My guest in this episode is Katja Forbes, Managing Director of Designit, Australia & New Zealand. Katja is also on the Global Board of the Interaction Design Association. Katja was recognised as one of the Top 100 Australian Professionals 2020, Top 10 Australian Women Entrepreneurs 2018 by My Entrepreneur Magazine and named one of the 100 Women of Influence by Westpac and the Australian Financial Review in 2016. In this episode she talks about her journey to design leadership, learning to le...
Jun 18, 2021•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast My guest in this episode is Ariba Jahan – also known as আরিবা – a biomechanical engineer turned innovation and design strategist focused on creating social impact and a future that is more accessible, intersectional and equitable. Ariba is currently the Director of Innovation at the Ad Council, where she established the organization’s design innovation practice. As a member of the Ad Council’s DEI Council, she also leads efforts to advance diversity, equity and inclusion at the organization. Ari...
May 08, 2021•46 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast My guest in this episode is Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan a design leader, practitioner, coach, entrepreneur who has led design teams across the globe for over 23 years. He currently leads design delivery and DesOps at Designit ASEAN & SAARC. Udhay discusses his own pathway to design and leadership, the value of design ops, and the cultural nuances when researching, designing and testing products and services in India. Show Links Episode links and transcript Udhay Udhay on LinkedIn Udhay on Twitt...
Mar 26, 2021•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast My guest in this episode, recorded towards the end of 2020, is Maurice Cherry, founder and host of the award-winning Revision Path, a podcast that features black designers. It's the first podcast to be added to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) Taking a break from being the host, Maurice talks about his experience of growing up in Atlanta, getting into design and coding in the early days of the Web right the way through...
Feb 19, 2021•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast My guest in this episode is conversation designer, Daniel Stillman, author of "Good Talk - How to Design Conversations That Matter." We talk about his journey into design, the shape, structure and dynamics of conversations and how to facilitate them. Show Links Episode transcript and links Daniel Daniel's website The Conversation Factory Daniel's book Good Talk – How To Design Conversations That Matter Daniel on Twitter Daniel on LinkedIn Andy Subscribe to Power of Ten Subscribe to Andy’s newsle...
Jan 19, 2021•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast My guest in this episode is Ryan Rumsey who has worked for 20+ years as an executive leader and a designer building technology, teams, and organizations. He has a hybrid background in interaction design, front-end development, product management, and strategy and has worked for the likes of Apple, Electronic Arts, USAA, Nestlé, and Comcast. He is also the author of Business Thinking for Designers, published by InVision. We talk about Ryan’s journey into design from the early days of the web, bus...
Dec 20, 2020•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast My guest in this episode is speaker, author and creativity evangelist Denise Jacobs. She is author of Banish Your Inner Critic, the premier handbook on silencing fears to unleash creativity and Founder + CEO of The Creative Dose. We talk about the inner critic and imposter syndrome and how to tackle both of them and boost your creative life. Show Links Show notes and transcript Denise denisejacobs.com Denise on Twitter Denise on LinkedIn Denise on Facebook Denise on Instagram Amplify U Denise’s ...
Dec 03, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode it is an enormous treat and honour for me to have as my guest, Dr James Hollis, a Washington D.C. based Jungian psychoanalyst and the author of sixteen books on finding meaning and purpose in life, especially the passage into what C.G. Jung called the "second half of life" that most of us go through somewhere between our late 30s and late 40s. I've drawn upon his work for many years, especially in my leadership coaching. Dr. Hollis shares his wisdom on our relationship to work, h...
Nov 13, 2020•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast My guest this episode is my friend, ex-colleague and coffee chat buddy, Chris Hayward. We've often had long, fascinating conversations that I wish we had recorded afterwards, so that's exactly what this is. Chris talks about his work and training as a design anthropologist, what designers can learn from theory and literature, telling the stories of research. And we talk a lot about airports and toilets. Show Links Archive and transcript Chris on LinkedIn Chris is hosting a salon at EPIC 2020 How...
Oct 23, 2020•39 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast My guest in this episode is brand strategist and design systems expert Allati El Henson who is currently Lead Brand Designer at Cloudflare. Allati recounts her experience growing up in the hood in East Oakland, the importance of education, discovering design as a profession, technical precision in design systems and the value of having a big store of confidence. And why designers need to treat design like it can change the world. Show Notes This episode's archive and transcript Allati’s website ...
Oct 19, 2020•47 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast My guest in this episode is Molly Wright Steenson, a designer, author, professor, and international speaker whose work focuses on the intersection of design, architecture, and artificial intelligence. In this wide-ranging discussion, Molly explains how the history of computational technologies, architecture, pattern language and AI combined to define the fields of Agile, interaction design, UX, AI and pretty much the rest of today's digital world. Show Notes This episode's archive and transcript...
Sep 23, 2020•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast My guest in this episode is Tanarra Schneider, previously Managing Director of Fjord North America and now Head of Design for Accenture Interactive – Midwest. Tanarra talks about her journey into design, her experience as a black, female design leader, the design discipline growing up, and the responsibility of all designers to ensure we take the time to dismantle structural bias in our work and the world. Show Links Episode and transcript on Polaine.com Tanarra Tanarra on LinkedIn Tanarra on Tw...
Aug 21, 2020•47 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode Alexandra Jamieson and Bob Gower talk about their new book, Radical Alignment , a book about difficult conversations and how they can change your life. In it they discuss their framework for tackling difficult conversations, how to be inclusive, respectful and vulnerable, avoid the usual winner/loser dynamic, and end with radical alignment, whether that’s a “hell yes!” or “hell no!” Alexandra a success coach for driven womxn. She has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey and Martha ...
Aug 11, 2020•49 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast In the Power of Ten podcast, Andy Polaine talks to guests from a broad range of disciplines about the intersection of design, technology, psychology, organisations, culture and society. The show looks at how design operates at many levels and in many forms, from thoughtful detail through organisational transformation to the changes in society and the world. My guest in this episode is Jim Kalbach , an author, speaker, and instructor in design, customer experience, and strategy. Jim has worked wi...
Jul 25, 2020•45 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the new season and feed for Power of Ten, a podcast about how design operates at many levels and in many forms, from thoughtful detail through organisational transformation to the changes in society and the world. In upcoming episodes, I'll be talking about culture, airports and toilets with Design Anthropologist and Researcher, Chris Hayward, Jobs to Be Done and remote work with Mural's Jim Kalbach, Designing Conversations with Daniel Stillman, Radical Alignment with Bob Gower and Al...
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