109: Asking Your Heroes for Help

05/28/21 • 33 min

Dallas Texas-based designer and illustrator John Mata joins the program to discuss the fear, uncertainty, and doubt inherent in all creative work, and strategies designers can use in their careers to transcend them.

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Guest Starring:

John Mata

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This episode of Presentable is sponsored by:

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John Mata

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108: Designing With People, Not at Them

Special guest Kelly Ann McKercher joins the program. They’re the author of the book “Beyond Sticky Notes” and we to discuss how to cultivate a mindset focused on co-design to make products and services more equitable.

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Kelly Ann McKercher

Links and Show Notes: Support Presentable with a Relay FM Membership Get the book: Beyond Sticky Notes Model of Care for Co-design Mindsets for Co-design What is co-design? Kelly Ann McKercher on LinkedIn Kelly Ann McKercher (@kellyanagram) on Twitter

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110: How to Get Unstuck

Special guest Julia Whitney joins the program. She's an executive coach with years of experience as a design leader, and we discuss how to avoid getting stuck and thrive both with your craft and in your career.

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The Inside Track, from Microsoft: Your one-stop podcast exploring the technology that helps to accelerate the future of the automotive industry.
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Julia Whitney

Links and Show Notes: Support Presentable with a Relay FM Membership Presentable #91: How to Design Your Job - Relay FM Whitney and Associates Julia Whitney (@_whitneyand) on Twitter

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