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If you want to make sustainable change, you have to dive deeper into the organization. Leisa Reichelt, opening keynote speaker at #DesignOps Summit 2018, shares how she built and lead user research teams for the Australian and UK governments and how she’s continuing her work at Atlassian as Head of Research and Insights.

How do you build an enterprise design organization from the top down, and turn design thinking into design doing? Lou chats with Doug Powell, Design Principal and Program Director of Education & Activation at IBM, about the challenges of bringing design ideas to life within a global organization. He also gives a sneak peek of his upcoming keynote talk at the 2018 Design Ops Summit. Follow Doug Powell on Twitter: https://twitter.com/douglaspowell1 Joins us at the 2018 DesignOps Summit: https://designopssummit.com

What does sociology and the study of technology have to do with DesignOps? Everything! Lou sits down with Jacqui Frey, Director of Design Operations at MailChimp, to discuss her upcoming talk at the 2018 DesignOps Summit and why studying technology’s interconnectedness relates to all aspects of DesignOps. Reading recommendations from Jacqui: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown Joins us at the 2019 DesignOps Summit: https://designopssummit.com

How do you build an ontology? Lou talks with Carol Smith, about the challenges of developing an artificial intelligence ontology, and how information architects can and must play a role in technologies that use artificial intelligence. Follow Carol Smith on Twitter: https://twitter.com/carologic Reading recommendations: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/designing-agentive-technology/

Lou talks with Carl Smith, Owner at Bureau of Digital, about the challenges of curating the right content to make design and UX conferences successful for both the owners and the attendees. Connect with the Bureau of Digital’s community: https://bureauofdigital.com Follow Carl Smith on Twitter: https://twitter.com/carlsmith Join us at our second DesignOps Summit this November: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/designopssummit2018/

Engineers are very familiar with the term technical debt—but what about design debt? Lou talks with Audrey Crane, Partner at DesignMap, about why, if you’re always learning, design debt is a good and necessary thing. Follow Audrey Crane on Twitter: https://twitter.com/audcrane Joins us at the 2018 DesignOps Summit: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/designopssummit2018

How can startups employ good design practices from the beginning? Lou talks with Irene Au, Design Partner at Khosla Ventures, about her work with setting up companies with robust design practices, and why user research is an investment every company should make. Irene’s Reading Recommendation: https://www.subtraction.com/2018/04/02/in-defense-of-design-thinking-which-is-terrible/ Follow Irene Au on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ireneau Join us at our second DesignOps Summit this November: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/designopssummit2018/

What does it really take for an organization to embrace UX design as the foundation of creating products? Lou talks with UX guru and co-founder of the UX design school Center Centre Jared Spool about the paths organizations take to reach the UX tipping point. Follow Jared Spool on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmspool Get your ticket for our virtual conference, The Business Case for Design: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/business-case-for-design/

Holistic design is a term being thrown around, but what does it really entail? Listen as Lou talks with Kerry Bodine, customer experience expert and founder of Kerry Bodine & Co. and author of Outside In, as they discuss how UX designers can benefit by using service design as a framework to create product and customer journeys. Follow Kerry Bodine on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerrybodine Get your ticket for our virtual conference, The Business Case for Design: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/business-case-for-design/

Dave Malouf has worked with Rosenfeld Media to curate our EUX program, but did you know that he’s also active in the DesignOps movement? Lou sat down with Dave to talk about the emerging framework of DesignOps, and how it’s more than just design combined with operations. If you want to get in on the ground floor of defining DesignOps, join us at the next DesignOps Summit: http://www.designopssummit.com Follow Dave Malouf on Twitter: https://twitter.com/daveixd Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia

What are the hidden side effects of the digital products and services you make? Author and design consultant Jorge Arango shares why it's important to create products as digital places. Hear how you can intentionally reframe your digital products to create with deeper intent and meaning for users–and society as a whole. Follow Jorge Arango on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jarango Buy a copy of Living in Information: Responsible Design for Digital Places: https://rfld.me/2rN8HCL

Pressure keeps mounting for designers to be more than just designers. What can you do if you find yourself serving as the intermediary between different departments? Dan Brown talks with Lou about his workshop Facilitation for Designers and shares the habits, behaviors, and techniques you can bring into your own practice. Sign-up for Dan’s workshop, Facilitation for Designers, at Enterprise UX 2018: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/eux2018/sessions/facilitation-for-designers/ Follow Dan Brown on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brownorama

As an organization and its products expand, so do the complexities of making sure that that there’s a consistent user experience. How do you accomplish that across multiple teams and locations? Lou talks with Nathan Curtis of EightShapes about his workshop at Enterprise UX 2018, Scalable Design Systems, and how having a design framework bridges the gap between teams and creates a cohesive customer experience. Follow Nathan Curtis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nathanacurtis

What happens when you take apart the individual pieces that make up the design of your organization? And, more importantly, how do you make it better? That’s where Organizational Design comes into play. Lou chats with Adam Connor, VP of Organizational Design at Mad*Pow and author, about his upcoming workshop at Enterprise UX 2018, Transformation by Design. Transform your enterprise at Enterprise UX 2018: http://enterpriseux.net/ Follow Adam Connor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamconnor Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia

Designing the experience for customers to move through all of your touchpoints has gotten more complex: from your call center through your website, app, email, social media, on-the-ground store...the list goes on. Lou chats with authors Chris Risdon & Patrick Quattlebaum about their latest book, Orchestrating Experiences. Learn how you can collaborate differently across your teams to design a consistent experience that meets customers where they are. Follow Chris Risdon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisRisdon Follow Patrick Quattlebaum on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ptquattlebaum Get your copy of Orchestrating Experiences: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/orchestrating-experiences/

Enterprises present complex challenges for designers and, really, everyone in a large org. Lou talks with Dick Buchanan about his pioneering work around the “fourth order of design,” and how design and systems thinking are related. Learn why Richard believes enterprises are the ultimate design challenge. Join Dick at Enterprise UX 2018: http://enterpriseux.net/ Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia

Big data is getting its fifteen minutes of fame - but where does qualitative data fit in, if at all? Lou talked with Tricia Wang, co-founder of Sudden Compass, about the importance of integrating qualitative and quantitative data, and why the only way to successfully scale an enterprise org is to bring back the human element. Tricia is our Scale theme leader at Enterprise UX 2018 Conference and introduces the lineup of speakers. Follow Tricia Wang on Twitter: https://twitter.com/triciawang Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia

Everyone has a story to tell, and UX practitioners are no exception. Lou talked with seasoned UX consultant Dan Willis about his role as the Storytelling Curator at the Enterprise UX Conference. Dan discusses the process that speakers go through to join the pantheon of past Enterprise UX Conference Storytellers - and how you can be part of this amazing tradition. Apply to be a Storyteller at this year’s Enterprise UX: https://rfld.me/EUX2018story Follow Dan Willis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/uxcrank Follow Rosenfeld Media: https://twitter.com/rosenfeldmedia

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