The Company Road Podcast E44 Berlin Liew - Career Climb Hacks: Radical Candour x Ruinous Empathy
"I love the advancements of technology, but when it comes to connection, I'm very conflicted about it."
In this episode you’ll hear about:
- Balancing radical candor and ruinous empathy
- Connections, networks and the role they play in your success
- Feedback and how to use it for professional growth
- Observation and listening to identify areas for improvement
- Timing of feedback to ensure it is well-received
- Taking a genuine interest in people's lives to form deeper connections
Key links
Design Outlook
Xero
Web Directions Summit
Ladies that UX Melbourne
NAB
Belong
Kim Scott’s TED Talk on Radical Candour
Shasta Nelson
The Year of Living Danishly
Tim Duggan - Work Backwards
Gallop Clifton Strengths test
About our guest
Berlin Liew is an aspiring design leader, who is deeply passionate and driven to activate ideas, create meaningful relationships, and question how we do things to see if there’s a better way (spoiler alert: there always is).
After graduating with a degree in linguistics and spending 6 years working in media, she career-changed into the world of design and dived headfirst into large product organisations, such as NAB, Belong, and Xero. She’s currently a Senior Product Designer, and despite the job title, she believes you don’t have to wait to be ‘at the top’ in order to drive change and impact for your customers, the business, and for those who work with you.
Outside of work, Berlin is an active contributor to her local design community, having emceed Design Outlook 2023, co-curated Web Directions Summit 2023, led Ladies that UX Melbourne, and spoken at various design meetups.
About our host
Our host, Chris Hudson is a Teacher, Experience Designer and Founder of Company Road, helping b
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