Design Feeling

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Making work about humans, not just products

Design Feeling

03/16/23 • 65 min

#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

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

Show credits

Illustrations by Isa Vicente

Music by Brad Porter

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Creativity, mindfulness and the impact of AI with Radim Malinic

Design Feeling

02/02/23 • 61 min

#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

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

Music by Brad Porter

https://sevenmillionbikes.com/

Episode edited by Niall Mackay

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Candid end of year reflections with three design leaders

Design Feeling

12/22/22 • 53 min

#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

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

Music by Brad Porter

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Laid off? Look inside before you look outside - Kate Pincott

Design Feeling

11/24/22 • 58 min

#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

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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

Music by Brad Porter

https://sevenmillionbikes.com/

Episode edited by Niall Mackay

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Creative confidence with the 12-minute method with Robbie Swale

Design Feeling

11/10/22 • 74 min

#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!

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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

Twitter

https://twitter.com/RobbieSwale

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/robbieswalecoachandauthor

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/robbieswale/

Show credits

Illustrations by Isa Vicente

Music by Brad Porter

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https://cozyjuicyreal.com/

Getting cozy, juicy and real with your colleagues - Sophia and Jed Lazar

Design Feeling

10/28/22 • 65 min

#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 spoke with with Sophia Lazar and Jed Lazar. Sophia and Jed are board game designers and group facilitators who are on a mission to help people have deeper and more meaningful interactions. I had wonderful chat with Sophia and Jed 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

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://sevenmillionbikes.com/

Episode edited by Niall Mackay

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From Human-Centred Design to Life-Centred Design with Dr. Martin Tomitsch

Design Feeling

10/13/22 • 66 min

#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. 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
Adding Responsibility to Desirability, Feasibility and Viability
Creating non-human personas
and much more!

Shownotes

Follow Martin on

Twitter

https://www.linkedin.com/in/martintomitsch/

Instagram

https://instagram.com/martintomitsch

Linktree

https://linktr.ee/martintomitsch

“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

The Design Squiggle

https://the

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Using marketing as a self-growth tool with Frances Khalastchi

Design Feeling

05/11/22 • 57 min

#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 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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