Sep 2020

30m 2s

2. Empathy, Adaptability, and Design (fe...

About this episode

Sarah Gibbons & Therese Fessenden discuss empathy and adaptability as critical design skills (perhaps now more than ever) and share thoughts on how design plays a bigger role than meets the eye.

Resources cited in this episode:

NN/g Instagram: @nngux
Service Blueprinting (full-day course)
Design Thinking is Like Cooking (2 min video)
UX Roadmaps (full-day course)
UX Roadmaps: Definition and Components (free article)
Sarah's NN/g Articles and Videos (bio page)

Also related: Brené on Comparative Suffering, the 50/50 Myth, and Settling the Ball (Unlocking Us with Brené Brown podcast episode)

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