Wendy Johansson - Effecting Change in a Messy World

Oct 2, 2023

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Wendy Johansson shares some of her leadership learnings, speaks frankly about the challenge of changing the status quo, and what she’s observed in the best designers.

Highlights include:

How do you balance your personal views with what’s best for your business?
What can people ask themselves if they’re not able to effect change at work?
Why is it important to focus changing the minds of the people in the middle?
What can we do when we're asked to do something we strongly disagree with?
Why is it important for us to speak up when we see injustices happening?

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Who is Wendy Johansson?

Wendy is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Experience Officer at MiSalud, a company that’s on a mission to provide affordable, culturally-authentic, physical and mental healthcare for the Latinx community in the USA and Mexico.

Before starting MiSalud, Wendy worked at Amazon, where she launched the inaugural UX Design and Research Apprenticeship Programme; a programme that provided a pathway to UX careers for people from underrepresented communities and non-traditional backgrounds.

Wendy has also been the Global Vice President of User Experience at Publicis Sapient, where she led a team of over 1,000 designers and partnered with then CXO, Dr. John Maeda, to transform a largely traditional agency into an experience-led consultancy.

Back in 2013, Wendy co-founded Wizeline, a global product development company where she was also VP of UX, managing a global team of over 75 designers, and VP of Academy, where she led the global expansion of Wizeline Academy.

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Find Wendy here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyjohansson/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uxwendy
Website: https://www.wendyjohansson.com/

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