

The Experience Designers
Steve Usher
Your front row seat to the world of experiences | Bi-weekly episodes
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Sep 15, 2019 • 27min
Design Thinking Conference **SPECIAL** - Stefan & Cristina (1/3)
Join us for a very special episode as we announce our partnership with the Design Thinkers Conference in Amsterdam 2019. Today you'll meet two people who will be at the event as a speaker and facilitator of a live experiment.

Jul 29, 2019 • 51min
Nicole Dessain - Turning HR into superheroes!
In this episode, you’ll meet Nicole and learn more about her passion for HR, innovation, talent and design thinking. We talk about her mission to turn HR into superheroes, exploring the emergence of design sprints and the opportunities they bring for organisations large and small.

Jun 12, 2019 • 47min
Daniel Vallejos - Data & Design when creating employee experiences
In this episode, you’ll meet Daniel from Chicago. An experienced HR professional with a passion for employee experience design. During our conversation, you'll learn more about his transition from corporate HR to experience design. His views on the changing landscape of human resources and the power of combining data and design in modern business.

May 29, 2019 • 47min
Anna Mamalaki - Future skills of leadership and HR, Diversity & Inclusion + more
In this episode, you’ll meet Anna. Currently living and working in San Francisco, she offers insights into her experience of the bay area. We delve into the changing requirements of leadership in a rapidly changing work environment, future skills for HR practitioners, the topic of diversity & inclusion and business impacts on society.

Apr 26, 2019 • 47min
Verity & Tom - Employee Engagement versus Employee Experience
After meeting at an event in Stockholm. We thought it would be fun to come together and talk about employee engagement versus employee experience. Sharing our own experiences of work, how it’s changed and the expectations employees have on modern day businesses. Interesting given we are 20 years apart and in different stages in our careers.

Apr 3, 2019 • 23min
Stefan Van Der Stigchel - Recorded at the Design Thinking Conference
In this episode, you’ll meet Stefan, an associate professor at Utrecht University and head of the research group Attentionlab.
The group’s aim is to study how attention and visual awareness shape the perception of the world around us. This is particularly important when thinking about empathy and our immediate view of situations or people. Not to be missed!

Feb 26, 2019 • 52min
Chris Raw - Candidate experience & innovation manager
In this episode you’ll meet Chris, Candidate Experience & Innovation Manager at Zalando in Berlin 🇩🇪We learn more about his unique role and focus. The importance of implementing a set of core hiring values. Why it's crucial to measure the candidate experience and how to use insights when creating innovative solutions.

Feb 13, 2019 • 32min
Sharon Söderlund-Green, Founder of Imagine If
In this episode, you’ll meet the author of the ‘Human Workplace Manifesto’. After meeting at a co-working spot in Stockholm 🇸🇪 I was hugely impressed by Sharon’s passion and willingness to do something about improving the workplace and empowering people to make positive changes. We discussed what drove her to create the manifesto and her natural flair for the Swedish language.

Jan 21, 2019 • 54min
Chantel Botha, Director of BrandLove in Cape Town
In this episode, you’ll meet Chantel Botha from Cape Town 🇿🇦. Founder Director of BrandLove. She talks about her LOVE for bringing back humanity into the workforce, LOVE for doing things differently and LOVE for simplifying processes.
She shares insights and perspectives of working with organisations in South Africa, her thoughts on some of the systemic issues organisations and BrandLove’s unique business merchandise (The f**k off spray).

Dec 14, 2018 • 31min
Adam Lawrence - Recorded at the Design Thinkers Conference 2018
This episode kicks off a series of podcasts recorded live at the Design Thinking Conference in Amsterdam 🇳🇱. The two day event was held at the Tobacco theatre in October 2018, focusing exclusively on the subject of ‘empathy’.
In this episode, you’ll meet Adam Lawrence who played the role of the ‘difficultator’ during the event. He shares the purpose of his unique role, the impact the event had on him, as well delve into the future of design thinking and the upcoming Global Service Jam in 2019.


