

Power of Ten with Andy Polaine
Power of Ten with Andy Polaine
In the Power of Ten podcast, Andy Polaine talks to guests from a broad range of disciplines about the intersection of design, technology, psychology, organisations, culture and society. The show looks at how design operates at many levels and in many forms, from thoughtful detail through organisational transformation to the changes in society and the world.
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Apr 5, 2022 • 43min
S2 Ep23: Teresa Torres - Continuous Discovery Habits
Power of Ten is a podcast hosted by Andy Polaine about design operating at many levels, zooming out from thoughtful detail through to organisational transformation and on to changes in society and the world.My guest in this episode is Teresa Torres, an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and coach. She teaches a structured and sustainable approach to continuous discovery that helps product teams infuse their daily product decisions with customer input. She’s coached hundreds of teams at companies of all sizes, from early-stage start-ups to global enterprises, in a variety of industries and is the author of the book Continuous Discovery Habits.In this episode we talk about continuous discovery habits, why discovery is a team sport and not just the domain of design, and why product (and service) teams need to address the ethics of what they're creating.Show LinksShow homepage and transcriptsTheresa
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Feb 28, 2022 • 50min
S2 Ep22: Jorge Arango – Information Gardens
Power of Ten is a podcast hosted by Andy Polaine about design operating at many levels, zooming out from thoughtful detail through to organisational transformation and on to changes in society and the world.
My guest in this episode is Jorge Arango, a consultant, author, speaker, and educator and host of The Informed Life, a podcast that explores how people organize information to get things done on which I was a guest.
Jorge is the co-author of the famous “polar bear book”, Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond, that he wrote with Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville. More recently he published Living in Information: Responsible Design for Digital Places.
We talked about organising information, personal knowledge management systems and why gardens are the best metaphor for working with complexity.
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Jan 25, 2022 • 36min
S2 Ep21: Tutti Taygerly - Make Space to Lead
Tutti Taygerly, executive leadership coach and professional speaker, talks about the importance of making space for leadership, taking downtime for reflection, and overcoming imposter syndrome by naming and externalizing resistance.

Nov 23, 2021 • 28min
S2 Ep20: Nir Hindi - The Art Mindset for Business
Power of Ten is a podcast hosted by Andy Polaine about design operating at many levels, zooming out from thoughtful detail through to organisational transformation and on to changes in society and the world.In this episode my guest Nir Hindi, Founder of The Artian and host of The Artian podcast, speaks of the power of art to drive originality and novelty in business and why he believes it is necessary for the future of organizations. Show LinksEpisode page and transcriptsNir
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Oct 15, 2021 • 43min
S2 Ep19: Donna Spencer – Presenting Design Work
Power of Ten is a podcast about design operating at many levels, zooming out from thoughtful detail through to organisational transformation and on to changes in society and the world.My guest in this episode is Donna Spencer, an independent design consultant with 20-plus years of experience across the entire design spectrum. Donna is recognised internationally as a leading UX practitioner, is a regular conference speaker and has written five books, including A Practical Guide To Information Architecture, Card Sorting and Presenting Design Work. Many listeners will know her for co-creating the UX Australia conference, which she ran for nine years.Here Donna speaks about her experience, her books, the need to present design work well. And we talk about how Dungeons & Dragons is an excellent way to learn about facilitation.Show LinksEpisode page and transcriptsDonna
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Presenting design work
A practical guide to information architecture
Card sorting: Designing usable categories
How to write great copy for the web
Facilitation for design thinking workshops
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Sep 16, 2021 • 39min
S2 Ep18: Alla Weinberg – Building A Culture of Safety
Power of Ten is a podcast about design operating at many levels, zooming out from thoughtful detail through to organisational transformation and on to changes in society and the world.My guest in this episode is Alla Weinberg, the CEO of Spoke & Wheel, a learning, leadership and people development company. She is a workplace relationship expert helping companies build loving leaders, trusting teams, and cultures of safety through training, coaching, and facilitation. Alla talks about the important topics in her book, A Culture of Safety: Building an Environment for People to Think, Collaborate, and Innovate published by Sense & Respond Press. A must read for anyone in business and, well, life.Show LinksEpisode page and transcriptsAlla
Spoke & Wheel
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Aug 16, 2021 • 37min
S2 Ep17: Nikola Tosic - Open Innovation
Welcome to Power of Ten, a podcast about design operating at all levels.
My guest in this episode is Nikola Tosic, the founder of openinnovation.me - a social media platform which connects brands and experts in open innovation. He is dedicated to accelerating adoption and creation of innovation through product design, marketing, sales, digitalization, open platforms, and teamwork. Nikola is also a father of three, a poet, and an Ironman finisher.
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Jul 16, 2021 • 47min
S2 Ep16: Daniel Szuc - Making Meaningful Work
Power of Ten is a podcast about design operating at all levels.
My guest in this episode is Daniel Szuc, co-founder and principal at Apogee and co-founder of Make Meaningful Work, as well as the co-founder of UX Hong Kong. In this episode, we talk about making meaningful work and enabling each other to be our authentic selves in the workplace.
Dan has been involved in the UX field for over 20 years, and has been based in Hong Kong for over 20 years. Dan has lectured about user-centered design globally. He has co-authored two books including Global UX with Whitney Queensbury and The Usability Kit with Gerry Gaffney.
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Jun 18, 2021 • 48min
S2 Ep15: Katja Forbes - Journey Into Design Leadership
Katja Forbes, Managing Director of Designit, Australia & New Zealand, talks about her journey to design leadership, challenges of pronunciation and non-English company name, her experience as a woman in a leadership role, and the potential impact of redesigning social media and exploring the ethics of design and AI.

May 8, 2021 • 46min
S2 Ep14: Ariba Jahan - Diversity, Assumptioms and Structural Change
My guest in this episode is Ariba Jahan – also known as আরিবা – a biomechanical engineer turned innovation and design strategist focused on creating social impact and a future that is more accessible, intersectional and equitable.Ariba is currently the Director of Innovation at the Ad Council, where she established the organization’s design innovation practice. As a member of the Ad Council’s DEI Council, she also leads efforts to advance diversity, equity and inclusion at the organization.Ariba spoke about her own journey into design, the assumptions often made in DEI initiatives, the need to ask not just “what new things can we do?” but “how did we get here in the first place?”, as well as managing resilience in challenging times.Show LinksEpisode links and transcriptAriba
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