2021 End of Year Special - Things to Reflect on for the Year Ahead

Steve Fisher - Content, Complacency & Courage: Steve Fisher opens up about the importance of diversity in technology, the challenges of design leadership, and the role conflict plays in making change. Highlights include: - How do you ensure diversity at the Design & Content Conference?- Is conflict s... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

83 min listen

Mikkel Michelsen - Designing for Mission Critical Systems: Mikkel Michelsen takes us into the world of UX design for mission critical systems (including the F-35), where users’ lives are quite literally in the hands of the designer. Highlights include: ⭐ Did you get to fly in an F-35?⭐ How did it feel to design ... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

65 min listen

Benjamin Humphrey - Leaving Atlassian to Start Dovetail: Benjamin Humphrey shares the highs, lows and in-betweens of leaving Atlassian to start Dovetail. A frank account of product entrepreneurship. Why did Dovetail choose to shift bootstrapping to VC funding? What is Benjamin not willing to compromise on ... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

75 min listen

Steve Krug - Why Our Work in UX Is Far From Done: Steve Krug reflects on 30+ years of contribution to the field of UX, including two best-selling books, in this wide-ranging conversation. How did Steve’s present the findings of his first UX research report? What is the greatest usability challenge w... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

77 min listen

Stephanie Marsh, PhD - Research Ops for Global Teams: Dr. Stephanie Marsh unpacks a range of important UX research and research ops topics, as well as her experience of being bullied in the work place (that’s brave). Why did Stephanie move from UX Research into Research Ops? How do you decide what to focu... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

63 min listen

Marisa Sires - Creating Customer-Centred Product Orgs: Marisa Sires shares the story of her rapid ascent from client services to VP Product at Gigya and her many learnings since, including… How does Marisa enable her team to make great products? What is the greatest risk to the success of a product? How ca... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

55 min listen

Jared Spool - Making the Case for Increasing UX Maturity: Jared Spool asks whether organisations can really afford the cost of bad UX, and shares some practical methods for increasing design literacy. This episode includes: What is the UX tipping point and how do we get our organisations there? How do you ma... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

82 min listen

Teresa Torres - Enabling Continuous Product Discovery: Teresa Torres provides a clear and compelling argument for continuous discovery, and shares practical approaches for making it happen. This episode includes: What is continuous discovery and why is it important? How do you design great customer intervi... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

67 min listen

Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia - Growing the Next Generation of Product Managers: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia speaks frankly about his entrepreneurial journey, and shares what it takes to make it as a product manager. This episode includes: What traits or mindsets to successful product managers share? How can product managers... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

52 min listen

Marty Cagan - Empowering Your Product Teams: Marty Cagan, the legendary product management coach, thinker and author, shares his story and his thoughts on what it takes to build great products, including: What does Marty ask CEOs when they call him with a product management problem? What’s the d... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

75 min listen

Sachi Taulelei - How Design’s Lack of Diversity Fuels Systemic Racism: Sachi Taulelei shares what it’s like to interview people at the end of their lives, why research methods need to adapt to cultural context, and the heavy cost of poor diversity in tech. Highlights include: - What is it like interviewing people at the end... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

58 min listen

Natalie Hanson, PhD - Design Leadership: Practice, Patience and Pride ?️‍?: Natalie Hanson encourages design leaders to play the long-game, challenges designers to be less myopic, and shares the struggle of stepping back from work to focus on her health. Highlights include: ⭐ Why is it important for design leaders to be patient ... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

79 min listen

Koji Pereira - Living and Designing Outside the Comfort Zone: Koji Pereira tells his inspiring story of becoming a senior design leader for some of the world’s hottest tech companies, against all the odds. Highlights include: - What’s enabled you to swim and not sink in tough situations?- Why was Google’s Orkut s... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

70 min listen

Introducing Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis: Unpacking the stories, learnings and expert advice of world-class UX, design and product management professionals, Brendan Jarvis is on a mission to help you to create better products. by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

1 min listen

Eva PenzeyMoog - Domestic Violence by Design (feat. Us & Technology): Eva PenzeyMoog shines a light on how digital products are being used to enable domestic violence, and what we can do to protect our most vulnerable users. Highlights include: ⭐ What is domestic violence and how does it show up?⭐ How is technology being w... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

65 min listen

Louis Rosenfeld - Breaking Silos and Breaking Out of Moment Prisons: Lou Rosenfeld, UX’s master publisher, curator and convener, and a founding mind of information architecture, reflects on 30 years in the field, including: Why has Lou made it his life’s mission to bring people together? What advice does Lou have for ... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

65 min listen

Kanhika Nikam - Is Bias in UX Research Always Bad?: Kanhika Nikam speaks about the challenge researchers face when trying to be without bias while also being human, plus much more! What was it like being mentored by David Kelly, founder of IDEO? How can you identify your bias when working on a project?... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

68 min listen

Lada Gorlenko - Engaging Stakeholders in UX Research: Lada Gorlenko speaks about researching in high-stress environments, how to effectively engage wth senior executives, and where great enterprise UXers come from. Highlights include: - How do you help your team to let go of perfectionism?- Is enterprise UX... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

66 min listen

Steve Portigal - Where Is the Field of User Research Heading?: Why should researchers stop focusing on problems and start focusing on people? What is important for user researchers to know about bias (their bias)? And why does Steve have a museum of foreign groceries in his home? In this episode we take a deep-dive ... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

78 min listen

Tracy McGoldrick - Running Research Ops at A Grand Scale: Tracy McGoldrick talks about the challenges of building a Research Ops practice that supports over 100 UX researchers, and how IBM’s increasing the impact of design. Highlights include: ⭐ How do you know if Research Ops is doing a good job?⭐ What is the ... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

66 min listen

Jane Austin - From Designer to Executive Design Leader: Jane Austin speaks openly about the twists and turns of her journey from designer to executive-level design leader, and reminds us that it’s okay to be both vulnerable and assertive. Highlights include: - How do you help people to be more comfortable wi... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

68 min listen

Dan Brown - Essential Mindsets for Being an Effective Designer: Dan Brown dives into the world of creative and collaborative mindsets, the importance of self-reflection in UX, and why we shouldn’t be too rigid in our design process. Highlights include: - Which battles need to be fought in design and which don’t?- Why... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

74 min listen

Laura Faulkner, PhD - UX Is Hard and That’s a Good Thing: Laura Faulkner gives a passionate and practical overview of how to frame decision risk, develop better stakeholder relationships, and do research that matters. Highlights include: - Why is UX hard?- How can you frame risk to make better decisions?- What ... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

78 min listen

Kate Towsey - Scaling Research Ops: Lessons Learned: Kate Towsey shares some of the experiences that have shaped her career and goes deep into the research ops journey she’s been leading at Atlassian. Why did Kate leave contracting in London for a gig at Atlassian's Sydney office? How did an early mista... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

81 min listen

2021 End of Year Special - Things to Reflect on for the Year Ahead: In this final episode of 2021, instead of an in-depth interview, you’re going to hear a series of short and important messages from a range of previous Brave UX guests. There's plenty of healthy mind food in this episode, especially as you reflect on the... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

31 min listen

Indi Young - Listening Deeply to Understand the Problem Space: Indi Young challenges us to unlock the potential of the problem space, to be business-wise when engaging with stakeholders, and to listen deeply to learn peoples’ purposes. Highlights include: - Why are we so obsessed with solutions in software?- What do... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

64 min listen

Matt Watkinson - Whisky, Writing and the Willingness To Be Wrong: Matt Watkinson shares how he’s expanded his luck surface area, why it’s important to slow down and pay attention, and how to fight organisational ambiguity. Highlights include: ⭐ What did the FBI want to learn about experience design?⭐ Why is ambiguity t... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

72 min listen

William Ntim - Designing a Design Career You Can Be Proud Of: William Ntim shares the story of his journey from Ghana to America, why he’s so focused on mastering time, and what he believes is holding designers back. Highlights include: ⭐ What can we learn from Ernest Hemingway’s approach to life?⭐ Why do people fi... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

76 min listen

Jason Buhle, PhD - Travelling from Academia to Industry and Thriving: Jason Buhle discusses what’s important when moving from academia to industry, UX research as a career path, and why usability research matters. Highlights include: ⭐ Why is Neil Gaiman’s Sandman your LinkedIn banner image?⭐ What did you learn when you mo... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

74 min listen

Ruth Brown - Seeing Our Blindspots, Bad Habits and Bullshit: Ruth Brown dives deep into group polarisation, challenging us to get out of our echo chambers and to practice the empathy that we preach. Highlights include: - Do we still need insiders to call out uninclusive behaviour? - How does our need to be perfect... by Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis ??

65 min listen

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