In today’s episode, I speak with Irene Au. Irene is the Design Partner at Khosla Ventures where she works with startup CEOs. She is dedicated to raising the strategic value of design and user research within software companies, having built and led the entire User Experience and Design teams at Google, Yahoo! and Udacity. Irene teaches yoga at Avalon Yoga Center in Palo Alto. She has authored the definitive O’Reilly book, Design in Venture Capital, and popular essays found on Medium. Irene has been featured on several publications like Wired Magazine, Fast Company, Communication Arts, and on the cover of Mindful Magazine.

We dive into different elements of EQ as it relates to you becoming a more effective designer, how EQ plays a large part in growing your design career, navigating design process challenges, and how practicing mindfulness will make you a better designer.