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Ayse Birsel

Designer | Author | Recognized as Fast Company Most Creative People in Business

Design the Work You Love

Episode Summary

On Episode 123 of the Keep Leading!® podcast, I interviewed the amazing Ayse Birsel! She is a gifted designer who explains that we shouldn’t just work, we should do the work we love! She also reveals her new book and why she is known as the “Queen of Toilet Seats.”

Bio

Ayse (pronounced Eye-Shay) Birsel is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People In Business 2017 and is on the Thinkers50 Radar List of the 30 management thinkers most likely to shape the future of organizations. She is the author of Design the Life You Love. Recognized as #1 Coach in Life Design in the world, she gives lectures on Design the Life + Work You Love to corporations and has a blog on Design the Work You Love for Thinkers50, based on her interviews with some of the most recognized thought leaders of our time. Ayse is the co-founder of Birsel + Seck, the award-winning design and innovation studio, and consults to Amazon, CVS, Herman Miller, GE, IKEA, The Scan Foundation, Staples, and Toyota, among others. Her design process, Deconstruction:Reconstruction™, is the red thread across all her work. Interior Design Magazine recognized her as Best of Year Product Designer 2020. Her work can be found in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

Website

https://www.aysebirsel.com/

Other Website

http://www.birselplusseck.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aysebirsel/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/AyseBirselSeck

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/DesigntheLifeYouLove

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/designthelifeyoulove/

Leadership Quote

“Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others.”

― Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful

Get Your Copy of Ayse’s Book!

https://www.aysebirsel.com/book

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-leading/id1461490512

Full Episode Transcripts and Detailed Guest Information

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