Claire Lew is an entrepreneur who helps company founders, owners, and CEOs get to know their companies better. She speaks internationally on how people can communicate more openly and honestly in the workplace, so they can build happier, more productive companies.
On this week's podcast, Carl and special guest Dr. Randy Blazak discussed unconscious bias and how mental processes we aren't even aware of often affect what we think and decisions we make. Understanding the role we each play in enabling systemic racism and racial injustice are critical in disabling them.
With so much uncertainty in our lives, how do we decide when to reopen our offices? And when we do how do we make sure we're keeping everyone safe? Join Carl and Darin Lynch as they discuss the Irish Titan Return to Work Plan. You'll also get the opportunity to ask your questions on the air.
In this episode, Dr. Walling and Carl talk about the mental challenges of being stuck at home and balancing work, family, and personal time. Lots of great questions from Bureau members as well covering the dangers of remote work for workaholics, how to deal with slowdowns in new business, and dealing with the fear of losing your livelihood.
Wherever you are and whatever you’re going through, remember that you aren’t alone. You are part of a community that cares about you and wants to help you overcome every obstacle. I’ve never felt that compassion as strongly as I did this past week. Nearly 300 of you reached out with ideas, resources, encouraging messages of gratitude and thoughtful questions. Last night I sorted through all of the emails and direct messages and I found one common theme: support.
Community is a powerful force for good, both from a leadership growth perspective and from a business standpoint. At InVision, they have a unique vantage point that they’re leveraging to benefit a growing design leadership community. Adam Fry-Pierce, Director, Design Community at InVision, joins us to talk about initiatives including DesignBetter.Co, InVision’s Design Leadership Forum and InVision’s partnership with the Bureau.
Like many internal projects, Clarity, VMware’s design system, started out underfunded, with just a few people working on it. But it soon took off and continues to make strides today. Jehad Affoneh, Sr. Director, Head of Design at VMware, joins us to talk about Clarity’s early days, the system today and tips to help you succeed with a design system project of your own.
Working at Pentagram, Yahoo, Pivotal Labs and Scribd, Chetana Deorah spent more than a decade immersed in growth teams and culture before joining Netflix as Design Director, Global Growth & Acquisition. Today, as a consultant and mentor, she helps leaders and organizations to think through solutions, experiences and strategies that drive growth culture and business gains. Tune in to hear Chetana’s thoughts on product and business growth, as well as some things to look for when hiring or designing customer experiences.
With a recent rebrand and the introduction of GoDaddy Guides and new web and marketing tools, GoDaddy has shed its skin and PR issues of the past. Jared Lewandowski, Head of Design & User Experience, Presence & Commerce at GoDaddy joins us to talk about GoDaddy’s new brand, their focus on empathy and how they’re surfacing insights to help entrepreneurs gain an advantage.
When you’re busy, it’s easy to let things like project plans, status reports and well-planned meetings fall by the wayside. But when these things slip, so does communication and trust with stakeholders. Brett Harned, Founder of the Digital PM Summit and Director of Education at TeamGantt, outlines three solid PM tools that can help foster better communication, more trusting relationships and a brighter future for your projects. Listen in.
