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This is HCD – Human-Centered Design, UX & Service Design Thinking PodcastDesign Meets Democracy 🇺🇸 with Chelsea MauldinIf you like our content, be sure to sign up to our weekly The Design Compass Newsletter. Design Smarter. Lead Better.Join our Community: https://circle.thisishcd.com/Join-CommunityWhen Chelsea Mauldin began bringing design thinking into the U.S. government, she was met with scepticism — design was still seen as “throw pillows and pretty fonts.”In this deep and fascinating episode, Chelsea — Executive Director of the Public Policy Lab in New York — joins Gerry Scullion to share her journey from urban planning to pioneering human-centered design in federal and munici...
2025-11-071h 01
Design AsDesign As GovernanceDesign As Governance features host Lee Moreau in conversation with guests Shin-pei Tsay, Geoff Mulgan, and Chelsea Mauldin. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found hereSeason two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024.
2025-01-0741 min
Rosenfeld Review PodcastDesign in the Public Sector with Chelsea Mauldin, Executive Director of the Public Policy LabLou sits down with co-founder and executive director of the Public Policy Lab, Chelsea Mauldin. She gives us a preview of the talk she will be giving at the upcoming Civic Design Conference, Nov. 16 - 18th. They dive deeper into the intersection of design in the public sector and how that can look when dealing with all levels of government policy. Chelsea briefs Lou on how her nonprofit partners with government personnel to develop policy, and how the civic design community is growing today. She also discusses the different struggles her nonprofit faces versus those in the private sector.
2022-10-1238 min
Design Thinking 101Designing with Government Partners + Hidden Design Phases with Chelsea Mauldin — DT101 E98Chelsea Mauldin is the Executive Director of the Public Policy Lab and an adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Listen to learn about: >> The work of the Public Policy Lab>> How design and design thinking can help governments make better public policy>> Human-centered design in public policy>> The preparatory work that often goes underrecognized in the design cycle Our Guest Chelsea Mauldin is a social scientist and designer with a focus on government innovation. She directs the Public Policy Lab, a nonprofit organization that designs better...
2022-09-1345 min
The Conversation FactoryScaling Leadership DevelopmentOn today’s episode, I talk with Cameron Yarbrough, the Co-founder of Torch, a leadership development platform integrating coaching, behavioral science, and agile feedback. Cameron is also a licensed therapist and prior to starting the company, applied his knowledge and learnings to executive leadership coaching, working with high profile founders like Reddit Co-Founders Alexis O'Hanian and Steve Huffman, Founder of Twitch, Justin Kan, Partner at Y Combinator Gary Tan, and a bunch of other well known startup founders. full transcript is at: theconversationfactory.com/podcast/scaling-leadership-development Cameron offers some deep insight on how to s...
2020-04-1138 min
Service Design ShowDesigning thoughtful public services / Chelsea Mauldin / Episode #67What is the secret to designing and delivering great public services?
In this episode Chelsea Mauldin shares her experience from running one of the leading service design agencies in the United States that focuses on the public sector: Public Policy Lab.
We talk about the challenges associated with scaling and implementation of services in a public context. And why you should never engage in a project that lacks people who will eventually be able to execute on the generated ideas.
Chelsea also shared some of her ideas on how you can get clients to take a more open approach rather...
2019-02-0733 min