Power of Ten is a show about design operating at all levels of zoom, from thoughtful detail to changes in organisation, society and the world, hosted by design leadership coach, Andy Polaine.
My guest in this episode is my friend Meltem Naz Kaso, a Barcelona-based UX Career Coach with a background in UX Research. Her last full-time position was at Glovo, where she served as a UX Research Manager and Staff UX Researcher.
She works with Senior UX professionals to unblock their careers by boosting their leadership and communication skills.
LINKS
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Mel
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- Career With Mel: https://careerwithmel.com
- Mel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meltemnaz/
- Mel's Newsletter and Coaching Services: https://melbarcelona.substack.com/
- Leadership Atelier, BCN: https://leadershipateliers.com/facilitators/meltem-naz-kaso-coskun
- World Usability Congress: https://worldusabilitycongress.com/agenda-2025/
Andy
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- Website: https://www.polaine.com
- Newsletter: https://pln.me/nws
- Podcast: https://pln.me/p10
- Design Leadership Coaching: https://polaine.com/coaching
- Courses: https://courses.polaine.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apolaine/
- Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@apolaine
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@apolaine
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S4 Ep10: Lisa D. Dance – Unpaid Customer Labour
Power of Ten is a show about design operating at all levels of zoom, from thoughtful detail to changes in organisation, society and the world, hosted by design leadership coach, Andy Polaine.
My guest in this episode is Lisa D. Dance, an experienced UX Researcher whose 10+ years of work has spans UX Research & Strategy to Interactive Prototyping & Usability Testing. She has created award-winning work for enterprise organizations and also helped small to mid-sized businesses improve their websites and apps so they do not frustrate or harm customers.
LINKS
Lisa
- Lisa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ldance/
- ServiceEase: https://serviceease.net
- Today Is the Perfect Day book site: https://todayistheperfectday.com
- Newsletter: Tell a Friend tinyurl.com/TellaFriendTuesdaySignUp
Andy
- Website: https://www.polaine.com
- Newsletter: https://pln.me/nws
- Podcast: https://pln.me/p10
- Design Leadership Coaching: https://polaine.com/coaching
- Courses: https://courses.polaine.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apolaine/
- Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@apolaine
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@apolaine
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S4 Ep9: The Materials of Service Design
Power of Ten is a show about design operating at all levels of zoom, from thoughtful detail to changes in organisation, society and the world, hosted by design leadership coach, Andy Polaine.
My guests in this episode are Johan Blomkvist and Stefan Holmlid who, along with Simon Clatworthy, wrote the book The Materials of Service Design, which discusses materials (broadly framed) as a means to explore what service design is and could be.
LINKS
==Guests==
The Materials of Service Design: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the-materials-of-service-design-9781802203295.html
Stefan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-holmlid-b402683/
Stefan on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stefan-Holmlid
Johan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blomkvist/
Johan on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Johan-Blomkvist
== Andy ==
Website: https://www.polaine.com
Newsletter: https://pln.me/nws
Podcast: https://pln.me/p10
Design Leadership Coaching: https://polaine.com/coaching
Courses: https://courses.polaine.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apolaine/
Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@apolaine
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@apolaine
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S4 Ep8: Marzia Aricò - Design Leadership Maverick
Power of Ten is a show about design operating at all levels of zoom, from thoughtful detail to changes in organisation, society and the world, hosted by design leadership coach, Andy Polaine.
My guest in this episode is Marzia Aricò, an independent consultant for organisations seeking to integrate design strategically, and works as a design leadership coach for individuals aiming to advance in their design careers.
We talked about her journey to where she is now, service design and organisational change, the importance of diversity within organisations and how her guests on Design Voices Elevated have navigated their own journeys. And we talk about her new book, The Design Leadership Chronicles.
== Show Links ==
== Marzia ==
Marzia’s personal site: https://marzia.studio
Marzia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marziaarico/
Design Mavericks: https://designmavericks.substack.com
Design Voices Elevated podcast: https://designmavericks.substack.com/podcast
Design Voices Elevated on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@marziastudio
The Design Leadership Chronicles book: https://www.bispublishers.com/design-leadership-chronicles.html
== Andy ==
Website: https://www.polaine.com
Newsletter: https://pln.me/nws
Podcast: https://pln.me/p10
Design Leadership Coaching: https://polaine.com/coaching
Courses: https://courses.polaine.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apolaine/
Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@apolaine
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@apolaine
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S4 Ep7: Julian Simpson: The life of a screenwriter and director
Power of Ten is a show about design operating at all levels of zoom, from thoughtful detail to changes in organisation, society and the world, hosted by design leadership coach, Andy Polaine.
Andy's guest in this episode is Julian Simpson, a London-based writer and director who has worked in film, TV and audio for the past 25 years. He made his directorial debut annoyingly young in his mid-20s with The Criminal and more recently worked on Spooks, New Tricks, Doctor Who and more. He created the Lovecraft Investigations, the Aldrich Kemp audio series and the Pleasant Green Universe. He runs a writer-led company called Storypunk and writes an excellent newsletter about the screenwriting life called, Development Hell.
== SHOW LINKS ==
== JULIAN ==
- Development Hell: https://developmenthell.substack.com
- Julian on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801065/
- Pleasant Green: https://www.pleasantgreen.co.uk
- The Lovecraft Investigations: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06spb8w
- Cartoon Gravity https://www.cartoongravity.com
- The Virtual Production of The Mandalorian Season One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUnxzVOs3rk
== ANDY ==
* Website: https://www.polaine.com
* Newsletter: https://pln.me/nws
* Podcast: https://pln.me/p10
* Design Leadership Coaching: https://polaine.com/coaching
* Courses: https://courses.polaine.com
* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apolaine/
* Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@apolaine
* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@apolaine
In the Power of Ten podcast, Andy Polaine talks to guests from a broad range of disciplines about the intersection of design, technology, psychology, organisations, culture and society. The show looks at how design operates at many levels and in many forms, from thoughtful detail through organisational transformation to the changes in society and the world.
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