#030 - Do you leave a networking event or a conference with a stack of business cards but not much connection? That’s because most of our conversations are limited to small talk and stay on the surface. In this episode, expe…
Designer, creative director, and best selling author, Radim Malinic, talks about how you can explore your own creativity and use mindfulness to tame the beast that creativity can be. We also talk about the impact of AI on cr…
Designer, executive coach and the President of the Interaction Design Association, Andrea Mignolo kicks of Season 3 with her insights and advice on being aware of the self as a designer and also the the larger system you’re …
In this final episode of Season 2, Nirish recaps his top highlights and learnings from the 12 episodes of the season. Share your ideas and suggestions with Nirish at nirish@designfeeling.co Shownotes Tim Yeo, the Quiet Achie…
Iranian-born architect and recent UX design graduate shares her experience of moving from Iran to the UK, studying UX at General Assembly and looking for her first UX job. Nirish answers her mentoring questions too.
Leadership coach, author and podcaster, Robbie Swale shares his 12-minute method to get started with content creation and growing your creative confidence using experiments
Board game designers, group facilitators and founders of Cozy Juicy Real, Sophia and Jed Lazar share their journey of co-creating Cozy Juicy Real with their users and their biggest learnings and tips on building meaningful c…
Professor of Interaction Design at the University of Sydney and author of “Design Think Make Break Repeat”, Dr. Martin Tomitsch, talks about the perils of human-centricity and makes a case for more sustainable way of buildin…
Advisor and coach to CEOs and recovering neuroscientist and UXer, Joe Leech, gives a pep talk for designers who’re feeling bored or trapped and encourages them to question what they’re doing and why.
Creative innovation consultant, neurodiversity advocate and social entrepreneur, Matthew Bellringer, shares his personal story of being diagnosed with ADHD and autism only recently and his mission to help organisations embra…
#018 - As designers and problem solvers, we pride ourselves on our craft and hard skills. But those will only take you halfway. Beyond that, you’ll need people skills to really be an impactful designer. In this episode, I sp…
#017 - Design can change the world but many of us designers work in jobs we hate, solving problems we don’t care about. In this episode, I speak with Ben Pecotich on solving problems that matter without compromising your own…
#016 Councillors, therapy, meditation - Courtney Carlsson tried them all but what she needed was a structure to ask herself deliberate questions consistently to learn more about herself. Courtney is a CEO and Founder of the …
Design Director of IBM Consulting, Founder of the Quiet Achiever and proud introvert, Tim Yeo, shares his personal journey of being an introverted designer and design leader and how he’s now helping other introverts have bet…
Host of the Design Feeling Podcast, Nirish Shakya, recaps the 12 guest interviews in Season 1 and shares his top learnings and reflections. He also gives a sneak peek of Season 2.
Hattie Willis, founder of the entrepreneurship education company, Guessworks, shares her biggest learnings from the world of venture building and corporate innovation
Frances Khalastchi, co-founder of Better Bolder Braver, a marketing community for coaches, talks about using marketing as a tool for self-growth and addressing perfectionism by working out loud and being part of communities …
Designer, environmental psychologist and tarot practitioner, Dr. Adeola Enigbokan, takes us on a mystical tour of the world of tarot and shares her insights on how it can help designers sharpen their intuition to make better…
James Breeze, Chief Experience Officer, at Objective Experience, shares his ongoing work on a framework and a set of competencies which he calls Conscious Experience Design - values and behaviours that designers can use to i…
User researchers Jane Reid and Janice Hannaway put the spotlight on the vicarious trauma faced by user researchers working in complex areas such as homelessness, drug abuse and domestic violence and the importance of self-ca…
Author of Business Thinking for Designers and CEO of Second Wave Dive, Ryan Rumsey shares his stories of self-work and making business impact through re-engineering successful tools and methods.
User researcher and author of the UX Careers Handbook, Cory Lebson, shares honest stories of his mid-career crisis and his tips on maintaining your wellbeing and sense of purpose.
