The Stress Response - The Book Review

How can we design effectively for stressful situations, like life and death ones? Our guest today is Katie Swindler, design strategist at Allstate. You’ll learn the role of human intuition in high-stress situations, how to use visuals and sounds in life and death design, what situations warrant special design decisions, and more.

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Show Notes

• Life and Death Design — Katie’s book
• Allstate — Katie’s place of work
• Rosenfeld Media — Katie’s publisher
• “Sound Icons” — a chapter in Katie’s book
• Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions — a book by Gary Klein
• Thinking, Fast and Slow — a book by Daniel Kahneman
• Humankind: A Hopeful History — a book by Rutger Bregman
• Conflict: How Soldiers Make Impossible Decisions — a book by Neil D. Shortland
• Follow Katie on Twitter
• Follow Katie on LinkedInToday’s Sponsor

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