Special guest and Chief Creative Technologist at Argo Design Jared Ficklin joins the program. We discuss the interesting trend of "no code" software design, and how it might offer a pathway to understanding in an AI-driven world.

Jared Ficklin

Special guest Genevieve Gaudet joins the program. She’s the Director of Design for Nava, a firm focused on service design for public sector projects. We discuss the power of design to transform the way people experience their government.

Genevieve Gaudet

Special guest and digital experience futurist Preston So joins the program. He's the author of the new book, "Voice Content and Usability” and we discuss the challenges of designing how we talk to machines.

Preston So

Special guest Julia Whitney joins the program. She's an executive coach with years of experience as a design leader, and we discuss how to avoid getting stuck and thrive both with your craft and in your career.

Julia Whitney

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Dallas Texas-based designer and illustrator John Mata joins the program to discuss the fear, uncertainty, and doubt inherent in all creative work, and strategies designers can use in their careers to transcend them.

John Mata

Special guest Kelly Ann McKercher joins the program. They’re the author of the book “Beyond Sticky Notes” and we to discuss how to cultivate a mindset focused on co-design to make products and services more equitable.

Kelly Ann McKercher

Special guest JoEllen Kames joins the program. She’s head of design at Narrative Science, and we discuss how to use storytelling to make the world’s rapidly growing data more accessible and empowering.

JoEllen Kames

Special guest Sheryl Cababa. She’s the Vice President of Strategy for Seattle-based agency Substantial, and we’re going to talk about how a systems-thinking approach focused on outcomes can benefit the work designers do, and the influence they have.

Sheryl Cababa

Special guest and renowned calligrapher Aoi Yamaguchi joins the program to discuss how she balances the discipline of ancient tradition with the inventiveness of modern art.

Aoi Yamaguchi

Special guest Natalie Nixon joins the program. She’s a creativity strategist and the author of the book “The Creativity Leap”. We discuss how to cultivate curiosity, improv, and intuition in our work and in our collaboration with others.

Natalie Nixon