The Creative Block

We were hype to be in the “ztudio” this week with our big bro http://www.stanhinesjr.com (Stanley Hines)! We talk logistics in advertising, with his recent move to NYC and adjusting to remote work at Stink Studios. Stanley shares his pragmatic opinions on the current political climate, workplace diversity... we dive into social constructs of black business and cancel culture.. Stanley dropped gem after gem from Chick-fil-A, the economy, our society and personal values and choices. Too bad we couldn’t turn up with Stanley IRL!

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The world is changing, and people have needs. We admit today that we aren’t quite sure what to do with ourselves at the moment. Our chat with Carl Joseph is philosophical and thought-provoking about society, design, and how we cope. He showed us that experience design is what the world needs now. It turns out, we all have bright futures ahead of us! Today’s conversation is methodical and idealistic like our thoughtful guest.

What the world needs now is YOU. Take a break and have a seat with us. We are always glad you came.

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Ashley Glover is an Experience Designer in the Bay Area that cemented herself as *our* ally this episode. She drops gems on us about self care, advocacy, and personal peace. These days, it’s easy to feel hopeless. We are navigating rough waters. We chat educating yourself, the need for healing, and how to make sense of the events that are unfolding. Ashley talks about her career in tech, and how to create opportunities to address micro-aggressions in the workplace. She took us to church before and after the show, in addition to what you’ll unpack in this episode. The tea was served up piping!

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"Experience Design" is a dynamic school of thought that is hard to define... and even harder to search job boards for. In this episode, we pull in our friend Tobi Oluwo for a fresh perspective that is intelligent and creative. Tobi is full of great advice for exploring this career path. This is our first train stop on our journey to make it make sense... We talk Cali living, the high-level "labyrinth" of design decisions, the structure of a creative team, and how a photographer and Dragonball Z fan from Nigeria tumbled into the world of art and design. After the interview, the Just Us crew digests this advice. Thanks for putting us on, Tobi!

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Black is beautiful. But as we know, being black in America can turn ugly quick.

In today's episode, we create space for the frustration of recent events involving the murder of George Floyd. As always, we offer three different perspectives and peel back layers of complex topics. This time it is about systemic racism.

We talk emotional baggage, participating in social media, and our experiences with combatting racism. We discuss constructive involvement like education, and the role allies play.

We started this podcast to give a voice to those labeled as "other." Thank you for your solidarity and support of this vision. Hugs, from the Just Us crew.

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What makes you groan about going to Walmart? Why does Target get all of Jeremy’s coins? How is Chick-fil-A such a beast at quarantine?

In this episode, the Just Us crew launches an official exploration into "experience design." We're on a mission to find an easier way to break down what we do to people outside the industry (like our moms).

We chop it up about roles and titles, services and products and find endless metaphors for defining this field. SPOILER: Experience Design ISN'T “marketing” or “graphic design!”

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We wrap up our design sprint and season 1 with the final reflection on our sprintine 2020 (*air horns*). These phases were about demonstrating our idea with a prototype, and seeing how this is received by our target users. Overall, we enjoyed the learning and challenge of tackling generational wealth. We talk time constraints, limitations of our concept, and how the testing process unfurled… we did not push this product toward final presentation stages, as a result of our learning.

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We talk day Day 3 of our Design Sprintine - where we started to form a unified vision and realized the pitfalls of an abbreviated sprint. We talk about what creative exercises worked for our design process and the dynamics of guided group activities. By day three of our remote collaboration, energy started to fade.. but we lived to Sprint! another day!

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We’re back with a breakdown of phase 2 of our design sprint! We talk memorable activities, what exercises we found useful, and how team roles created an opportunity for new learning. Our research period came to a close with a survey and focus group, and the group tried out voting methods with our collaborative Miro workspace. We are “sprinting” along toward a strategy for building generational wealth in the black community!

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Challenging ourselves with design exercises from Jake Knapp's Sprint! guidebook. The Just Us crew takes on team roles, some in our wheelhouse (Jeremy as Decider) and some that are a challenge by choice (Danielle as Facilitator). We talk remote collaboration, our topic, and trusting an unfamiliar process. We are digging in to a topic on building generational wealth in the black community. We are having a blast! Listen in as we peel back the layers on the design process during #Sprintine2020!

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