Aylin Uysal shares her story of leading enterprise design, the reality of being an exec and a parent, and how patience and perseverance have served her well.Highlights include:Why is it important to have a good grasp of the details as a senio

Monal Chokshi - Growing Impactful UX Research Organisations

20 days ago 1h 5m

Monal Chokshi shares the lessons learned from growing three UX research orgs, what makes research impact a reality, and reflects on the next step in her career.Highlights include:What do you wish you knew about management before becoming a ma

Jakob Nielsen, PhD - Plainspoken, Hard-hitting and Unorthodox

Apr 29th, 2024 1h 26m

Jakob Nielsen addresses some of the criticism he’s faced, calls on UXers to urgently adopt AI, and shares why he believes the commoditisation of UX is a good thing.Highlights include:Are you surprised by how much you’ve offended some people?

Justin Dauer - Finding Fulfilment: A Designer's Journey

Apr 15th, 2024 1h 9m

Justin Dauer shares how he conquered his ego to become a better designer, why he’s left executive design leadership, and how unfulfilled designers make bad products.Highlights include:Has digital visual design become a little bit boring?Why

Rob Hamblen - Behind the Scenes of World-Class Design Sprints

Apr 1st, 2024 1h 16m

Rob Hamblen shares his insights on effective sprint facilitation, why he asks clients if they’re designing for today or tomorrow, and why design sprints have a PR problem.Highlights include:What do you do when senior leaders aren’t willing to

Adam Perlis - How to Get the Design Job You Want

Mar 18th, 2024 1h 8m

Adam Perlis shares why it’s important to always treat interns well, how he’s trying to solve bad recruitment practices, and some practical advice for navigating the job market.Highlights include:How did an intern play a pivotal role in your c

Ash Ivory - Motorcycle Metaphors for Navigating Work/Life

Mar 4th, 2024 1h 14m

Ash Ivory shares what they’ve learned from burning out as a product leader, why gender and orientation can’t be left at home, and why inclusive design matters.Highlights include:Why is it important not to seperate personal from professional v

Rakesh Patwari - Becoming a Better Design Leader

Feb 19th, 2024 1h 11m

Rakesh Patwari shares what’s made him a better manager, why a career in acting wasn’t for him, and how designers can give better portfolio presentations.Highlights include:Is Information Architecture still relevant in today’s practice of UX?

Janna Kimel - Stephen Hawking and Sewing Accessible Threads

Feb 5th, 2024 1h 13m

Janna Kimel shares her remarkable story of meeting Stephen Hawking, how she's growing grassroots accessibility, and how to better navigate today’s job market.Highlights include:How did you come to meet Stephen Hawking?What approaches to incr

Alen Faljic - Creating Business Confident Designers

Jan 22nd, 2024 1h 5m

Alen Faljic shares the gap he observed between design and business while at IDEO, what he’s doing to address it, and how quantitative data can lead to greater empathy.Highlights include:What does a business confident designer look like?Where

Christina Wodtke - Radical Thoughts On Living and Learning (episode #91 from the archive)

Jan 8th, 2024 1h 10m

This is a special archived episode of Brave UX.Christina Wodtke reminds us to stop carrying the weight of the world, to start giving others the benefit of the doubt, and to make the most of the gift that is feedback.Highlights include:What d

Jesse James Garrett - Flying the Jolly Roger While Sailing With the Navy (episode #95 from the archive)

Dec 25th, 2023 1h 2m

This is a special archived episode of Brave UX.Jesse James Garrett reminds us that once we were pirates, encourages us to understand how soft-power works, and to know and be true to our red-lines.Highlights include:How are UX designers like

Clara Kliman-Silver - Orchestrating Effective Research & Design

Dec 11th, 2023 59m 5s

Clara Kliman-Silver shares how she brings together humour, people and cognitive psychology for research impact, and how teams can make the most of their design ecosystems.Highlights include:How do you use cognitive psychology to support your

Hang Xu - Radically Reinventing Design Recruitment

Nov 27th, 2023 1h 17m

Hang Xu shares why he’s trying to make recruitment more ethical, how candidates can secure the best possible compensation, and what to watch out for when working with recruiters.Highlights include:Why is it important to always go for the maxi

A’verria Martin, PhD - Building Bridges, ReOps, and Presence

Nov 13th, 2023 1h 10m

A’verria Martin shares her remarkable story of reinvention, the challenges of establishing a global ReOps practice, and how she’s making the ‘seat at the table’ her own.Highlights include:How did you become a licensed marriage and family ther

Alla Weinberg - Designing a Culture of Safety

Oct 30th, 2023 1h 15m

Alla Weinberg constructively unpacks unsafe workplace cultures, shares her thoughts on how we can change them, and why we should do just that.Highlights include:Why is the opposite of fear safety and not courage? What do you focus on first

Jane Portman - The Harsh Reality of Startup Design

Oct 16th, 2023 59m 41s

Jane Portman shares the twists and turns of becoming a founder, how it has changed her view on design’s value, and the role of writing in career success.Highlights include:Why is it best not to know in advance how difficult something is?What

Wendy Johansson - Effecting Change in a Messy World

Oct 2nd, 2023 1h 11m

Wendy Johansson shares some of her leadership learnings, speaks frankly about the challenge of changing the status quo, and what she’s observed in the best designers.Highlights include:How do you balance your personal views with what’s best f

Ronnie Battista - Strategically Designing for Goosebumps

Sep 18th, 2023 1h 2m

Ronnie Battista shares why it’s important to be true to yourself, how designers can maintain their relevance, and what separates pretenders from innovators.Highlights include:How did you come to play in a British punk band?Should more design

Jon Fukuda - Creating Design-Integrated Organisations

Sep 4th, 2023 1h 11m

Jon Fukuda illuminates the dark corners of enterprise DesignOps, reinforces the importance of connecting design to value, and shares what’s kept him consulting for nearly 20 years.Highlights include:What is the big lie of enterprises’ adoptio

Satyam Kantamneni - Leveraging the Business Value of Design

Aug 21st, 2023 1h 11m

Satyam Kantamneni shares how he articulates the value of design, why design is a profession and not a skill, and why there’s no such thing as a UX/UI designer.Highlights include:Why does the profession of design find itself in crisis?What su

Irene Au - Reflections on Executive Design Leadership

Aug 7th, 2023 1h 28m

Irene Au shares some of the learnings from her stellar career, the early life experiences that have helped her to succeed, and the importance of sweating the right stuff.Highlights include:What role does the C-Suite play in a company’s abilit

Sara Wachter-Boettcher - Finding and Using Your Active Voice

Jul 24th, 2023 1h 16m

Sara Wachter-Boettcher inspires us through her actions, reminds us why it’s important to see shades of grey, and helps us to design the careers we actually want.Highlights include:Is it career limiting to enforce a work/life boundary?Do we h

Alastair Simpson - Designing Your Way Up Mt. Business

Jul 10th, 2023 1h 3m

Alastair Simpson shares how rejection fuels progress, the role design has played in transforming Dropbox’s work culture, and how to build effective executive-level influence. Highlights include:What is the beauty of rejection?Why don’t you l

Jeff Gothelf - Innovation, Executives and Humble Pie

Jun 26th, 2023 1h 12m

Jeff Gothelf shares his experiences travelling with the circus, why humility is essential for innovation, and the role design plays in breaking through local maximums.Highlights include:Why did you join the circus after graduating college?Ho