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The Lemma Journal ClubA Map of the Rubisco Kinetics // The Worst Episode We've Done [16]The paper is “A map of the rubisco biochemical landscape” by Noam Prywes, Naiya R. Phillips, Luke M. Oltrogge, Sebastian Lindner, Leah J. Taylor-Kearney, Yi-Chin Candace Tsai, Benoit de Pins, Aidan E. Cowan, Hana A. Chang, Renée Z. Wang, Laina N. Hall, Daniel Bellieny-Rabelo, Hunter M. Nisonoff, Rachel F. Weissman, Avi I. Flamholz, David Ding, Abhishek Y. Bhatt, Oliver Mueller-Cajar, Patrick M. Shih, Ron Milo & David F. SavagePaper link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08455-0Episode titles are usually puns off songs or books, but in this case the paper title...
2026-01-1937 min
Unpacking Israeli HistoryRemembering Yitzhak Rabin on the 30th Anniversary of His Assassination (re-release ) Part 1Thirty years after Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated at a peace rally in Tel Aviv, we revisit one of the most defining moments in Israeli history. Originally released in Season 1, this episode now features new reflections from host Noam Weissman. It traces Rabin’s journey from Palmach fighter to Oslo peace architect, explores the divisions and extremism that led to his murder, and asks: did the assassination kill the peace process—or was it already doomed?
This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Next week, Noam sits down with journalist Haviv Rettig Gur to explore how Israel has...
2025-11-0427 min
Being Jewish with Jonah PlattThe Sound of Silence & Shoe Legend Stuart Weitzman
Watch Being Jewish on YouTube:www.youtube.com/@beingjewishpodcastSubscribe to the Being Jewish Newsletter:bit.ly/beingjewishnewsletterFor Sponsorships, please email:Jonah@JonahPlatt.comTo contact us & all things BJJP:www.BeingJewishPodcast.comFollow Jonah on:Instagram - @JonahPlattX - @JonahPlattFollow Being Jewish on:Instagram - @BeingJewishPodcastTikTok - @BeingJewish...
2025-02-251h 05
Being Jewish with Jonah PlattGoing “Full Jew” & Covid Vaccine Inventor Dr. Drew Weissman
Watch Being Jewish on YouTube:www.youtube.com/@beingjewishpodcastSubscribe to the Being Jewish Newsletter:bit.ly/beingjewishnewsletterFor Sponsorships, please email:Jonah@JonahPlatt.comTo contact us & all things BJJP:www.BeingJewishPodcast.comFollow Jonah on:Instagram - @JonahPlattX - @JonahPlattFollow Being Jewish on:Instagram - @BeingJewishPodcastTikTok - @BeingJewish...
2025-02-1144 min
The Government Huddle with Brian Chidester135: The One with the Potential AI CEORachel Weissman, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Potential AI joins the show to discuss the impact that artificial intelligence will have in the public sector and the role of governments in equipping citizens for an AI-centric world. We also talk about AI trends to look for in 2024, we examine how AI mirrors and reveals societal biases and values, and debunk the myth of AI as a replacement while showcasing its role in enhancing human capabilities.
2024-02-2353 min
Aneu ApproachWhy Balance is B.S. with Rachel WeissmanOn this week's episode, Randy & Josh sit down with Rachel Weissman, the CEO and Founder of Potential AI. Rachel has been the founder of several ventures, each one with a focus on purpose, integrity, and helping people unlock their potential. Even before her own ventures, Rachel has experience in the fascinating intersection of user experience and artificial intelligence long before it was a buzzword.
Although in different industries, our two ventures have very similar missions, so it was a delight to be able to hear about the What and the How that help bring Rachel’s Why to...
2024-02-1341 min
SAPIR ConversationsS11E2: Synagogue Leadership in Turbulent Times with Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove and Rabbi Rachel Isaacs
SAPIR Institute Director Chanan Weissman hosted a conversation about the future of synagogue life in a time of disruption with Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove of Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City and Rabbi Rachel Isaacs of the Center for Small Town Jewish Life in Maine. They explored the shock of the October 7 attacks, the long-term structural changes brought on by the Covid pandemic, and their visions for the synagogue in a digital age.
2024-02-021h 01
The Funding Blueprint: Unlocking Startup SuccessTransform Your Business with a Compelling Narrative: Storytelling Success with Rachel Weissman, Founder and CEO of Potential AI (Plus: Meditation Benefits in Business and in Life)Learn how to refine your storytelling to level up your business with Rachel Weissman, founder and CEO of Potential AI.
How can a compelling narrative transcend product features and offer a profound value proposition for customers? Rachel answers this question by exploring the transformative role storytelling can play in your entrepreneurial journey. She also explores how meditation and emotional intelligence can contribute to business success, offering valuable takeaways on constructing a potent narrative and nurturing your mind for business triumph.
In this episode, you’ll learn about: storytelling in business, entrepreneurship, the power of personal na...
2023-10-1231 min
Book Lounge by LibbyNo-Brainer Book BuysEmma is joined by Sydney and Tiffany to talk about what makes an author an "always buy." They also discuss the different ways they interact with an author or their titles, including placing holds at the library, using Libby tags, reading in print versus digital versus audiobook, personal connections to books, and go on a slight tangent to recommend some horror reads. It's a grab bag book-ish chat with a very long list of recommended authors and titles!Books mentioned:
The Korean Vegan Cookbook by Joanne Lee Molinaro
Joshua Weissman
Molly Wizenberg
Happy Place by Emily Henry...
2023-10-1258 min
Perfectly Marvelous! A Mrs. Maisel PodcastS5E5 "The Pirate Queen""Where's your ship docked? ARRRGGGH!"We hope the podcast isn't too long for you. Since time is considered treasurer on a podcast, we did technically commit an act of piracy. But we just love this show too much to shut up.Get into it and listen to Jade, Erica and Kara discuss the marvelous Mrs. Maisel, season 5 episode 6 “The Pirate Queen". Join the discussion! Share your thoughts about the show: What do you like/dislike? What’s your “most marvelous moment” and which character is your fave!? We want to know! Go to Facebook.com/podcasti...
2023-05-023h 03
Streamed & Screened: Movie and TV Reviews and InterviewsIt's the end for 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.' Hear from Rachel Brosnahan, Michael Zegen and other starsIt's the end of the road for an Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning comedy series.
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is back for its fifth and final season, with episodes dropping weekly starting April 14 on Amazon Prime Video.
For this episode of Streamed & Screened, hosts Bruce Miller and Terry Lipshetz, provide a (mostly) spoiler-free analysis of the the program, which is a favorite of both. Also hear from the stars, including clips from Rachel Brosnahan (Miriam "Midge" Maisel), Alex Borstein (Susie Myerson), Tony Shalhoub (Abraham "Abe" Weissman) and Kevin Pollak (Moishe Maisel) who reflect on the characters, the se...
2023-04-1453 minUnpacking Israeli HistoryMa'alot: When Terrorists Came For The ChildrenTake the survey here: https://jewishunpacked.com/uihsurveyIt was supposed to be a fun field trip. A little celebration in honor of Israel’s 26th birthday. Over a hundred religious high school students, exploring northern Israel and sleeping under the stars. But the three Palestinian terrorists who sneaked in from Lebanon had other plans. This is the story of the Ma’alot massacre. It’s a story of horror and blood. But it’s also a story of hope and resistance. A reminder that every hour of our lives matters.~~~~ Unpacking Israeli History is...
2023-03-0826 min
The MCG Pediatric PodcastMajor Depressive DisorderAmidst the battle of the mental health crisis, major depressive disorder stands out as an all-too-common reality for many children and adolescents, but the forces of science and medicine can stand against this foe. Dr. Christopher Drescher, a clinical child psychologist, joins pediatric resident Dr. Daniel Allen and medical student Vuk Lacmanovic to remove the cape from this increasingly common condition and discuss its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Specifically, they will:
Define major depressive disorder (MDD) and recognize the common symptoms in both children and adolescents.
Formulate a differential diagnosis for patients presenting with depressive symptoms.
Recognize validated...
2023-01-1224 min
Design To Be ConversationJehad Affoneh: End-to-end experiences vs. org structuresAfter 65 episodes, today’s show is the last episode of our podcast, Design To Be Conversation. There are big shifts happening behind the scenes with Design To Be and closing the chapter on our podcast will allow us to take the proper next steps to what’s ahead. Thank you all for listening. Now, for our final episode!Jehad Affoneh is a design and product leader who's led design, product, and engineering teams most recently at VMware and Splunk. He is currently Chief Design Officer at Toast, leading the product, customer, and end-to-end experience that empowers tens of t...
2022-12-2240 min
Design To Be ConversationAndy Vitale: Create space to scale and grow your teamAndy Vitale is a design executive, educator, speaker, and co-host of the Surfacing Podcast. He is currently the Executive Vice President of Design at Rocket Companies, where he leads a team focused on transforming the lending and finance industry, through a human-centered approach, to provide the best experience for millions of people. Throughout his career, he has built, scaled, and led teams that elevate the role of Design as an organizational competence and a competitive advantage.We dive into how his career evolved over time, how you create a space to scale a team and grow their...
2022-12-1440 min
Design To Be ConversationAmy Thibodeau: Balance speed and quality to achieve optimal velocityAmy Thibodeau is the Chief Design Officer at Gusto, where she empowers designers, researchers, and content strategists who are working on products that connect companies with their employees in a more meaningful way. Previously, Amy was a senior director of UX at Shopify where she led a cross-functional team of over 130 people working on core business products. During her time at Shopify, she also led the launch of the Polaris design system, built the Platform UX team and founded the Design Ops practice. In earlier iterations of her life, she was one of the first members of Facebook’s no...
2022-12-0741 min
Design To Be ConversationRenato Valdés Olmos: Accelerate your career transitionsRenato Valdés Olmos is an executive, angel investor, and advisor with over two decades of experience serving millions of customers worldwide. He's built products, brands, and organizations in various industries, including artificial intelligence, transportation, healthcare, and productivity tools. Most recently, he served as VP of Product at Pitch, and Head of Design at Grammarly and is currently focusing on being a Dad and investor.We dive into the most important lessons he’s learned throughout his career, how his career has evolved from a designer to an executive, to being involved in the investment space, and eve...
2022-11-3040 min
Design To Be ConversationBob Baxley: Broaden your career horizonsBob Baxley is a design executive, advisor, mentor, and advocate who has built, managed and led UX teams at some of Silicon Valley’s most respected companies. With a career spanning three decades, Bob's work at Apple, Pinterest, Yahoo!, and elsewhere has touched hundreds of millions of users around the world. Currently, Bob serves as the Senior Vice-President of Design at ThoughtSpot, a business intelligence, and data analytics platform. Committed to recruiting and inspiring the next generation of designers Bob also mentors individuals and advises organizations working to improve the profession and practice of digital product design. We...
2022-11-1544 min
Design To Be ConversationParameswaran Venkataraman: The higher you go, the more inner you need to lookOver the last 25 years, Parameswaran Venkataraman has been in design and innovation leadership roles across companies like IDEO, Tata Digital, Fractal.ai, Dr. Reddy’s and Sapient. Over the last decade, he has been instrumental in setting up and establishing strategic design capabilities & culture in several organizations. Some of the work Param has led at Studio 5B at Dr. Reddy's is now a featured case study in IDEO U’s course on Designing for ChangeParam is passionate about mindfulness and the ‘art of stillness’. At the end of each year, he publishes a toolkit for applying...
2022-11-0831 min
Design To Be ConversationJesse James Garrett: The key to leadership, authenticity and relationshipsJesse James Garrett has been one of the most prominent voices in digital product design for more than 20 years. His career highlights include co-founding the groundbreaking UX consultancy, Adaptive Path; writing the foundational book The Elements of User Experience, whose iconic five-plane model has become a staple of the field; and defining Ajax, the dynamic interaction model that transformed web technology and design in the Web 2.0 era. His work has been published in more than a dozen languages and he is a frequent keynote speaker on making designers and organizations more human-centered in their work.We dive...
2022-11-0135 min
The Empathy EdgeDavid Weissman: From MAGA to Jewish Liberal ProgressiveCan we ever bridge our political divides here in the US? Every day, things seem to get worse. We argue over guns, abortion, civil rights, and whether removing state secrets from the White House and locking them in your safe at home constitutes a crime. But what would happen if people on both sides could engage in meaningful dialogue? What if we all took personal responsibility to spot the lies by getting curious and doing our homework? Today, I got to talk to a Twitter influencer I've been following for some time now, David Weissman. David and I...
2022-10-2549 min
Design To Be ConversationTim Allen: Make your ceiling your floorTim Allen is the Global Head of Design at Instacart. He leads the global product design, research, content and operations, centered on food access and inclusivity. His focus on fueling human potential is key to building products and cultures that inspire people to do their best work. As an additional outlet for his passion for design thinking, Tim was named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business for 2017. Tim speaks and instructs at schools and events around the country.Prior to Instacart, Tim led Airbnb's global Product Design team, Microsoft's Experiences & Devices design practice and A...
2022-10-2543 min
Matan: One on One Parsha PodcastEpisode 79 - Parshat Bereishit: Intimacy As the Family's FoundationIn this first episode of a new season, podcast host Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble sits down with returning guest Rabbanit Rachel Weber Leshaw to speak about the Torah's suggested perspectives on couples and intimacy in the opening chapters of Breishit and how this serves as a guidepost throughout the entire book.
Our episodes on the book of Bereshit focus on family and interpersonal dynamics. These conversations are candid, insightful, and respectful. We aim not to psychoanalyze the biblical figures, but to learn from them as we stumble through our own beautifully messy lives.
This week's episode has been dedicated by...
2022-10-1834 min
Design To Be ConversationNoah Levin: Innovate stale practices by effectively learning from othersNoah Levin is a Senior Product Design Director at Figma. His job includes a variety of things, like attracting and retaining talented designers, setting and sharing context, providing actionable feedback, and helping facilitate a healthy environment for design in the company. Before Figma, he led design teams at ClassPass and Google, taught designers to code as an advisor at Framer, and built a cuff-mounted digital assistant for astronauts at NASA. He studied Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon and is originally from Pittsburgh.We dive into how he and the team at Figma continue to innovate stale practices...
2022-10-1834 min
Design To Be ConversationSameera Kapila: Create inclusive spaces within the design communitySameera Kapila is a designer, educator, manager, and writer who works as a senior product designer at Netlify. Born in India, raised on the Dutch island of Curaçao, and living in Austin, TX, Sameera has held roles in agencies, educational institutions, and consultancies ranging from individual contributor to executive leadership, student to educator, and everything in between. She writes and speaks about web and product design, diversity, inclusion and equity, tech education, and design research and process. She’s written regularly forThe Pastry Box Project and net Magazine and spoken at events such as Creative Mornings, SXSW’s HBCU...
2022-10-1140 min
Design To Be ConversationSarah Doody: Treat your career like a productIn today’s episode, I chat with Sarah Doody. Sarah is the Founder & CEO of Career Strategy Lab, a UX career accelerator that helps UX and product professionals navigate their job search and get hired without applying to hundreds of jobs. Professionals that have worked with Sarah have landed jobs at Amazon, Blue Origin, Home Depot, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, and more and on average, they increase their salaries by 40%.She is also a User Experience designer, researcher, and educator. Having worked in the UX industry for more than 18 years, she be...
2022-10-0444 min
Design To Be ConversationDan Szuc and Josephine Wong: How to use Practice Spotting as a tool to shift cultureIn today's episode, I speak with Dan Szuc and Josephine Wong. Dan is a co-founder and principal at Apogee and co-founder of Make Meaningful Work, as well as the co-founder of UX Hong Kong. He has been involved in the UX field and based in Hong Kong for over 20 years. Dan has lectured about user-centered design globally. He has co-authored three books including Global UX with Whitney Quesenbery, The Usability Kit with Gerry Gaffney and Make Meaningful Work with Josephine Wong. Josephine is a co-founder and principal at Apogee and co-founder of Make Meaningful Work, a...
2022-05-311h 02
Design To Be ConversationEvan Dody: Lead with optimismIn today’s episode, I speak with Evan Dody. Evan is the Head of Design + Creative at Angi (including HomeAdvisor and Handy). He leads Product Design, Brand Creative, UX Research, UX Writing, and DesignOps across the multi-sided home services marketplace. He and his team help homeowners across the country create and care for homes they love, while simultaneously helping local businesses thrive. Prior to Angi, Evan led design teams at Mailchimp and Huge in Brooklyn. He's designed customer-centric services for some of the world's most recognizable brands—McDonald's, American Express, and United Airlines to name a few. He's...
2022-05-2439 min
Design To Be ConversationFonz Morris: Take a risk to honor yourselfIn today's episode, I speak with Fonz Morris. Fonz is an entrepreneur and self-taught designer, born in Brooklyn and now based in San Jose. He has worked in tech and design on both coasts of the United States, in Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta, Washington D.C., and California. His belief in the importance of self-driven education continued through his travels through Europe, Central and South America, and South East Asia. Since 2020, Fonz has been the Lead Product Designer at Netflix. Prior to joining Netflix, he led a design team at Coursera. We dive into what it means...
2022-05-1744 min
Design To Be ConversationAndy Budd: How to move from practitioner to leaderIn today’s episode, I speak with Andy Budd. Andy is a design leader, conference speaker, start-up advisor & coach. He co-founded Clearleft, the first dedicated UX consultancy in the UK, along with the Leading Design and UX London conferences. He’s a member of the Adobe Design Circle, and has appeared on both the Wired 100 and BIMA 100 lists of influential leaders in tech. He’s currently helping start-up founders make the most of Design in his role as an Expert in Residence at Seedcamp, Europe's most successful early stage venture fund. We dive into what you give up and...
2022-05-1053 min
Design To Be ConversationRachel Weissman x Jayneil Dalal: Lessons from 10 days of silent meditationThis is our 50th episode of Design To Be Conversation. Thank you all so much for your support – and an extra special thanks to those of you who have been listening since the beginning! Today we’re celebrating by doing something a little bit different. In this episode, our guest host Jayneil Dalal interviews me about my experience with a 10-day silent meditation retreat. Jayneil Dalal is a product designer born in Gujarat, India and polished in Dallas, Texas. He hosts the design MBA podcast where he interviews rockstar designers. And I’m Rachel Weissman, the Founder & CEO of...
2022-05-0341 min
Design To Be ConversationMalthe Sigurdsson: Own your convictions in order to influence and create impactIn today’s episode, I speak with Malthe Sigurdsson. Malthe has 25 years of experience as a designer and design leader building, scaling, and managing design organizations that deliver beautiful and effective work across multiple disciplines and product categories. He is currently the Chief Design Officer at Handshake, where he is leading product and brand design across the company. At Handshake his goal is to help level up the end-to-end consumer and enterprise experiences and is instrumental in helping Handshake grow a world-class design team. Before Handshake, Malthe was Head of Design at Stripe, leading design for 6 years. Prior to St...
2022-04-2640 min
Design To Be ConversationXimena Vengoechea: How to uncover hidden needs in a conversationIn today’s episode, I speak with Ximena Vengoechea. Ximena is a user researcher, writer, and illustrator whose work on personal and professional development has been published in Inc., The Washington Post, Newsweek, and Huffington Post. She is the author of the new book, Listen Like You Mean it: Reclaiming the Lost Art of True Connection (Portfolio/Penguin Random House). She is a contributor at Fast Company and The Muse, and writes Letters from Ximena, a newsletter on tech, culture, career, and creativity. She is best known for her project The Life Audit. An experienced manager, mentor, and researcher in...
2022-04-1951 min
Design To Be ConversationSusan Weinschenk: Maximize your creativity with brain scienceIn today’s episode, I speak with Susan Weinschenk. Susan has a Ph.D. in Psychology and is the Chief Behavioral Scientist and CEO at The Team W, Inc, as well as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. Susan consults with Fortune 1000 companies, start-ups, governments, and nonprofits, and is the author of several books, including 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People, 100 MORE Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People and How To Get People To Do Stuff. We dive into the brain science of creativity and how to come...
2022-04-1249 min
Design To Be ConversationIndi Young: Make time to listenIn today’s episode, I speak with Indi Young. Indi is a researcher who coaches, writes, and teaches about inclusive product strategy. Her work is rooted in the problem space where the focus is on people, not users. Indi pioneered opportunity maps, mental model diagrams, and thinking styles. Her way of approaching the problem allows teams to truly pay attention to people, without letting cognitive bias and assumptions creep in. Indi has written two books: Practical Empathy and Mental Models. She builds knowledge and community via a series of live online advanced courses about the importance of pu...
2022-04-0559 min
Design To Be ConversationJeff Veen: How trust leads to innovationIn today’s episode, I speak with Jeff Veen. Jeff is a Design Partner and Head of Platform at True Ventures, where he spends his time helping founders create better products. He does this as an advisor, as well, for companies like about.me, Medium, and WordPress. Previously, Jeff was VP of Design at Adobe after they acquired Typekit, the company he co-founded and ran as CEO. Jeff was also one of the founding partners of the user experience consulting group Adaptive Path. While there, he led Measure Map, which was acquired by Google. During his time at...
2022-03-2949 min
Design To Be ConversationKat Vellos: How to overcome workplace lonelinessIn today’s episode, I speak with Kat Vellos. Kat is a connection coach and trusted expert on the power of cultivating meaningful friendships. In her former career as a user experience designer, she researched, designed, and advised on the user experience of countless flows in digital products serving millions of people at companies like Slack and Pandora. With the publication of her books, We Should Get Together and Connected from Afar, Kat turned her background in UX design towards combating the loneliness epidemic to help millions of people experience greater wellness and fulfillment through thriving platonic relationships. Her in...
2022-03-2239 min
Design To Be ConversationRandy Hunt: Find more joy and more truth in your careerIn today's episode, I speak with Randy Hunt. Randy is a multi-hyphenate designer, executive, artist, musician, and writer. Professionally: Randy is Head of Design Strategy at Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange. He has served as Head of Design at Grab, Head of Design at Artsy, and VP of Design at Etsy. Randy is the author of Product Design for the Web. He also co-founded Supermarket, a curated design marketplace, founded Citizen Scholar Inc., and worked at Milton Glaser Inc. He is an active writer, lecturer, critic, and visiting designer at many colleges and universities. We dive into experiences t...
2022-03-1550 min
Design To Be ConversationScott Jenson: Ask for what you want and be unattached to the resultIn today’s episode, I speak with Scott Jenson. Scott has been doing user interface design and strategic planning for over 30 years. He worked at Apple on System 7, Newton, and the Apple Human Interface guidelines. He was the director of Symbian’s DesignLab, manager of mobile UX for Google, and a creative director at frog design in San Francisco. He was a founding member of the biotech company Color. Scott returned to Google working on the Chrome team in 2013 to work on IoT and Android. In 2021 he left to explore the world outside of Google and is now working at I...
2022-03-0829 min
Design To Be ConversationChine and Chuba Ezekwesili: Use the Framework of Intention to slow down, give gratitude, and take responsibilityIn today’s episode, I speak with Chine and Chuba Ezekwesili. Also known as the Ezeks Twins, Chine and Chuba are interdisciplinary designers, artists, and founders of Akanka, a design studio on a mission to create Heaven on Earth. Akanka achieves this mission by partnering with other visionaries to design and build ventures and movements. These include Future Africa, Stand to End Rape, #FixPolitics, and the School of Politics, Policy, and Governance (SPPG). At Akanka, they have worked with global brands that include Google, The World Economic Forum, Yale University, Duke University, Nexford University, GIZ, and Open Society Foundation. ...
2022-03-0145 min
Design To Be ConversationMike Gorgone: Adopt the improv mindset of “yes, and…” to grow your EQIn today’s episode, I speak with Mike Gorgone. Mike is an Associate Director at EY. He is someone who loves being part of a creative, supportive and collaborative design team that builds engaging experiences for digital products at a company that fosters a culture that values design thinking and makes it a priority in how the company runs and solves problems. He currently gets to do all of the above in the Experience Design (XD) Group at EY. The Group is divided into Strategy, Creative, and Technology disciplines. The XD Group collaborates heavily with leadership and stakeholders to al...
2022-02-2242 min
Pod ClubhouseThe Marvelous Mrs. MaiselThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Season 4 Episode 1 “The Rumble at the Wonder Wheel”Credit: Christopher Saunders – Copyright: Prime Video – Description: Pictured: Tony Shalhoub (Abe Weissman), Kevin Pollak (Moishe Maisel), Rachel Brosnahan (Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel), Michael Zegen (Joel Maisel)
At loooooooong last, Mrs. Maisel, Susie, and the rest of the gang are back for the Season 4 Premiere! Since Amazon has decided to release two episodes at once for this season, we will cover both episodes in one podcast. Starting with this first podcast, we cover both “The Rumble at the Wonder Wheel” and “Billy Jones and the Orgy Lamps”.
Listen to our cove...
2022-02-181h 03Pod Clubhouse Presents: The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselThe Marvelous Mrs. MaiselThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Season 4 Episode 1 “The Rumble at the Wonder Wheel”Credit: Christopher Saunders – Copyright: Prime Video – Description: Pictured: Tony Shalhoub (Abe Weissman), Kevin Pollak (Moishe Maisel), Rachel Brosnahan (Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel), Michael Zegen (Joel Maisel)
At loooooooong last, Mrs. Maisel, Susie, and the rest of the gang are back for the Season 4 Premiere! Since Amazon has decided to release two episodes at once for this season, we will cover both episodes in one podcast. Starting with this first podcast, we cover both “The Rumble at the Wonder Wheel” and “Billy Jones and the Orgy Lamps”.
Listen to our cove...
2022-02-181h 03
Design To Be ConversationRan Segall: How to grow your external self-awareness through feedbackIn today’s episode, I speak with Ran Segall. Ran has been a freelance web designer for 17 years — 6 of those as a full-time business owner. He started his career at big advertising and branding agencies, and as a freelancer, has served clients in many industries, including tech startups, social enterprises, and restaurateurs. By developing high-value skills, he scaled his freelance web design business to over $250k in yearly revenue. Since 2015, Ran has been sharing his learnings on his YouTube channel, Flux — the very foundation of Flux Academy. We dive into how to gain external self-awareness, how triggers can tea...
2022-02-1538 min
Design To Be ConversationSabrina Hall: How to give feedback that reduces harmIn today’s episode, I speak with Sabrina Hall. Sabrina is a creative leader, product design manager, professor, and writer living in NYC. Currently, she is a Senior Product Design Manager at Etsy. With a career spanning over 14 years, she has collaborated with companies of all sizes. Sabrina is an activist, caring deeply about people and how design impacts others. She is a Board Member for the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) and previously served as co-chair of AIGA NY’s Mentoring program. She is also an Adjunct Professor at CUNY where she teaches design. Sabrina is passionate about acce...
2022-02-0842 min
Design To Be ConversationTerrence Williams: How vulnerability can help you find your pathWe’re excited to be back after a few months' break. We have many inspiring guests in store for you this time around. We’ll be diving into their insightful stories and sharing their actionable advice, so you can invest in your emotional intelligence to become more impactful in your career. In today’s episode, I speak with Terrence Williams. Terrence is a designer, illustrator, and storyteller located in San Francisco, CA. By producing work that encourages and celebrates an individual's authenticity, he proudly advocates for a more inclusive approach to design. He also strives to connect with au...
2022-02-0143 minPod ClubhouseThe Marvelous Mrs. MaiselCredit: Nicole Rivelli – Copyright: Amazon Studios – Description: Pictured: Tony Shalhoub (Abe Weissman)
Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) talks a good talk, but she can’t stay away from the spotlight, wherever she may find it. “Mrs. X at the Gaslight” may not work the club circuit right now, but she’s still making people laugh.
Re-posted from DaleyReview.com in 2018. Paul and Caroline have found a new home for their podcast here at Pod Clubhouse, but the content is still the same as it was. These podcasts are being reposted in preparation for the upcoming fourth season of The Marvelous Mr...
2022-01-1431 minPod Clubhouse Presents: The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselThe Marvelous Mrs. MaiselCredit: Nicole Rivelli – Copyright: Amazon Studios – Description: Pictured: Tony Shalhoub (Abe Weissman)
Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) talks a good talk, but she can’t stay away from the spotlight, wherever she may find it. “Mrs. X at the Gaslight” may not work the club circuit right now, but she’s still making people laugh.
Re-posted from DaleyReview.com in 2018. Paul and Caroline have found a new home for their podcast here at Pod Clubhouse, but the content is still the same as it was. These podcasts are being reposted in preparation for the upcoming fourth season of The Marvelous Mr...
2022-01-1431 min
Design To Be ConversationRaquel Breternitz: Manage burnout through intentionalityToday’s show marks our 36th and final episode of the Design To Be Conversation podcast before we come back in February 2022. Before we dive into our episode for today, I want to take a moment to say thank you. Thank you for listening and supporting Design To Be Conversation and thank you to each of our incredible guests who have made each episode so insightful and impactful. I’m extremely excited for the future of Design To Be Conversation. We have an incredible lineup of guests planned for next year, so be sure to follow us along on soci...
2021-11-3041 min
Design To Be ConversationBonnie Bakhtiari: How to connect with your clients from a place of rest and purposeIn today’s episode, I speak with Bonnie Bakhtiari. Bonnie is a brand designer and strategist for creative entrepreneurs, as well as a coach for fellow graphic, brand, and web designers. She specializes in crafting high converting, strategic brands for her custom design clients. Bonnie currently teaches fellow designers how to generate consistent income and connect with their ideal clients through the Brand Strategy School, her signature program for designers.We dive into learning how you can connect with your ideal clients from a place of ease and intention, how you can turn hustling into building a me...
2021-11-2344 min
Design To Be ConversationMay-Li Khoe: What it means to manage: Designing teams and cultures for the futureIn today’s episode, I speak with May-Li Khoe. May-Li is an interdisciplinary, quatricultural, twice-immigrant artist-researcher-designer-inventor who combines invention with cultural practices, bright colors, faces-on-things, and glitter. She brings over 20 years of experience in design, including serving as VP of Design at Khan Academy, co-founding two companies (Scribble Together and Sprout, formerly MakeSpace), and recently creating a music and dance toy-game for the new Playdate game platform. Before that, she worked on new technologies at Apple and other tech organizations ranging from IBM Research, the MIT Media Lab, and Dynamicland, to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Universal Mu...
2021-11-1653 min
Design To Be ConversationPriya Anant: Learn to build trust and vulnerability with yourself and your teamIn today’s episode, I speak with Priya Anant. Priya is a Senior Director at Google where she has led user-facing teams in fighting spam, abuse and fraud to deliver safe and delightful user experiences. She leads a multi-disciplinary UX team focused on scaling UX and user-centric product development across Search, Assistant, Shopping, Travel, Maps and Payments. Her expertise is in developing end-to-end connected and inclusive consumer experiences by harnessing the power of design systems, tools and analytics. Prior to Google, Priya spent 10 years in management consulting at Bain where she advised healthcare, technology and consumer goods companies on glo...
2021-11-0941 min
Design To Be ConversationJon Delman: Navigate failure with kindness and curiosityIn today’s episode, I speak with Jon Delman. Jon is a Director of Product Design at Twitter in San Francisco. He works within the design and research team focused on internal tools and product solutions. Jon offers tactical advice for young designers on how to approach learning by embracing the courage to fail through his article, Let it be a lesson to you, on Medium. He has over 20 years of professional design experience in both agency and in-house environments, working with brands such as Google, Apple, Splunk, and Samsung. Previously, he worked as Executive Creative Director at ueno, Gr...
2021-11-0254 min
Design To Be ConversationRebecca Brooker: Foster inclusivity by data-driven design and researchIn today’s episode, I speak with Rebecca Brooker. Rebecca is a queer woman of color born in Trinidad + Tobago and currently based in Buenos Aires. She is the co-founder of Queer Design Club, the global online community for LGBTQ+ designers where she spearheads the Queer Design Count which is the first and only survey of LGBTQ+ people in design. She’s an art director at Ghost Note Agency and designs across branding, print, and digital.We dive into learning and understanding the challenges of queer designers in the industry, how data and research can inform inclusive and...
2021-10-2643 min
Design To Be ConversationWendy Johansson: Identity’s role in design leadershipIn today’s episode, I speak with Wendy Johansson. Wendy is the Head of UX Apprentice Program at Amazon. She is a global product experience leader and entrepreneur focused on the intersection of product and user experience to scale high-performing global teams. She started and built her career as a UX leader at successful early-stage startups, co-founded Wizeline, a global product development company, and served as Global VP of Experience at Publicis Sapient. Wendy champions women and people of color in tech, and volunteers with organizations for the humane treatment of animals.We dive into what it me...
2021-10-1938 min
Design To Be ConversationJonathan Shariat: Tighten your communication skills by learning how to talk to kidsIn today’s episode, I speak with Jonathan Shariat. Jonathan is the co-author of Tragic Design published by O'Reilly. He co-hosts the Design Review podcast, and is currently an Interaction Designer and Accessibility Program Lead at Google.We dive into the importance of communication for designers to convey clarity and solve problems, what communication skills he’s learned from parenting books, tactical ways to build good communication skills by actively listening and asking good questions to get behind the why, and how EQ can lead you to become a more effective communicator.
2021-10-1240 min
Design To Be ConversationBrad Frost: Why you should invest in your mental health as a designerIn today’s episode, I speak with Brad Frost. Brad is a web designer, speaker, writer, and consultant based in Pittsburgh. He is the author of the book Atomic Design, which introduces a methodology to create and maintain effective design systems. Brad co-hosts the Style Guides Podcast and has helped create several tools and resources for web designers.We dive into navigating the challenges designers experience when coping with personal crisis and burnout, tactical ways to protect your well-being by cultivating self-awareness and reaching out for support, and why investing in your mental health is key to bec...
2021-10-0550 min
Her JourneyBlending Design and Emotional Intelligence ft. Rachel WeissmanRachel Weissman is the Founder & CEO of Design To Be, a community for designers to grow their emotional intelligence, an EQ Coach, and a Meditation & Yoga Teacher. Most recently, she was an Interaction Designer at Google, working on Google Maps and Search. Outside of her role, she was an active contributor to the Google Maps UX Wellbeing Committee, improving the wellbeing of Google Maps UXers. She was also a gPause Meditation Teacher, a mindfulness community for Googlers. Prior to Google, she was a Senior Product Designer at Salesforce, the Co-founder & Chief Product Officer at Insights Abroad, an early-stage startup...
2021-09-2831 min
Design To Be ConversationHana Schank: EQ as a career guidepostIn today’s episode, I speak with Hana Schank. Hana is the Co-Director of Strategy for Public Interest Technology at New America where she works to develop the public interest technology field via research, storytelling, and hands-on projects. She is the co-author of Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology. In the private sector, Hana founded and ran CollectiveUX, a user experience consultancy that works with startups, Fortune 500 companies, and governmental organizations to research and design human-centered products.We dive into the importance of developing high EQ in the area of public interest technology to...
2021-09-2834 min
Design To Be ConversationFelix Lee: DesignBlitz: Scaling impact in growth and communityIn today’s episode, I speak with Felix Lee. Felix is the Co-Founder and CEO at ADPList on a mission to democratize mentorships for all. He is a designer, engineer, and tech entrepreneur who believes in constantly reinventing the way we experience the world and beyond through purposeful design. Previously, Felix co-founded Packdat and has worked with global startups from Y Combinator, Sequoia, and more, raising over $50 million from an early stage.We dive deeper into how the role of design can bring people together to create solutions for global community impact, how data-driven design can bring us...
2021-09-2147 min
Design To Be ConversationJessica Helfand: What it means, right now, to be a self-reliant designerIn today’s episode, I speak with Jessica Helfand. Jessica is the founding editor of Design Observer and author of numerous books on visual and cultural criticism including her new book aptly called Self-Reliance. She is an artist, designer, writer and educator and has taught in Paris, Porto, London, Malta, the Netherlands, and across the United States. Jessica is the first-ever recipient of the Henry Wolf Residency at the American Academy in Rome and has been a Director’s Guest at Civitella Ranieri, a fellow at the Bogliasco Foundation, and an Artist in Residence at Caltech.We dive...
2021-09-1442 min
Design To Be ConversationAarron Walter: How EQ can drive meaningIn today’s episode, I speak with Aaron Walter. Aaron is Acting Director of Product at Resolve to Save Lives where he explores how design and technology can help fight COVID-19. Formerly, he was the VP of content at InVision with 20 years of experience running product teams and helping companies enact design best practices. Aarron founded the UX practice at MailChimp and helped grow the product from a few thousand users to more than 10 million. His design guidance has helped the White House, the US Department of State, and many Fortune 500 companies, startups, and venture capital firms. He is the...
2021-09-0742 min
Design To Be ConversationNancy Douyon: Communicate impact through storytellingIn today’s episode, I speak with Nancy Douyon. Nancy is a Global Design Ethicist & Product Philosopher. For more than fifteen years, she’s been leading as a Black woman at Google, IBM, Intel, and Uber working on human experience product design. Throughout her career, Nancy has gained a reputation for delivering big results in a culturally honest and purposeful way with hundreds of products deployed in over 80 countries. She consults globally on inclusive development in emerging markets, and has spoken at the White House and top universities, institutions, and corporations worldwide.We dive into ways of navig...
2021-08-3147 min
Design To Be ConversationJared Spool: What makes a great UX leader in an organizationIn today’s episode, I speak with Jared Spool. Jared is the Co-Founder, Co-CEO, and Maker of Awesomeness at Center Centre – UIE. For the past 43 years, Jared has been working with hundreds of organizations in the tech world. He has written two books, published hundreds of articles and podcasts, and has been touring the world speaking to audiences everywhere.We dive into the important qualities of leadership and what it takes to be a true leader with a purpose and vision, the difference between a leader and a manager, strategies and tactics to grow your skills to become...
2021-08-2439 min
Design To Be ConversationChetana Deorah: Leading and designing with intentionIn today’s episode, I speak with Chetana Deorah. Chetana is the Design Director at Coursera that empowers online education worldwide. As a product design leader and mentor, Chetana helps empower human-centered design to achieve high-impact business goals. In her most recent post as Design Director at Netflix, she has led product design for global acquisition and growth for emerging markets. Her career trajectory includes leading design at Yahoo, Scribd and Pentagram. We dive into the importance of intentionality, how leading and designing with intention can weave greater purpose into your career, how intention relates to self-awareness, as...
2021-08-1746 min
Design To Be ConversationJason James: Navigate burnout and hustle culture with mindfulnessIn today’s episode, I speak with Jason James. Jason is the VP of Design at Instacart, a grocery delivery and pick-up service where he leads product design, brand, and research. Previously, he served as VP of Design at Thumbtack and was leading design early in his career for Earnest, Intercom, Kin, and DoneDone. Jason is a mentor at Made in the Future, a program for emerging under-represented designers.We dive into the competitive field of design and how it fosters hustle culture, the factors that contribute to burnout, and how meditation and therapy can help designers cop...
2021-08-1039 min
Design To Be ConversationDori Tunstall: How inclusive leadership inspires greater meaning and purposeIn today’s episode, I speak with Dori Tunstall. Dori is the Dean of Design at Ontario College of Art and Design University, and the first black female dean of a faculty of design. She is a design anthropologist, public intellectual, and design advocate who works at the intersections of critical theory, culture, and design. Dori leads the Cultures-Based Innovation Initiative focused on using old ways of knowing to drive innovation processes that directly benefit communities.We dive into the depth of design and its interconnectedness with meaning and purpose, the importance of aligning your values with wh...
2021-08-0347 min
Design To Be ConversationPablo Stanley: Curiosity will spark your design inspirationToday’s episode marks our 18th episode and the final episode of the first season of Design To Be Conversation. Season 2 will start back up the first week of August. We are beyond excited for what’s ahead!Today, I speak with Pablo Stanley. Pablo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Blush. Pablo has a YouTube channel called Sketch Together and gives talks and workshops around product design, animation, illustration systems, storytelling, behavioral economics, and the art of comics. He is also a writer and illustrator of “The Design Team,” a comic series that follows the lives of design...
2021-05-2538 min
Design To Be ConversationJared Erondu: Design for impact with a growth mindsetIn today’s episode, I speak with Jared Erondu. Jared is a design leader, investor, and advisor. He’s currently the VP of Design at Lattice where they are building people-first HR software to make the time we spend at work more meaningful. Jared is also the co-creator of Playbook and High Resolution, two projects dedicated to furthering knowledge-sharing in the design community.We dive into the different aspects of growing as a designer, how developing a growth mindset helps you navigate a career filled with meaning and purpose, tactical approaches to design for impact by investing in l...
2021-05-1840 min
Design To Be ConversationTiffani Jones Brown: Communication tactics to manage conflict and improve collaborationIn today’s episode, I speak with Tiffani Jones Brown, Executive Editorial Director at Dropbox. Tiffani oversees an interdisciplinary team of copywriters, UX writers and graphic designers. She specializes in simple and emotionally intelligent branding and copy, defining the voice and tone for multiple startups, including Facebook and Pinterest. Tiffani currently helps lead the transition of Dropbox to Virtual First.We dive into the importance of effective communication by finding your authentic voice as a designer, practical ways to communicate for brevity and clarity using human-centric language, how simple communication tactics can optimize productivity in a remote cu...
2021-05-1143 min
Design To Be ConversationPim Schachtschabel: Invite curiosity to fuel your creativityIn today’s episode, I speak with Pim Schachtschabel. Pim is the former Co-Founder and Design Director of the world-renowned Sherlocked, an experience design company in Amsterdam. He uses his formal training in architecture and design thinking as a backbone to enhance our human experience. During the pandemic, he went on a journey to research, experience and discover how we can train our muscle of curiosity. Pim is on a mission to bring more magic into the design world and currently wears the hat of Experience Architect. We dive into the world of design filled with curiosity, how...
2021-05-0441 min
Tablet StudiosHot TakesThis week on Unorthodox, we’re celebrating Lag B’Omer (and figuring out what, exactly, this holiday is all about).Our first guest is Juliet Litman, podcast host and head of production at the Ringer. She discusses one of her favorite podcasts, the surprisingly Jewish “Table Manners with Jesse Ware,” gives us her take on last season’s Bachelorette bagel drama, and offers her pick for the most Jewish sports team.Then it’s a Jew-Gentile double header: TV producer Amy Solomon, editor of the new book Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-Grade Pa...
2021-04-291h 00
Design To Be ConversationSana Rao: How imposter syndrome feeds perfectionism and limiting beliefsIn today’s episode, I speak with Sana Rao. Sana is the VP of Product and Design at Peanut, a social network for connecting women. Previously, she has worked at Deliveroo and Twitter leading design, content and research. Sana has built a career challenging the status quo and cultivating inclusive communities through the power of connectivity. She is a poet and editor at Found Poems, a curated newsletter for poetry.We dive deeper into the lens of imposter syndrome and how it relates to perfectionism and limiting beliefs, how to navigate self-doubt as you move into a new ro...
2021-04-2736 min
Tablet StudiosWinners and LosersThis week on Unorthodox, Andrew Cuomo’s Jewish “tree houses” and Israel’s wild boars.Our Jewish guest is Devin Gordon, author of the new book “So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin' True Story of the New York Mets—the Best Worst Team in Sports.” He tells us why Mets fandom is a profound spiritual exercise in perpetual disappointment, and Liel offers his take on why the Mets are a fundamentally Jewish team.Our Gentile of the week is writer, speaker, and activist Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of “How to Raise an Adult,” and most recently, “Your Tu...
2021-04-221h 10
Design To Be ConversationGabe Valdivia: How authenticity can lead to a meaningful design careerIn today’s episode, I speak with Gabe Valdivia. Gabe is a Cuban-American designer based in New York City. He’s been practicing design for more than fifteen years, leading teams in large organizations and designing for startups. He's currently leading Consumer Experience Design at Patreon, connecting artists with a passionate audience to help them make a living doing what they love. Before that, he led design and research teams at CNN Digital, Google Jigsaw, and Facebook.We dive into the importance of practicing authenticity as a designer, how it can lead you to greater career empowerment, how...
2021-04-2038 min
Design To Be ConversationIrene Au: Your design EQ questions answeredIn today’s episode, I speak with Irene Au. Irene is the Design Partner at Khosla Ventures where she works with startup CEOs. She is dedicated to raising the strategic value of design and user research within software companies, having built and led the entire User Experience and Design teams at Google, Yahoo! and Udacity. Irene teaches yoga at Avalon Yoga Center in Palo Alto. She has authored the definitive O’Reilly book, Design in Venture Capital, and popular essays found on Medium. Irene has been featured on several publications like Wired Magazine, Fast Company, Communication Arts, and on the...
2021-04-1359 min
Design To Be ConversationDan Mall: Creating boundaries and psychological safetyIn today’s episode, I speak with Dan Mall. Dan is a creative director and advisor from Philly. He’s the founder and CEO of SuperFriendly, a design collaborative that helps in-house teams make better digital products with design systems. Dan is the author of Pricing Design, and co-founder of Arcade, a fun way to manage design tokens for enterprise teams. Enthralled by his role as husband and dad, he also finds joy writing about design and other issues on Twitter and on his industry-recognized site, danmall.me. We dive into the difference between boundaries and psychological safety, why these...
2021-04-0644 min
Design To Be ConversationIoana Teleanu: Self-awareness, the heart of authenticity and imposter syndromeIn today’s episode, I speak with Ioana Adriana Teleanu. Ioana is a UX Designer driven by the ambition to craft great products that people love. She currently works at UiPath on building RPA-enabling products that are easy to use. In the past, alongside years of working for ING Bank, she took on various freelancing and consulting roles with startups. As a personal project, she’s built UX Goodies, an Instagram design community with over 200,000 followers, sparking healthy design conversations and providing her with insights on the design industry and the struggles designers have.We dive...
2021-03-3038 min
Design To Be ConversationMig Reyes: You can’t build a strong design team and culture without self-awarenessIn today’s episode, I speak with Mig Reyes, Product Design Manager at Instagram that helps bring the world closer to people and things they love. As a passionate supporter of the design community, Mig, together with his team, tirelessly works to improve the simplicity and craft of Instagram wherever you may find it. Mig is the president emeritus of AIGA Chicago and founded the Chicago chapters of Creative Mornings. We dive into the importance of self-awareness, how it is necessary when building high-functioning design teams, how self-awareness leads to higher productivity, collaboration and growth, and how you can star...
2021-03-2338 min
Design To Be ConversationFrank Bach: Meditate to become a better designerIn today’s episode, I speak with Frank Bach. Frank is a Lead Product Designer at Headspace in LA. Prior to this, he worked on the global launch of Red Bull TV. His work spans product, growth and brand design. He's interested in the relationship between mindfulness and creativity: how meditation can empower you to be a stronger designer and more engaged contributor. We dive into how meditation and mindfulness has impacted his personal and career journey, mindfulness techniques to weave into your design process, and the intersection of mindfulness and creativity and how those can make you a be...
2021-03-1655 min
Design To Be ConversationDebbie Levitt: Elevate your EQ and be a low-ego action heroIn today’s episode, I speak with Debbie Levitt. Debbie is the CXO of Delta CX, has been a CX and UX strategist, designer, and trainer since the 1990s. As a “serial contractor” who lived in the Bay Area for most of this decade, Debbie has influenced interfaces at Sony, Wells Fargo, Constant Contact, Macys.com, Oracle, and a variety of Silicon Valley startups. Clients have given her the nickname, “Mary Poppins,” because she flies in, improves everything she can, sings a few songs, and flies away to her next adventure.We dive into what a low-ego action her...
2021-03-0935 min
Design To Be ConversationAdam Rotmil: Feedback to drive self-awarenessAdam Rotmil is a product discovery and design lead at AstraZeneca and a product design professor at Maryland Institute College of Art. We dive into why it’s essential to cultivate self-awareness as a designer, how to make your career strengths and weaknesses actionable, the importance of retrospectives, how to create a safe working environment, as well as stories and strategies for giving and receiving feedback.
2021-03-0226 min
Design To Be ConversationGreg Bennett: Conversation design as a cornerstone of social awarenessGreg Bennett is a Conversation Design Principal at Salesforce, leading the company’s first dedicated Conversation Design practice since its inception. As a linguist, Greg focuses his work on empowering designers to create conversational experiences that feel natural and helpful, build user trust, and meet customer expectations. We dive into the art and science of conversation design and how to apply it to human interaction, how conversations build trust with teammates, we break down different conversational styles and how they apply to your design process, and how mindfulness approaches can improve conversation.
2021-02-2351 min
Design To Be ConversationYuan Wang: Mindset over toolsetYuan Wang is a leadership coach for creative professionals, an adjunct professor at California College of Arts, and a design mentor with ADPlist.org. For the past ten years, she’s led design at Airbnb, Twitter, and Mozilla. We dive into her career journey, how to be a great mentor and how to bring mentorship into your organization, the difference between mentorship and sponsorship, the qualities of a great mentee, core mindsets for designers to invest in, imposter syndrome, her path to resilience and greater wisdom, and much more.
2021-02-1638 min
Design To Be ConversationDennis Lenard: Design EQ as a fundamental requirement in the hiring processDennis Lenard is the CEO at Creative Navy and a digital product architect. He comes from a cognitive science background and has helped to shape and launch more than 150 digital products in industries such as healthcare, embedded interfaces, and enterprise.We dive into the ideals of the theory of mind, the importance of regulation of emotion, the distinction between the what and why with emotions, as well as what to look for when evaluating a designer’s EQ during the hiring process, and much more.
2021-02-0943 min
Wabi SabiThe link between designers + emotional intelligence with Rachel WeissmanMy guest this week is Rachel Weissman — design lead at Google, Founder of Design to Be, EQ Coach, and Meditation teacher. We spoke about our experiences within and around the design community, the necessity of cultivating ones own emotional intelligence, and remote working in a pandemic. www.racheldweissman.comwww.designtobe.comwww.adamyasmin.com Get full access to Adam Yasmin at adamyasmin.substack.com/subscribe
2021-02-0952 min
Design To Be ConversationLara Mendonça: Creating accountable trusting relationships and design decisionsLara Mendonça is a Brazilian design leader. She's the Head of Product Design at Bumble in London, where she's growing a diverse team of product and content designers, developing a new creative vision, maturing design operations, and evolving a product loved by millions.In this episode, we dive into her learnings from working at a dating company, how to manage relationship conflict, how to build trusting relationships, having accountability for design decisions, the importance of psychological safety, and much more.
2021-02-0247 min
Design To Be ConversationDavid Hoang: Self-awareness to form your design pathDavid Hoang is a design leader, educator, and startup advisor. He’s currently the Director of Design at Webflow and User Experience Design Instructor at General Assembly. He loves curiosity that leads to action and invention. David hails from the Pacific Northwest and currently resides in Santa Monica, California. In this episode, you’ll learn the ins and outs of self-awareness, perfectionism, professional development, and what techniques you can start to implement to become a more self-aware designer.
2021-01-2126 min
Meditate with Tsamara#27 - Journaling to Release Your Thoughts with Meutia AzzuraPernahkah kamu menulis journal saat merasa gelisah atau stres? Ternyata, menulis jurnal bisa membuat kita merasa lega dan melepaskan perasaan negatif kita, lho. Di episode ini, Meutia Azzura (@meutiazzura), seorang content writer, blogger, dan journaling enthusiast, membagi tips untuk memulai journaling dan beragam manfaat yang dirasakannya.Dengan menulis journal, Meutia terbiasa melakukan refleksi diri dan bahkan sering menemukan solusi dari masalahnya. Journaling membuat Meutia dapat merasa bersyukur, memvisualisasikan doanya, dan melatih kemampuan storytelling-nya. Kebiasaan journaling sebelum tidur juga membuat Meutia bisa tidur dengan lebih tenang. Baca reflective writing Meutia selengkapnya di blog https://livebyazzura...
2020-10-0339 min
Meditate with Tsamara#19 - Cultivate Emotional Intelligence Through Meditation with Rachel D WeissmanEmotional Intelligence is one of the key predictors of a successful life. In this episode, Rachel D Weissman, a meditation and yoga teacher and an interaction designer for Google, explains the importance of cultivating emotional intelligence (EQ) in our daily lives, work, and relationships.Rachel explains the four key pillars of emotional intelligence and the different types of meditations such as present moment awareness, calm focus, energized body and mind, and transcendence and self-discovery that is useful to improve your EQ. She also tells her experience of her EQ training in Google’s Search Inside Yourself; a mi...
2020-09-1840 min
The Nerdpocalypse - Nerd News and OpinionTV Review: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Season 1Amazon Studios gave a two-season order for their period comedy show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel starring Rachel Brosnahan and created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and they shouldn't stop there. The show follows Midge Maisel as a 1950s Jewish Upper Westside in NYC housewife who through some tragic circumstances in her marriage finds herself single and back living with her parents with two young children. Midge is bitten by the stand-up comedy bug when she drunkenly gets on stage at The Gaslight Cafe and performs an impromptu set. An employee at the cafe, Susie (Alex Borstein) sees potential in Midge and helps h...
2018-01-0514 min
Supergirl RadioSupergirl Radio Season 1 - Episode 17: ManhunterIn this week’s episode of Supergirl Radio, Rebecca Johnson is joined by Andy Behbakht of The Flash Podcast to discuss CBS’ Supergirl episode titled “Manhunter"! They also cover the news, read listener feedback, and talk some spoilers about the next episode, titled “Worlds Finest”. Join in on the fun as the gang at Supergirl Radio covers CBS’ Supergirl!
Official Description by CBS for Supergirl 1.17: "J’onn J’onzz reveals the details of meeting Kara and Alex’s father, Dr. Jeremiah Danvers (Dean Cain) and assuming Hank Henshaw’s identity. Also, Kara debates trusting someone new with her secret identity and Sio...
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