Welcome back to The Eduverse Enigma Podcast. This week we are chatting with special guest, Hugo Gatsby, co-founder of Stradea Design Labs and Facilitator at Deloitte. In this episode we’ll be diving into the concept of time and life, the importance of creativity and exploring who you are, and insightful life stories. You won't want to miss it!

Hugo is an award-winning designer, having been voted a top 40 graphic designer in North America. Having worked in digital media for over 15 years, Hugo leverages UX design, behavioural science and design thinking to develop AODA/WCAG compliant websites, build authentic brand stories, and genuinely connect businesses to their consumers. He has collaborated with companies such as the Canadian Government, Hamilton Health Sciences, the Bank of Montreal, Bell Canada, Deloitte Canada, Jean-Paul Gaultier (his favourite designer), Volkswagen, and even Netflix.

As a Harvard graduate with a Master’s in Business Management, Hugo has leveraged his work in organizational behaviours to further drive engagement through his visual design work. As a life-long learner, Hugo is always curious to find new ways to adapt new and even current technologies to build collaborative solutions for organizations.

Being diagnosed with autism at an early age, Hugo has spent his life overcoming adversity and continuously learning new ways to interact with others and to share his views on autism. Living on the spectrum has given Hugo a unique perspective and his ambition is to help raise awareness and support for others living with autism. He is a loving husband to his best friend Nadia and a proud new dad to their adorable daughter Zaria Simone and a new baby boy Oscar Xavier.

Hugo currently runs Stradea Design Labs, works with Deloitte in the Behavioural Science division, is the co-lead on raising a new baby boy and energetic 2-year-old, while supporting the XpertVR team on all of their online digital endeavours, and ongoing strategic discussions such as valuations, brand positioning, and expanding their industry reach. It sounds like a lot, but we haven’t told you of the “side-hustles” yet. We love Hugo.

Links From This Episode:

Hugo’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugogatsby/

Hugo's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hugogatsby/

Stradea Design Labs Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stradea-design-labs/

Stradea Design Labs Website: https://stradea.ca/

Paintings & Bourbon: https://paintingsandbourbon.com/

Hugo's New Book: https://www.amazon.ca/HACK-PLANET-cognitive-bias-codex/dp/1777453933