this episode, Frances Khalastchi reframes that common notion of marketing into a tool for self-growth. With a background in graphic design, cultural theory, sociology and art history and 20 years in corporate, third sector startup and government communications, Frances co-founded Better Bolder Braver, a marketing community for coaches.
In this episode, Frances talks about using marketing to increase one’s self-awareness, empathise with customers and prevent burnout. She also mentions how working out loud can help us get over our need for perfection and why it’s ok to chase perfection in your work your work without having to be a perfect human being. We also discuss the role of communities in helping us find safe spaces where we can try new things, get feedback and iterate.
In this episode:
- Starting with your mindset - your values and practical and emotional limits
- Niching to prevent burnout
- Marketing yourself as an employee
- Meet your customer where they’re at in their journey of consciousness
- Working out loud
- Product perfectionism vs people perfectionism (one of them is bad for you!)
- The role of community in our lives
- And much more
Shownotes
Better Bolder Braver Community
https://betterbolderbraver.com
Happy Startup School
https://www.thehappystartupschool.com
Leapers: A collective of freelancers
https://www.leapers.co
Frances Khalastchi on LinkedIn
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/franceskhalastchi
Many Meanings and Uses of Art: Frances’ interview on the Stepping Off Now Podcast with Kendra Patterson
https://steppingoffnow.com/e57-interview-frances-khalastchi-on-the-many-meanings-and-uses-of-art
Show creditsIllustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
https://sevenmillionbikes.com/
011 - It’s no secret that change is the only constant but the events of the past two years (or two months!) have certainly got our heads spinning. If you’re anxious about how all of this is going to affect your life and career, you’re not alone. So how do you make sense of your past and clarify your direction towards the future?
Sometimes, you need more than just intellect to make better decisions. You need intuition. This is where tarot can help. Tarot is basically a pack of playing cards that originated in 14-15th century Europe. Although you might have seen them used as a divination system to predict things, tarot utilises principles used in creative thinking and it can be a powerful design tool for designers to ask the right questions and find unexpected answers.
In this episode, I chat with with Dr. Adeola Enigbokan. Adeola is a designer, environmental psychologist and a practitioner of tarot for the past 20 years. We uncover the mysteries of tarot, and how the practice might increase our soft skill sets and add perspective on problem-solving in complex psycho-social dynamics. Adeola also demonstrates how she uses tarot to answer deep questions. You might be a tarot convert too after this episode.
In this episode:
- Using tarot as a tool to build your intuition to make better decisions
- Raising awareness of the emotional impact of your designs and the emotional needs of your users and colleagues
- Defining true empathy using tarot
- Starting with self-compassion
- Creating a space for people’s feelings to exist at work
- Reassessing your individual and corporate identities and realigning them
- Energy exchange as the future of work for designers
Shownotes
Salvador Dalí tarot card deck
https://www.tarot.com/tarot/decks/dali
Ten of Cups
https://www.tarot.com/tarot/cards/ten-of-cups/dali
Six of Swords
https://www.tarot.com/tarot/cards/six-of-swords/dali
Adeola’s website
https://www.whyadeolabecause.com/
Adeola on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/adeolagoes/
Adeola on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adeola-enigbokan/
Environmental psychology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_psychology
Tonglen meditation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonglen
Tarot for the Working Women
https://www.whyadeolabecause.com/tww
Random association technique
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_stimulus
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
https://sevenmillionbikes.com/
010 - You’ve designed and launched a shiny new product. Engagement is high. Your company hits the success metrics. Everyone celebrates. But deep inside, you’re still questioning whether your design is actually making people’s lives better.
In this episode, James Breeze, Chief Experience Officer, at Objective Experience, shares his ongoing work on a framework he’s designed to help makes designers be more conscious of the impact of their work on humans and the planet and make better decisions. The framework includes Consciousness Competencies, a set of values and behaviours designers can use to improve their lives and the lives of those around them and the planet.
James believes that people working in Human-Centred Design must be highly conscious and compassionate, skills that can and must be learned, just like any other design skill. James also shares his story of becoming a Buddhist monk in Thailand and how that shaped his world view and his mission to improve human lives.
In this episode:
- From a monk to an entrepreneur
- Getting hired as a junior designer
- Challenges of aligning your values with your work
- Speaking up for ethics in design using data
- Why compassion is more important than empathy?
- Bringing more consciousness into your work
- Gathering the courage to talk about feelings
- And much more!
Contact James Breeze at
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesbreeze/
Objective Experience
https://www.objectiveexperience.com/
Steven Kotler
https://www.stevenkotler.com/
Flow: The Psychology of Happiness by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57878026-flow
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
https://sevenmillionbikes.com/
009 - If you’re a user researcher, you probably put your users first. But maybe it’s time to put yourself first. In this episode, user researcher and former civil servant Jane Reid and user researcher and psychodynamic therapist Janice Hannaway stress the need for self-care in user research. User researchers working in complex areas such as homelessness, drug abuse and domestic violence, user researchers can experience vicarious trauma. Too often, this is not addressed properly or even spoken about. With almost 50 years of experience between them, Jane and Janice share their stories of working in these areas and their advice on how to look out for symptoms of trauma. We also talk about ways to maintain your wellbeing through self-care routines, respecting organisational boundaries and being aware of transference.
In this episode:
- What is self-care for user researchers?
- Why there’s not much talk of self care for user researchers?
- What to do when your work conflicts with your values
- How do you know when you need self-care?
- Establishing a self-care routine
- Accepting what you’re feeling and identifying the cause for it
- Believing that you’ve done your best
- Impact of remote working on research
Shownotes
Join Jane and Janice for a fireside chat on Thursday 7th April 2022
www.designfeeling.co/fireside
ResearchU
https://researchutraining.com/
Self-care in user research
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exposure-others-trauma-toxic-jane-reid/
Sex and/or gender — working together to get the question right
https://blogs.gov.scot/digital/2018/07/05/sex-and-or-gender-working-together-to-get-the-question-right/
Contacting Jane Reid
https://twitter.com/janereid73
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-reid-1bbb9196/
Contacting Janice Hannaway
https://twitter.com/jahconsultancy
https://www.linkedin.com/in/janice-hannaway-24366a8b/
CreditsIllustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
https://prtr.co/
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
https://sevenmillionbikes.com/
008 - As designers, we take on the responsibility to make the world better through design and we feel we have to come up with new ideas and solutions. But sometimes, reusing a solution that already works might be a faster and more impactful approach. In this episode, author of Business Thinking for Designers and CEO of Second Wave Dive shares his stories of making business impact through re-engineering successful tools and methods. Ryan also shares his struggles growing as a designer and design executive and how he thought he wasn’t doing a good job. He also shares his advice on building your contextual awareness of your organisation to be a more effective designer. Ryan also reveals the various factors that shaped him throughout his life and importance of self-work in continuously iterating your values and maintaining your wellbeing as a designer.
In this episode:
- When you’re thinking you’re not doing a good job
- Living your values authentically and iteratively
- Letting go of the idea that I have to invent everything
- The impact of your organisation's narrative
- Building your contextual awareness within your organisation
- Importance of self-work
ShownotesJoin Ryan Rumsey for a fireside chat on Thursday 24th March 2022 2-3pm UK time. Register at
https://www.designfeeling.co/fireside/Download Business Thinking for Designers for free
https://www.designbetter.co/business-thinking-for-designers
Ryan’s website
https://www.ryanrumsey.com/
Second Wave Dive
https://www.secondwavedive.com/
Socials
https://twitter.com/ryanrumsey
https://twitter.com/secondwavedive
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanrumsey/
https://www.linkedin.com/school/secondwavedive/
Therapy Den
www.therapyden.com
007 - Many think UX is something new but it’s not. A lot of UXers have been working in the industry for decades now and starting to experience a mid-career crisis. In this episode, user researcher and author of the UX Careers Handbook, Cory Lebson, shares his honest stories of experiencing the mid-career crisis and how he handled it. We also talk about using biometrics to learn about your own emotions and better manage the external triggers that could affect you. Cory also shares his advice for letting go of the pressure of having to make a difference and separating your identity from your work.
In this episode:
- Being in touch with your feelings with biometrics
- Speaking up to clients honestly about what's causing you stress
- Letting go of the pressure of having to make a difference
- Knowing what’s under your control and what’s not
- Finding your UX support community
- Value of having patience in your career
- The future of UX
- Cory’s book ‘The UX Careers Handbook’
Shownotes
20% discount on Cory’s book “The UX Careers Handbook” - email Cory for a discount code at
cory@lebsontech.com
Cory’s website
https://lebsontech.com/
Cory’s courses on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/cory-lebson
Oura Ring
https://ouraring.com/
006 - We’re trained to leave our emotions at the doorstep when it comes to work but using emotions consciously and intentionally can make individuals and teams more creative, more motivated and happier. This is according to Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, Senior Research Scientist at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, who studies the role of emotion and emotional intelligence in creativity. Zorana shares her insights on using different emotions for the divergent and convergent parts of a design process and how designers and facilitators can manage their and their team’s emotions to help them be more creative. We also talk about the benefits of acknowledging your feelings at work instead of hiding them. Zorana also shares her tips for bringing more emotional intelligence into your workplace as a leader, individual contributor or even someone starting a new role and how even a single individual can spread a positive emotion contagion by being the first one to embrace their emotions.
In this episode:
- The types of emotions needed for divergent and convergent thinking
- How and when to introduce constraints into a creative process
- Acknowledging and labelling feelings to relieve the pressure of hiding them
- Bringing emotional intelligence into work proactively
- Managing emotions in a new role
- Talking to co-workers about how you’re feeling
- Importance of rituals to begin and end meetings to prevent negative emotional contagion
ShownotesJoin the Design Feeling Fireside chat with Zorana on Thu 24th Feb 2022 2pm UK time
https://www.designfeeling.co/fireside/Zorana's blog on Psychology Today
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/zorana-ivcevic-pringle-phd
Gravitational waves
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave
Emotional granularity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_granularity
Rituals for Work by Kursat Ozenc and Margaret Hagan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41544270-rituals-for-work
Courage to Create by Rolly May
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/646141.The_Courage_to_Create
Zorana's website
https://zoranaivcevicpringle.com/
Zorana's Twitter
https://twitter.com/ZoranaPsych
005 - As designers, we are skilled at managing uncertainty within design processes but how well do we manage uncertainty within our own lives and careers? Atomic physicist, Kung Fu teacher and the co-founder of the Happy Startup School, Dr. Carlos Saba shares his journey of uncertainties and his biggest lessons trying to find his way around his life and career and how it’s ok to not know what you’re doing or where you’re going. He also talks about why knowing how to conduct transactional research with users doesn’t automatically make us good as empathising with people we are emotionally invested with. We also talk about the importance of clarifying your definition of success before setting out to achieve it and how prioritising fun could be a happier alternative when making your career choices.
In this episode:
- Viewing success as a feeling rather than an output or outcome
- The language of needs and being aware of your and others’ needs
- Embracing uncertainty with a beginner’s mind
- Prioritising fun when picking the people you want to work with
Shownotes:Happy Startup School
https://www.thehappystartupschool.com/
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71730.Nonviolent_Communication
Sam Harris
https://www.samharris.org/
Waking Up App
https://wakingup.com/
Universe with Prof. Brian Cox
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09ybnpd
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6708.The_Power_of_Now
The Map of Meaning by Marjolein Lips-Wiersma
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15000685-the-map-of-meaning
Work with Source by Tom Nixon
https://workwithsource.com/
004 - We try hard to fit into groups, whether at work or in our personal lives. But in the process of fitting in, we forget to find out what’s unique about us and celebrate what makes us different. In this episode, I have a deep conversation with design leader, consultant and coach Jason Mesut on his struggles growing up and fitting in and how that shaped him and why he’s now passionate about helping designers find out about themselves through his series of tools called Shaping Design.
In this episode:
- Fitting into different communities as a designer
- Reading people and pairing them with the right work
- Helping people decode themselves
- Navigating uncertainties by understanding and framing different perspectives
- Legitimacy of design
- Using the career timeline map to look at the highs and lows of your career
- AND MUCH MORE
Shownotes
Alexander den Haijer
https://www.alexanderdenheijer.com/
Life calendar
https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html
Shaping design series
https://medium.com/shapingdesign/shaping-design-and-designers-intro-df9e78bf845f
Creating the perfect experience architect
https://rosenfeldmedia.com/designopssummit2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/mesut-09.png
Blob Mapping
https://medium.com/shapingdesign/blob-mapping-4cda41bae61d
Career timeline map
https://medium.com/shapingdesign/map-your-career-timeline-85df3ea8a890
Year compass
https://yearcompass.com/
It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be by Paul Arden
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/114737.It_s_Not_How_Good_You_Are_It_s_How_Good_You_Want_To_Be
Organisations referred to by Jason:
Adaptive Path
https://medium.com/@adaptivepath
UXPA
https://uxpa-uk.org/
Foolproof
https://www.foolproof.co.uk/
Get 30% discount off Jason’s Shaping Design workshop and the pre-order of the book: Use the code “ifeeldesign” at
https://www.designfeeling.co/shapingdesign/
003 - How can you learn and grow continuously as a designer without burning out and veering too far from who you are? In this episode, I interview Kate Pincott who is a Design Coach, CEO and Founder of Remote Design Coaching. She’s on a mission to help designers get unblocked in their careers so that they can find their own design voice that the world desperately needs.
In this episode:
- Designer burnouts and value of stopping and reflecting
- Giving ourselves permission to experiment on our own lives and careers
- Finding coaches who you can be safely vulnerable with
- Setting intentions in our daily practice as designers
- Trusting your gut
- AND MUCH MORE to help you start off the new year more grounded in yourself!
Shownotes
Lean Loop, Lean mindset by Eric Ries, author of Lean Startup
http://theleanstartup.com/book
Mcinksey report - tangible ROI of design
https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-design/our-insights/the-business-value-of-design
Kate’s Reality Prototype Program
https://www.realityprototyping.com/
Feelings wheel
https://feelingswheel.com/
Rumi (Persian poet) and Kate’s favourite Rumi book, the Masnavi: Book One
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83262.The_Masnavi
Go to www.designfeeling.co/kate to book a chat with Kate and enter the code “designfeeling” to get 10% of her Reality Prototyping Program
002 - Welcome to the first episode of the Design Feeling Podcast! Join designer, educator and host, Nirish Shakya, as he talks about what this podcast is about, why he started it and why it’s crucial for designers and design thinkers to focus on their own self-awareness, creative confidence and meaning.
As designers, we know our users and customers better than we know ourselves. But what about your needs, emotions and pain points as a designer? How do you ensure that what you do meet your deeper needs? How can you be more aware of the complex and unfamiliar human emotions determining your wellbeing underneath the familiar structures of our jobs? It’s time to recalibrate yourself as a designer and take agency back of your life and career.
In this episode:
- Bringing out focus from outside to inside
- Knowing yourself as a designer
- Why we can’t ignore human emotions at work
- What’s coming up
- A 5-min hack to help you stick to your new New Year habit
Shownotes
Chris Voss’s book, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26156469-never-split-the-difference
Coventry University
https://www.coventry.ac.uk/
Deakin University
https://www.deakin.edu.au/
Happy Startup School
https://www.thehappystartupschool.com/
Vipassana meditation
https://www.dhamma.org
Wing Chun Kung Fu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Chun
Meisner acting technique
https://acteach.uk/on-the-meisner-technique/
BJ Fogg’s book, Tiny Habits
https://tinyhabits.com/
James Clear’s book, Atomic Habits
https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits
001 - Oh no! Not another design podcast! That’s right, this isn’t. This show is not about design techniques or tools or even clients or users. This show is about you.
As designers, we often know our customers better than we know ourselves. In the midst of our passion for human-centred design, we tend to forget that there’s a human within us, a human with needs and emotions. And we go through our careers unfulfilled by the work we're doing and disillusioned by its impact or the lack thereof.
Design Feeling is a new podcast and community platform aimed at design thinkers, people gatherers, dot connectors, technologists and creative problem solvers who want to increase their self-awareness, creative confidence and meaning.
Join Nirish Shakya, Design Thinking Consultant, Educator and Coach, and his expert guests as they explore the human behind the human-centred designer. Their mission is to help you become a more empowered problem solver with a clearer mission for others and more compassion for yourself. It’s a mix of interviews, mentorship calls and solo shows from Nirish you’re not going to want to miss. Hit subscribe and get ready to deconstruct the designer in you.