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There is no shortage of opinions on what leadership is and what makes a good leader. We’ve recently realized, however, that there really isn’t a lot “out there” that helps us understand design leadership.  This episode is the 5th in a series of conversations where our founder and principal, Matthew Doty sits down with both leaders of design as well as leaders who value good design. Our goal is to explore what it means to be responsible for teams that design great experiences and what it takes to organize and enable the practice of experience design from the leadership perspective

Our guest for this episode is Ling Li. Ling is a veteran designer and design leader with 10 years of experience ranging from art direction, publication, advertising, packaging, brand, and user experience design. Ling’s latest obsession is to demystify the concept of creativity and design in organizations. According to Ling, Life is too short for mediocre design. It starts with empowering everyone within an organization to take accountability for good design.

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There is no shortage of opinions on what leadership is and what makes a good leader. We’ve recently realized, however, that there really isn’t a lot “out there” that helps us understand design leadership.  This episode is the 4th in a series of conversations where our founder and principal, Matthew Doty sits down with both leaders of design as well as leaders who value good design. Our goal is to explore what it means to be responsible for teams that design great experiences and what it takes to organize and enable the practice of experience design from the leadership perspective

Our guest for this episode is Sarah Timmings Vice President, Strategy & Creative at C Space

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There is no shortage of opinions on what leadership is and what makes a good leader. We’ve recently realized, however, that there really isn’t a lot “out there” that helps us understand design leadership.  This episode is the third in a series of conversations where our founder and principal, Matthew Doty sits down with both leaders of design as well as leaders who value good design. Our goal is to explore what it means to be responsible for teams that design great experiences and what it takes to organize and enable the practice of experience design from the leadership perspective

Our guest for this episode is Alan Arlt. Alan, is an entrepreneur, executive and business strategist who specializes in starting and growing recreational sports businesses. His core philosophy is this: Treat every recreational sports participant like a professional. Alan believes when companies get this part of recreational sports experience right, results follow. He used this approach to launch Ultimate Hoops, a premier recreational basketball league and skills training business that was acquired by Life Time in 2008 and grew to become the largest network of recreational basketball leagues in America. Before launching Ultimate Hoops, Alan worked for several years as a marketing executive at Discovery Communications and Turner Broadcasting in New York City. Nowadays you’ll find him continuing to lead Ultimate Hoops at Life Time and spending time with his wife and two daughters. Occasionally, he’ll step on the basketball court to prove he still “has game” — all while connecting with other leaders in the recreational sports industry and helping others grow their recreational sports leagues.

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There is no shortage of opinions on what leadership is and what makes a good leader. We’ve recently realized, however, that there really isn’t a lot “out there” that helps us understand design leadership.  This episode continues a series of conversations where our founder and principal, Matthew Doty sits down with both leaders of design as well as leaders who value good design. Our goal is to explore what it means to be accountable for designing great experiences and what it takes to organize and enable the practice of experience design from the leadership perspective 

Our guest for this episode is Meghan McInerny: Best Buy's Director of Strategic Experience Design. As an experienced leader Meghan has demonstrated skill in customer experience, digital strategy, user experience, client services, workshop design and facilitation, project management, leadership, management, and team building. Meghan is also the co-author of Interactive Project Management: Pixels, People, and Process. 

 Also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLU3wXscyrxTsRU6CZy00TrkoWOECECMA 

There is no shortage of opinions on what leadership is and what makes a good leader. We’ve recently realized, however, that there really isn’t a lot “out there” that helps us understand design leadership.  This episode is the first of several in a series of conversations where our founder and principal, Matthew Doty sits down with both leaders of design as well as leaders who value good design. Our goal is to explore what it means to be responsible for designing great experiences and what it takes to organize and enable the practice of experience design from the leadership perspective

Our guest for this episode is Wenner Exius . As a hybrid brand creative director, Wenner combines both heart and science to drive business success and build brand storytelling. While his career began in HR, Wenner soon found himself transitioning into copywriting and creative leadership at agencies like Digitas and Razorfish and serving brands like AT&T, Kellogg's, and Shutterfly. After some time, his love for research and strategy nurtured a pivot into brand consulting where he helped architect the brand framework and creative marketing for organizations like the Canadian Cancer Society, Eventbrite, and Google Cloud. Using his HR, creative, and strategy expertise as an anchor, Wenner helps companies build a bridge between the business and creative; enabling them to connect with their customers in more meaningful ways. 

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If you’re listening to this podcast, chances are you already understand the value of good design and the importance of taking a human-centered approach. But what do we need to do in order to ensure that design succeeds at scale? In this episode, our founder and principal, Matthew Doty sits down with Fred Beecher, Best Buy’s head of Design Operations, to discuss how this immerging field helps enable great design. 

Fred Beecher has worked in User Experience since 1998. He is an established contributor in the field, having authored the first official Axure training program in 2007 and having written and spoken extensively on prototyping, design process, design education, and UX career development. In 2013 he designed, implemented, and led a UX apprenticeship program at The Nerdery. From 2015 to 2017, Fred led the 40+ person design team at The Nerdery. Currently, Fred leads Experience Design Operations for Best Buy.

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So much of what we do as experience design professionals is aimed at helping the teams and organizations we work with understand and embrace the philosophy and process of human-centered design. In this episode, our founder and principal, Matthew Doty sits down with Laura Best and Todd Zerger to discuss their collective experiences. 

Laura Best started her career in PR waaaay back in the 90s in England. She was fortunate enough to help major consumer brands, such as Land Rover and Cadbury with their brand efforts, and when she moved to the US to work in advertising. Her introduction to digital came in 2001, when she was the second woman at an early stage digital startup, after which she moved to American Express Financial Advisors, which became Ameriprise, as a Director in their digital group. In the years that followed, she led award-winning campaigns and initiatives as diverse as helping to fight obesity, to launching Boomchickapop, to rethinking the dealer experience for a furnace/air conditioner manufacturer. Laura is also the founder of Passion Collective (https://www.passioncollective.co/), a community for women who are making positive change happen.

Todd Zerger’s creative adventure started at the University of California just as the internet was becoming a thing. He spent the dotcom boom years working at several noteworthy agencies in Minneapolis including JWT, Colle-McVoy and Periscope before launching his own consultancy BrainstormOverload (http://brainstormoverload.com/). He returned to the agency world in 2013 and went on to creative direct enterprise digital projects at Sapient for clients like UnitedHealthcare, Medtronic, Roche Diagnostics and US Bank. Todd came full circle in 2018 when he relocated back to San Francisco to be the Executive Creative Director of Hero Digital and build teams to work for clients like Twitter, Western Digital and WestPac Bank. His passions converge best when building and nurturing exceptional teams, creating solutions to complex challenges and packaging big ideas into resonant brand experiences that help people be healthier, more active, more ambitious and more successful.

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Human-Centered Iteration is about helping an organization make rapid, iterative, human-centered progress as they design and launch products, services, & technology. But how do we do that? This episode is part three of a three-part series on Human-Centered Innovation, Transformation & Iteration. It is taken from a talk our Founder/Principal, Matthew Doty recently gave to the Minnesota UXPA. 

To learn more about XDGO!, visit https://www.xdgo.io/

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Human-Centered Transformation is about helping organizations make the changes necessary to realize more of the benefits of Human-Centered Design. But how do we do that? This episode is part two of a three-part series on Human-Centered Innovation, Transformation & Iteration. It is taken from a talk our Founder/Principal, Matthew Doty recently gave to the Minnesota UXPA.

To learn more about XDGO!, visit https://www.xdgo.io/

Also available on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1I7YDkGYstxwFKztfxn_qw

Human-Centered Innovation is about applying the principles and techniques of Human-Centered Design to the innovation process. But how do we do that? This episode is part one of a three-part series on Human-Centered Innovation, Transformation & Iteration. It is taken from a talk our Founder/Principal, Matthew Doty recently gave to the Minnesota UXPA. 

To learn more about XDGO!, visit https://www.xdgo.io/

Also available on Youtube - https://youtu.be/e0NhEQoHCtI