Design Kaffé

Design Kaffé

By Susan Zhuang, Sandrine DuvalArtsDesign
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Design Kaffé episodes

  • 035: Active Listening

    We talk about active listening: what it is, why it’s important, and tools and techniques to improve how we actively listen to our users, stakeholders, and colleagues — so that we can be better designers.

    Follow us on Twitter @UX_Maturity and check out our website: uxmaturitypodcast.com.

    50 min
  • 034: Conflict Resolution With Joshua Mauldin

    Joshua Mauldin talks to us about conflict resolution: what is a healthy conflict and what is an unhealthy conflict? How do we create safe spaces that nurture healthy conflict resolution? How do we use empathy in ourselves and others when faced with conflict?

    Follow us on Twitter @UX_Maturity and check out our website: uxmaturitypodcast.com.

    57 min
  • 033: Fun and Whimsy at Work

    We talk about the importance of fun and whimsy at work, and how it fosters creativity, interpersonal relationships, and a redefinition of work itself.

    Follow us on Twitter @UX_Maturity and check out our website: uxmaturitypodcast.com.

    48 min
  • 032: Comfort Zones and How to Get Out of Them

    We talk about comfort zones: what are they, how do we get out of them, and why should we get out of them? We touch on growth mindsets, being comfortable with uncertainty, and the consequences of having teams that are too comfortable.

    Follow us on Twitter @UX_Maturity and check out our website uxmaturitypodcast.com.

    48 min
  • 031: Content Strategy With Kay McMahon

    Kay McMahon talks to us about content strategy: what it is, why it’s important, and what skills are involved to ensure the right content is delivered to the right people at the right time.

    The content strategy tools Kay mentions:

    http://guidetouxr.com — Guide to User Research (UXR): A curated collection of 250+ resources & tools dedicated to user research, that will help you incorporate it into your design practice

    https://answerthepublic.com — Answer The Public: uses search insight to generate questions around a topic (for idea generation, phrasing, terminology)
    https://www.googlefight.co.uk — Google Fight: pit two words against each other for search volume (by country or worldwide)

    Good sites and people to follow

    https://builtformars.com/ — Built for Mars: for onboarding teardowns
    https://workingincontent.com/resources — Working in Content: for people looking to break into CS roles (US focussed but some good articles)
    https://twitter.com/halvorson - Kristina Halvorson
    https://twitter.com/hilarymarsh - Hilary Marsh

    Follow us on Twitter @UX_Maturity and check out our website uxmaturitypodcast.com.

    46 min
  • 030: Discovering While Delivering With Tom Kerwin

    Tom Kerwin talks to us about how we can do discovery and delivery at the same time: Pivot Triggers is a lightweight scaffolding framework he’s developed to enable teams to identify and gather signals to decide whether or not we should keep investing in an initiative.

    Follow us on Twitter @UX_Maturity and check out our website uxmaturitypodcast.com.

    57 min
  • 029: Loving the Problem, Not the Solution

    We talk about the importance of falling in love with the problem rather than getting attached to solutions, the value of continuously learning and identifying opportunities, how to approach “MVP”s, and why we’re never really “done” with design.

    Follow us on Twitter @UX_Maturity and check out our website uxmaturitypodcast.com.

    50 min
  • 028: Is Everyone a Designer?

    Is everyone a designer? We talk about what role we have in helping people in other disciplines understand the impact their decisions have on end user experiences. We talk about the unique skills and perspectives designers do bring to the table, while also democratising design to others to increase UX maturity.

    Follow us on Twitter @UX_Maturity and check out our website uxmaturitypodcast.com.

    48 min
  • 027: Impostor Syndrome

    We talk about what impostor syndrome is, why we might have it, and how we can manage it better. The more psychological safety we create at work to talk about topics such as impostor syndrome, the better practitioners, team members, and leaders we become.

    Follow us on Twitter @UX_Maturity and check out our website uxmaturitypodcast.com.

    50 min

About Design Kaffé

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Welcome to Design Kaffé, a podcast where we have mindful, candid conversations for designers in tech. In our fortnightly episodes, we explore a wide range of topics to explore what it means to be a designer, the challenges we face in the design and tech industry, and share thoughts on how we can all be better at what we do.