The Futur with Chris Do

203 - Prototyping yourself — with Kate Pincott

Aug 24, 2022

Kate Pincott, a product designer and CEO of Remote Design Coaching, shares her transformative journey from burnout to personal prototyping. She discusses the importance of reconnecting with intuition while making incremental life changes, like working outdoors. Kate illustrates the art of design coaching, highlighting its differences from mentoring and teaching. Listeners will also appreciate her insights on managing public speaking anxiety, embracing vulnerability, and critiquing our cultural craving for instant gratification.

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Kate Pincott

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Coach v mentor

01:10

I'm Going to Put It Back At You, Go. Go. Am.

01:22

What Are the 3 Biggest Hang Ups That Designers Have?

01:22

Intro

2min

Prototyping Personal Transformation

8min

The Art of Design Coaching

19min

Balancing Intuition and Data in Decision-Making

4min

Overcoming Speaking Anxiety

8min

Embracing Vulnerability and Imperfection

15min

The Age of Instant Gratification

8min

Exploring the Essence of Design Coaching and Personal Growth

3min

Kate Pincott is a product designer, design coach, and CEO/founder of Remote Design Coaching. Her mission: reconnect designers to their intuition and creativity.

At the peak of her tech-design career, Kate burned out. She had been running at full speed in shoes that did not fit. But instead of taking a sabbatical or falling into distraction, she made an interesting choice.

Kate took what worked (and what she had become quite good at) in product design and applied it to her life. She started prototyping herself. Think of it as taking incremental steps toward improving your life. For Kate, step one was simply working outdoors in nature.

In this candid chat, Kate shares her process for prototyping herself and offers guidance about how you can reconnect with your body, mind, and intuition. It is a fascinating framework.

Kate even coaches Chris during their conversation, so you can see how her coaching process works in real-time.

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