Power of Ten with Andy Polaine

My guest in this episode is Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan a design leader, practitioner, coach, entrepreneur who has led design teams across the globe for over 23 years. He currently leads design delivery and DesOps at Designit ASEAN & SAARC.Udhay discusses his own pathway to design and leadership, the value of design ops, and the cultural nuances when researching, designing and testing products and services in India.Show Links Episode links and transcript Udhay Udhay on LinkedIn Udhay on Twitter Designit Andy Subscribe to Power of Ten Subscribe to Andy’s newsletter Doctor’s Note Andy on Twitter Andy on LinkedIn Polaine.com Suggestions? Feedback? Get in touch!

My guest in this episode, recorded towards the end of 2020, is Maurice Cherry, founder and host of the award-winning Revision Path, a podcast that features black designers. It's the first podcast to be added to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)Taking a break from being the host, Maurice talks about his experience of growing up in Atlanta, getting into design and coding in the early days of the Web right the way through to starting Revision Path and his work as a Creative Strategist.Show LinksEpisode links and transcript Maurice Maurice’s website Maurice on Twitter Maurice on LinkedIn Revision Path Lunch Where are the Black Designers? Andy Subscribe to Power of Ten Subscribe to Andy’s newsletter Doctor’s Note Andy on Twitter Andy on LinkedIn Polaine.com Suggestions? Feedback? Get in touch!

My guest in this episode is conversation designer, Daniel Stillman, author of "Good Talk - How to Design Conversations That Matter." We talk about his journey into design, the shape, structure and dynamics of conversations and how to facilitate them.Show LinksEpisode transcript and linksDaniel  Daniel's website The Conversation Factory Daniel's book Good Talk – How To Design Conversations That Matter Daniel on Twitter Daniel on LinkedIn Andy Subscribe to Power of Ten Subscribe to Andy’s newsletter Doctor’s Note Andy on Twitter Andy on LinkedIn Polaine.com Suggestions? Feedback? Get in touch!

Ryan Rumsey, executive leader and author of Business Thinking for Designers, discusses his journey into design, business thinking and design leadership, organization transformation, and the film Flash Gordon.

My guest in this episode is speaker, author and creativity evangelist Denise Jacobs. She is author of Banish Your Inner Critic, the premier handbook on silencing fears to unleash creativity and Founder + CEO of The Creative Dose. We talk about the inner critic and imposter syndrome and how to tackle both of them and boost your creative life. Show Links Show notes and transcript Denise denisejacobs.com Denise on Twitter Denise on LinkedIn Denise on Facebook Denise on Instagram Amplify U Denise’s Rosenfeld Workshop -  Master Creative Collaboration and Communication Andy Doctor’s Note newsletter Andy on Twitter Andy on LinkedIn Polaine.com Get in touch!

In this episode it is an enormous treat and honour for me to have as my guest, Dr James Hollis, a Washington D.C. based Jungian psychoanalyst and the author of sixteen books on finding meaning and purpose in life, especially the passage into what C.G. Jung called the "second half of life" that most of us go through somewhere between our late 30s and late 40s. I've drawn upon his work for many years, especially in my leadership coaching. Dr. Hollis shares his wisdom on our relationship to work, how we move through the middle passage and into the second half of life, and how we find our true meaning and purpose.Show LinksJames Hollis's websiteJames Hollis's booksDoctor’s Note newsletter Andy on TwitterAndy on LinkedInPolaine.comGet in touch!

My guest this episode is my friend, ex-colleague and coffee chat buddy, Chris Hayward. We've often had long, fascinating conversations that I wish we had recorded afterwards, so that's exactly what this is. Chris talks about his work and training as a design anthropologist, what designers can learn from theory and literature, telling the stories of research. And we talk a lot about airports and toilets. Show Links Archive and transcript Chris on LinkedIn Chris is hosting a salon at EPIC 2020 How Buildings Learn by Stuart Brand From Notes to Narrative by Kristen Ghodsee Doctor’s Note newsletter Andy on Twitter Andy on LinkedIn Polaine.com Get in touch!

My guest in this episode is brand strategist and design systems expert Allati El Henson who is currently Lead Brand Designer at Cloudflare. Allati recounts her experience growing up in the hood in East Oakland, the importance of education, discovering design as a profession, technical precision in design systems and the value of having a big store of confidence.  And why designers need to treat design like it can change the world.Show Notes This episode's archive and transcript Allati’s websiteAllati on LinkedInAllati on InstagramAllati on Twitter Doctor’s Note newsletterAndy on TwitterAndy on LinkedInPolaine.comGet in touch!

My guest in this episode is Molly Wright Steenson, a designer, author, professor, and international speaker whose work focuses on the intersection of design, architecture, and artificial intelligence. In this wide-ranging discussion, Molly explains how the history of computational technologies, architecture, pattern language and AI combined to define the fields of Agile, interaction design, UX, AI and pretty much the rest of today's digital world. Show Notes  This episode's archive and transcript Molly at Girlwonder.com Molly on Twitter Molly on LinkedIn Molly at CMU Architectural Intelligence: How Designers and Architects Created the Digital Landscape Bauhaus Futures Molly talking pneumatic tubes Mark Pesce and Dr. Genevieve Bell’s podcast on the Mother of All Demos Doug Engelbart’s Mother of All Demos Doctor’s Note newsletter Andy on Twitter Andy on LinkedIn Polaine.com Get in touch! And if you like Power of Ten, please consider giving it a rating or review on iTunes.

My guest in this episode is Tanarra Schneider, previously Managing Director of Fjord North America and now Head of Design for Accenture Interactive – Midwest. Tanarra talks about her journey into design, her experience as a black, female design leader, the design discipline growing up, and the responsibility of all designers to ensure we take the time to dismantle structural bias in our work and the world. Show Links  Episode and transcript on Polaine.com Tanarra Tanarra on LinkedIn Tanarra on Twitter Accenture Interactive Fjord Chief Andy Doctor’s Note newsletter Andy on Twitter Andy on LinkedIn Polaine.com Get in touch! And if you like Power of Ten, please consider giving it a rating or review on iTunes.