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“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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