The Company Road Podcast E17 Sarah Mote - The art of different: Design, creativity and the power of we
“Creativity is also definitely a superpower in one way or another, and sometimes you can control it, sometimes you can't.”
Sarah Mote
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
- The role of design in the workplace: Why designers are essential to a functional and thriving team
- Protecting creativity while ageing: How to maintain child-like creativity as you age and your career develops and prioritise approaching work and life through a creative lens
- Inviting & navigating feedback: Knowing when is the right time to invite input and how to receive and respond to both positive and negative feedback
- Organisational transparency: The value of open-door cultures and how to cultivate transparency and collaboration in a historically individual minded organisation
- Innovative problem resolution: How to develop an agile, problem-solving mindset that allows you to unearth objective, creative solutions
Key Links
Dieter Rams philosophy https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/dieter-rams-10-timeless-commandments-for-good-design
ADPList https://adplist.org/
Mark Richardson https://www.monash.edu/mada/design/people/mark-richardson
Selby Coxon https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/selby-coxon
Sarah’s White Night 2015 piece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L_0JUmWtYI
InstantScripts https://www.instantscripts.com.au/
Oliver Grabes (Head of Braun Design) https://minimalissimo.com/creators/oliver-grabes, https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-grabes-947aba5/
About our guest
Sarah Mote (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahmmote/) is a Senior Product Designer at Bendigo Bank and Lead Product Designer for InstantScripts, as well as a Mentor through Monash University, Melbourne University, Academy XI and more.
She is a detail-oriented, award-winning designer, maker and ‘put-it-togetherer’, having worked internationally and within organisations such as NAB, MYOB and Oral-B Braun.
Sarah is motivated by meaningful and emotive problems that create better futures, and ultimately works to shape and contribute to the design world and craft exceptional experiences through the pushing of creative boundaries.
About our host
Our host, Chris Hudson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-hudson-7464254/), is a Teacher, Experience Designer and Founder of business transformation coaching & consultancy Company Road (www.companyroad.co)
Chris considers himself incredibly fortunate to have worked with some of the world’s most ambitious and successful companies, including Google, Mercedes-Benz, Accenture (Fjord) and Dulux, to name a small few. He continues to teach with Academy Xi in CX, Product Management, Design Thinking and Service Design and mentors many business leaders internationally.
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