The UX Level-Up 073 - What the World Needs From Designers
Jun 25, 2025
The host dives into the importance of asking the right questions in design, showing how this shapes perception and understanding of user needs. The discussion highlights the concept of 'complexity wranglers'—designers who tackle interconnected global challenges. Emphasizing systems thinking, they argue for a deeper approach that fosters collaboration and innovation in creating humane technologies. The podcast also explores how understanding human behavior can lead to richer user experiences and effective design solutions.
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Five Level-Ups of Object-Oriented UX
- Object-oriented UX expands designers' capacity to handle complexity with grace and fun.
- It helps ask better questions, make invisible structures visible, foster collaboration, and align designs with human psychology.
Game-Changing Question for Designers
- The key question is what the world needs now from your users and how you can help them rise to that challenge.
- This reframes design from user needs to empowering people to meet global challenges.
Need for Systems Thinkers
- The world needs systems thinkers who can handle complexity and understand broader impacts of solutions.
- Solutions without systems thinking often spawn many other problems elsewhere.
