De-mystify
By Quentin Renaud
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👁 Understand how world-class leaders use design to empower their teams and businesses while reaching a collective understanding of what it represents
De-mystifyOct 19, 2022
De-mystify #005 / Design, Consulting, NGOs, Art… it is not that different after all with Jason Robinson
Jason Robinson is many things! He is Stanford Alumni, he worked at IDEO as an Associate, he started his own e-tutoring company in the early 2000s, became a consultant and worked as a designer for UNICEF. Not even to mention that he has been competing in track and field at an Olympic level and represented Canada, his home nation. Jason is now an artist living from his craft which satisfies his burning desire to express himself and to create.
His email signature tells it all: designing for human experiences.
🎙 In today’s episode with Jason Robinson…
We are not only exploring his relationship with design within his work, but we are talking with open hearts about how to set goals, how to deal with failure, how to face adversity and discrimination, the importance of integrity and also about the place of industrial designers in the world of tomorrow, and so much more!!!
So now, you have a feel of why this episode lasts over an hour but bear with us till the end because the last part will blow your mind. We have dived deeper into his role at UNICEF designing the Adolescence Kit doing back and forth between the headquarters in New York, South Sudan and Jordan.
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Every week, I interview extraordinary guests to understand their unique relationship with design. They can be designers, entrepreneurs, investors or consultants! All of this is to give you a full scope of what is design and how it is applied across industries and positions!
De-mystify #004 / From vision to manifestation, how to leverage design to drive purpose with Ben Callaghan
Ben Callaghan is Senior Director of Brand and Client at Goodroot!
What Ben is interested in is converting future vision into real business value – powering the confidence of business leaders and inspiring engagement from partners, customers, and influencers.
Armed with years of experience in strategy, organisational consulting, and brand systems, Ben and I will de-mystify how design can drive purpose!
🎙 In today’s episode with Ben Callaghan, we discuss…
… his relationship to design, which is very much a catalyser to reaching goals beyond anything you could have imagined possible 💡
1) Ben’s entrepreneurial journey building Avant Skis 🎿
- What was the place of design in this project?
- How has design been a lever to push beyond your limits?
- Did you take design beyond the only process of making skis?
- Would you have done something differently?
2) From entrepreneur to consultant at Fathom💡
- How has Fathom evolved over time, from a traditional marketing shop to a consulting agency driving change, innovation and purpose?
- What is Future Design?
- How do you design artefacts of purpose?
- How to spark change within a 100 yo organisation?
- Have you been facing resistance? What are the challenges you faced?
- How do you quantify the progress being made / ROI?
3) Using design to improve healthcare at Goodroot 🏥
- How to build engagement from language?
- Has it been easy to advocate your work as Goodroot was already interested in design?
- What is the difference between designing from the outside vs the inside?
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De-mystify #003 / Designing at Google with Cyprien Toffa
Cyprien Toffa works as a UX designer at @Google on Maps, specifically in the Search and Explore team. His job is to create experiences digitally that will lead to other experiences in real life!
Prior to Google, Cyprien co-founded Fleek 🛍
Fleek is the first smart discovery platform to browse fashion curated from your favourite brands, all in one app. Our personalization AI makes it much easier and faster to find clothes that match your style. As you shop, Fleek learns your preferences and recommends items across top brands such as Urban Outfitters and Revolve.
🎙 In today’s episode with Cyprien Toffa, we discuss…
… his vision, his experience working at Google Maps and his tips to innovate and be more creative 💡
- What does design mean to him?
- What is Google Map’s vision?
- How can we make Google Maps even better?
- How do you prioritise user feedback when developing a new feature?
- What is the process and how long does it take from ideating to releasing the feature?
- Is Google Maps’ purpose different from Google's overall one?
- How to find the balance between UX and monetisation?
- How is his team structured?
- The only way you can make improvements is by innovating
- How to nurture your creativity?
- What is Google Sprint? Crazy Eight methods?
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Every week, I interview extraordinary guests to understand their unique relationship with design. They can be designers, entrepreneurs, investors or consultants! All of this is to give you a full scope of what is design and how it is applied across industries and positions!
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#002 De-mystifying Design Leadership with Jess Cogswell, VP of Design at Rume Health
If you ask me, I will say that Jess is the manager that will always put her team first even when sometimes it means before deliverables. Jess is a multi-faceted and inspiring creative whose greatest strength is empathy! Jess and I will dive deep into her unique relationship to design including her design philosophy and leadership style.
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#001 Dr Bo Kelestyn de-mystifies design thinking
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👁 You are listening to De-mystify
Every week, I interview extraordinary guests to understand their unique relationship with design. They can be designers, entrepreneurs, investors or consultants! All of this is to give you a full scope of what is design and how it is applied across industries and positions!
De-mystify is your opportunity to embark on my learning journey to understand how to nurture your design thinking 💡
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⭐️ #001 Dr Bo Kelestyn de-mystifies design thinking
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- 🌱 Design Upraising
- 🎓 Design in Education
- 💡 Innovation Consulting
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#0 De-mystify: Quentin Renaud on the genesis of the movement
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If you are looking to understand what design really is about as well as how world-class leaders use design to empower their teams and businesses, you are at the right place!
This very first episode is special to me! I tell you more about the movement which expands beyond the podcast, as well as my journey to get here. It all started in New York this summer...
I will talk about:
- The problems I faced researching design coming from a business background
- The exploration phase abroad
- The format of the podcast and newsletter
- Why this podcast is different to any other design podcast
- The coming guests
- The movement
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