Rosenfeld Review Podcast

When it comes to investing, most people think of dollars. But if you work in enterprise tech, you must invest in your people or your budget gets squandered. Amy Marquez, Manager of the Alexa Personality Experience team at Amazon, shares how you can better invest in people. And gives a sneak peek into what you can expect to hear about investing at the Enterprise UX 2018 conference. We’d love to see you at this year’s Enterprise UX conference: http://enterpriseux.net/ Follow Amy Marquez on Twitter: https://twitter.com/amymarquez Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia

What do blockchains and conversational UI have to do with UX? Everything. Nathan Shedroff, founder of a new startup SEED Vault Ltd., believes the blockchain technology will transform the way we run businesses and achieve greater transparency in businesses for the overall social good. Hear how his new venture will use these emerging technologies to improve user experience. Follow Nathan Shedroff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nathanshedroff Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia

A large organization operating online steps required to define how it manages digital politics: that’s how Facebook happens. Digital governance ensures large organizations can scale in ways that meet ethical standards. Lou talks with Lisa Welchman, digital governance expert and author, who explains the two big factors that lead to governance failures. Follow Lisa Welchman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lwelchman Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia

We know we should have good communication skills, but what does that look like in an enterprise UX environment? In this episode, Margot Dear, Senior Director of User Experience at ADP, gives an overview of the different facets of communication. Hear about how she uses journey mapping to make a difference to talking to C-level execs. Finally, Margot gives a sneak peek into what you can expect to learn about communicating at Enterprise UX 2018. We’d love to see you at this year’s Enterprise UX conference: http://enterpriseux.net/ Follow Margot Dear on Twitter: https://twitter.com/madgeodear Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia

How do you build enterprise-level products while keeping ethics and diversity at the forefront of your process? Eduardo Ortiz, Product Designer of Siberia introduces the 3 experts who will speak about their experience developing ethical products within the enterprise environment at the Enterprise UX 2018 conference. Join us at Enterprise UX: http://enterpriseux.net Follow Eduardo Ortiz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eduardoortiz Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia

Lou sat down with author Kevin M. Hoffman to talk about his book, “Meeting Design: For Managers, Makers, and Everyone”. Kevin explains how and why design thinking can be applied to meetings. Listen for tips you can use right away to set your meetings up for success. Buy a copy of Meeting Design: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/meeting-design/ Follow Kevin M. Hoffman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevinmhoffman Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia

It’s one thing to have the data and research, and it’s another to put it together in a way that teaches you something as an organization. Lou sits down with Phil Kemelor, VP of Client Services of MaasMedia, to discuss how digital data can complement the qualitative methods of UX best practices, in organizations of all sizes. Follow Phil Kemelor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/philkemelor Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia

The road of life is filled with many twists and turns. Design and UX careers are no different. Lou chats with Dirk Knemeyer about the evolution of his own journey, from the days when they founded UXnet.org, to Dirk’s divergent path as a tabletop game designer, chairman of Involution Studios, and the worldwide travels that led him to become a social futurist. Follow Dirk Knemeyer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dknemeyer Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia

At first glance, the emerging field of DesignOps doesn’t have much in common with creating video games. Erin Hoffman-John, CEO of Sense of Wonder and Assistant Professor of Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center in Silicon Valley, talks with Lou Rosenfeld about how game designers have a more direct connection to their users, and what that means for UX practitioners. Erin is one of our speakers at this year’s DesignOps Summit! Stay tuned for details about next year’s conference. Follow Erin Hoffman-John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gryphoness Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia

The fable of The Blind Man and the Elephant is a favorite here at Rosenfeld Media. But how does that apply to enterprise design? Lou sits down with Milan Guenther, co-founder of EDA (Enterprise Design Associates) and the creator of the Intersection Conference (http://2017.intersectionconf.com) to talk about how this fable has influenced their views on enterprise design - and how its influencing the future of UX. Follow Milan Guenther and EDA on Twitter: @ent_des Follow Rosenfeld Media: @rosenfeldmedia