Podcast: The Design Block
Millions Saved in 10 Hours: The Case for Strategic Research
In this episode, we share how less than 10 hours of research saved millions of dollars, countless hours of work, and turned a multi-quarter project into a streamlined four-sprint success. It’s a perfect example of why even quick research can make a massive impact. The challenge began with a team tasked to improve supplier onboarding…
AI Tools for Designers
In this episode, I share a few helpful ways that I’ve used AI in my workflow as a the sole, and a bit lonely, UX designer in a fast paced organization. I discuss how I’ve used AI for work summarization, turning my daily notes into comprehensive weekly and monthly reports. This approach has proven invaluable…
Essential Design Principles
In this episode, I dive into the importance of understanding design principles and laws, rather than just focusing on mastering design tools. Here’s a summary of what I covered: The Trouble with Social Media Design Content I’ve noticed that most social media content about design focuses on tool usage, like Figma tutorials. There’s a real…
A Brief History of Me
Learn about my 23 years as a User Experience designer and leader. As I dive into creating and hosting this podcast, I feel like it’s important that you know a bit of my history. That’s the point of this episode, an introduction to me and how I got here. Now, you could just cruise over…
The Introduction Episode
Welcome to the Design Block podcast. In this episode, I’ll do a quick intro about myself and my 23 years in User Experience and Product Design. I’ll give a quick preview about what the podcast will be about and why I chose now to create and publish a UX centered podcast.