Ux Australia Audio (from 2015)

Vinita joins the UX Australia podcast to chat about her upcoming presentation "Burnout: Confessions of a Corporate Design Athlete" and how to recognize and avoid burnout in our professional and personal lives. Tickets to the conference are available now https://events.humanitix.com/ux-australia-2020

Today Steve is joined by Donna Spencer to discuss the two books she is writing in 2020, and her upcoming UX Australia 2020 workshop, Facilitating Design Thinking Workshops. Spots to the workshop are filling fast, purchase a ticket before they run out! https://events.humanitix.com/ux-australia-2020

Woody joins Steve in today's episode to chat about his role working with Batyr, a for-purpose preventative mental health organisation for young people and how this has shaped his upcoming presentation "LIGHT - A Human Centred Design approach to mental health". Catch Woody's presentation at UX Australia 2020 August 25 - 28 https://events.humanitix.com/ux-australia-2020

In today's episode, Mags joins Steve from Melbourne to chat about how the Women in UX program came about, plus her upcoming UX Australia 2020 workshop "Lead by Playing to Your Strengths". The workshop is tailored to women who are looking to use their strengths for leading teams and projects. Tickets to Mag's workshop are available now https://events.humanitix.com/ux-australia-2020

In this episode, Steve is joined by Tatiana Mac to discuss her upcoming presenting "Systems of Systems". Tatiana will be joining us next month from Portland Oregan and will be kicking the conference off on Day 1! Catch Tatiana at UX Australia 2020 by registering a ticket https://events.humanitix.com/ux-australia-2020

Andy Healey joins us from Canada to discuss his upcoming presentation "Assumptions are good for your UX". Andy leads the Checkout UX team at Shopify, an ecommerce platform on which anyone can start, run, and grow a business. Tickets to the conference are available now https://events.humanitix.com/ux-australia-2020

Today Steve & Vinny chat about his upcoming 20 minute presentation "The Accidental Businessperson". Catch Vinny next month at UX Australia 2020. https://events.humanitix.com.au/ux-australia-2020

UXA2020 Episode 2: Keith Instone by UX Australia

Jess Berentson Shaw virtually sat down with Conference Director Steve Baty to chat about her upcoming presentation, "Narratives for change: How effective stories help us build new systems". Catch Jess next month at UX Australia 2020, tickets on sale NOW. https://events.humanitix.com/ux-australia-2020

What’s the future of organisations? They’ve evolved a great deal from the industrial revolution to now. I want to take you on an evolutionary journey to learn from the past and experiment our way to the Future. Enabling change is easier than you think, and the key is shifting mindsets from a growth strategy to a company purpose.

The growing trend in the use of take-home design challenges during the recruitment process is reducing the quantity, quality and diversity of applicants. Even worse than that, its tendency to demand fast and high quality demonstrations of creativity from an individual is feeding misconceptions about UX and causing applicants to break their own code of ethics. “I am not the user!”, “Thou shalt not be the final word!” are just a few UX sacred oaths design challenges force us to ignore. Tania Nally analyses the unintended consequences of this hiring approach and proposes a way out of the wilderness. Join this session if you’re keen to learn Tania’s recommendations for a multi-tier hiring framework plus alternative interviewing activities for use in the selection process. Grow your confidence in hiring creatives while increasing the quality and diversity of applicants applying for your available positions.

Warning! Choosing to be the only designer driving craft & ops on product delivery trains may lead to extreme loneliness, self-doubt, and identity crises. Do you still want to proceed? In this talk, I’ll share my journey as that designer: Developing a philosophy for design rigour, exploring leadership without authority, and inadvertently practicing the use of self - an Organisation Development instrument built on awareness and intention to create impact. Stories & lessons suitable for all ages. (Virtual) hugs offered separately.

Giving feedback and the art of critique are essential elements of design and design leadership. This presentation will connect the ability of leaders to create a productive feedback culture in their teams and their teams ability to foster feedback as part of design critique processes. The presentation will explore: How can a coaching approach support design leaders in fostering a feedback culture How a feedback culture creates a safe space for collaboration and psychological safety Practical tips, best practice examples and next steps for you to support a feedback culture in your teams

Mags Hanley - What to do when your Senior Designer Wants to be More… by UX Australia

A good mentor can make a huge difference in the personal growth of a designer at any stage in their career. Senior individual contributors are in a good position to mentor others on the team as they're close to the day-to-day and can offer a different perspective compared to a manager. However there is an art to being an effective mentor, and when you're not the manager it can be difficult to build a mentoring relationship and influence someone's situation.

We know that design and innovation require ‘outside-the-box’ thinking, risk-taking, radical collaboration, the questioning of assumptions and a ‘fail-fast-learn-fast’ mentality. However, while we acknowledge these elements of an innovation culture, there’s often an insufficient focus on setting up the ‘foundations’ within a team to make this a reality. This presentation focuses on one critical foundation – psychological safety. It explores the connection between a culture of psychological safety and creating new and valued outputs, and in particular, the role that leaders of design teams play in creating a culture that empowers designers to best exhibit their design skills. Designers and designer leaders alike are invited to question their own role in creating psychological safety for others. This presentation offers a brief background on the relevant research before outlining what this might look like in a ‘typical’ design team and process. I then provide a starting point for discussing how design leaders c

One of the most undervalued qualities of a leader is their emotional intelligence and grasp of empathy. My talk will note the in which empathy is overlooked and minimised as a leadership skill, but also give highlighted short narratives that display the ripple effect of an empathetic leader. I hope to be able to foster a sense of (you guessed it) empathy, but also broaden minds on what it means to be a leader, and how leadership can manifest in many different ways for different people.

When ‘design speak’ starts getting in the way of ‘design thinking’, how do you cut through the jargon to make a case for the deeper value of a design mindset? The language of Human-Centred Design has entered the vocabulary of corporate leadership, but without the accompanying mindset change needed to deliver on it. We hear lots of talk about MVPs, co-design and journey maps, but the end result often looks the same as it always did. This talk explores the art of visual metaphors and their use in creating an emotionally persuasive case for design. We’ll take you through the development of a thought experiment that got home care executives engaging with design beyond a surface level understanding.

Iain Barker - Designing Better Organisations by UX Australia

Drawing on 18 years of experience in education and design, we share our reflections and insights on the evolving landscape of work and how sowing the seeds of a creative approach can guide us even in uncertain times... How does this change the way we teach and learn? Can fostering purposeful creativity early on better prepare the next generation of designers for the future?