Saving UX

Dan Makoski, Chief Design Officer for Lloyds Banking Group, talks about design lead orgs, being a designer in the C-suite, frustration, and conditions for design to flourish.

In the second half of my conversation with Ahmad Alhuwwari, we talk about leadership, hiring, boot camps, and more. Show notes at HTTP://sux.live

UX in the Arabic world, building the UX practice at Orange Jordan, asking the right question, balancing urgent and strategic, and more with Ahmad Alhuwwari. Show notes at http://sux.live

In the second half of our conversation, we talk about running bias workshops, different exercises, brave spaces, spotting harm, and much more. Show notes at HTTP://sux.live

In part 1 of my conversation with David Dylan Thomas, author of Design for Cognitive Bias, we dive into power and the design process, different kinds of biases, obstacles to bias training, licensing designers, power literacy and much more.

In part 2 of my conversation with content strategist and author of Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap, Margot Bloomstein, Margot talks about accuracy vs precision, clear language, getting buy-in, design literacy and much more.

In this first part of my conversation with content strategist and author of Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap, Margot Bloomstein, Margot talks about balancing user needs and brand needs, helping orgs evolve by finding what is culturally appropriate, saying no and pushing back, and much more. Tune into the next episode for the rest of the conversation.

I talk with Brian Kalma about metrics, speaking business, going with your gut, how you learn, efficiency vs experience, and more. Show notes at www.sux.live.

In the third episode, I talk to Debbie Levitt about some of the challenges facing UX and what we can do to make it better. Topics include getting started in UX, MVPs, diversity and inclusion, and much more. Show notes at www.sux.live.

In the second episode, I talk to Dan Brown about some of the challenges facing UX and what we can do to make it better. Topics include understanding problems, the speed of design, core skills, mentorship and more. Show notes at sux.live.