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- 5: Tarra Van Amerongen - 'Why your idea never gets built and the story of business designers as the unsung heroes of service design'In this episode, we welcome Tarra Van Amerongen, a Group Director from Fjord in Sydney, focused on the intersection of strategy, design and technology. Tarra takes the hustle of the start-up mindset and the toolset from design thinking to design and laun28 min
- Barbara Spanton - 'Disposable design and our obsession with the redesign'
This is HCD is brought to you by Humana Design
In this episode, we caught up with the wonderful Barbara Spanton from Ottawa in Canada. Barbara is a UX lead in Shopify and in this episode, Barbara is joined by Aman Braich, Principle designer for Intuit Australia, as well as Mark Catanzariti, service designer at Telstra. In today’s episode, we discuss the industry’s obsession with redesign.There seems to be a culture of throwing out existing designs rather than going back to perfect or tweak them. Today we explore why we do that, how to maybe stop doing that and what opportunities exist if we spend less time redesigning and throwing out perfectly good things. We take a look at how we can focus more on mindset rather than methodology, to build – or should we say re-furbish – a more sustainable design future. Take a listen!
Key Points From This Episode:
- How Barbara got involved with human centered design.
- Disposable design: Why we throw out perfectly good things.
- Why should businesses care about disposable design?
- Suggesting alternatives to the business
- The obsession with metrics.
- Methodology versus mindset.
- How do we know if we are making a system better?
- Behind every merchant, there is a story.
- Barbara’s re-design stories from Central Bank.
- Ditching superiority complexes in the industry.
- Barbara’s advice for emerging HCD talent.
- And much more!
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
- Barbara Spanton on LinkedIn
- Barbara Spanton on Twitter
- Shopify
- Intuit
- Mr. Thinkr
- This Is HCD Website
- This is HCD on Slack
- This is HCD on Twitter
- This is HCD on Facebook
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- TIHCD is brought to you by Humana Design
29 min - Barbara Spanton - 'Disposable design and our obsession with the redesign'In this episode, we caught up with the wonderful Barbara Spanton from Ottawa in Canada. Barbara is a UX lead in Shopify and in this episode, Barbara is joined by Aman Braich from Intuit.29 min
- Barbara Spanton - 'Disposable design and our obsession with the redesign'In this episode, we caught up with the wonderful Barbara Spanton from Ottawa in Canada. Barbara is a UX lead in Shopify and in this episode, Barbara is joined by Aman Braich from Intuit.29 min
- 4: Barbara Spanton - 'Disposable design and our obsession with the redesign'In this episode, we caught up with the wonderful Barbara Spanton from Ottawa in Canada. Barbara is a UX lead in Shopify and in this episode, Barbara is joined by Aman Braich from Intuit.29 min
- Megan Dell - 'What does effective design leadership look like?'
This is HCD is brought to you by Humana Design
In this episode, we speak to the brilliant Megan Dell. Megan is a Human Center of Design leader based in Melbourne Australia and is currently head of UX for 99 Designs. We get Megan’s perspective on what makes a good and a bad leader and drill deeper into the organizational and cultural considerations that let the Human Center of Design methodology bloom.- TIHCD is brought to you by Humana Design
32 min - Megan Dell - 'What does effective design leadership look like?'In this episode, we speak to the brilliant Megan Dell. Megan is a Human Center of Design leader based in Melbourne Australia and is currently head of UX for 99 Designs. We get Megan’s perspective on what makes a good and a bad leader and drill deeper into32 min
- Megan Dell - 'What does effective design leadership look like?'In this episode, we speak to the brilliant Megan Dell. Megan is a Human Center of Design leader based in Melbourne Australia and is currently head of UX for 99 Designs. We get Megan’s perspective on what makes a good and a bad leader and drill deeper into32 min
- 3: Megan Dell - 'What does effective design leadership look like?'In this episode, we speak to the brilliant Megan Dell. Megan is a Human Center of Design leader based in Melbourne Australia and is currently head of UX for 99 Designs. We get Megan’s perspective on what makes a good and a bad leader and drill deeper into32 min
- Adrienne Tan - 'How Service Design and Product Management co-exist'
This is HCD is brought to you by Humana Design
In this episode, we speak with Adrienne Tan, Co-Founder of Australian product management consultancy Brainmates and Leading the Product conference. We discuss how the roles of service design and product management work together within organisations.Also joining us on this podcast is Martin Dowson, Head of Design Futures for Lloyds Bank in the UK and Mark Catanzariti a service designer for Telstra in Australia.
Adrienne Tan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriennetan/?ppe=1
Martin Downson https://www.linkedin.com/in/thecxguy/
Mark Catanzariti https://www.linkedin.com/in/markcatanzariti/?ppe=1
Humana Design https://www.humana.design
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Join the This is HCD Newsletter We send out a fortnightly newsletter for anyone interested in human-centered design, updates about new podcasts, and any related news that we think you might be interested in. https://www.thisishcd.com/join/subscribe-to-our-fortnightly-newsletter/
- TIHCD is brought to you by Humana Design
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About The Human Centered Design Podcast (Premium)
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This is HCD: The Podcast for Human-Centered Design Enthusiasts
Welcome to This is HCD, the premier podcast for human-centered design, with over 1 million downloads and hosted by Gerry Scullion.
Our mission is to empower designers, changemakers, and innovators to craft a more inclusive and thoughtful future. Each episode brings you engaging conversations with leading voices across service design, UX, interaction design, product management, and more. Together, we explore the nuances of what it means to excel in human-centered design, offering insights, skills, and perspectives to elevate your practice.
Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just beginning your journey, This is HCD is your destination for actionable ideas and inspiration to drive meaningful change through intentional design.
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