EP100 Katja Forbes on Strength and Gumption

In this episode, we spoke with Katja Forbes Managing Director of Designit. Katja is the Managing Director of Designit ANZ, Director, she’s on the IxDA global board, one of 100 women of influence and in the top 10 female entrepreneurs in Australia. She's a specialist in research & experience design with the qualifications that go with it, she's an educator, mentor, coach, who gets genuinely excited when talking about being in 'the field' doing research and understanding how humans interact with technology. We spoke about the diverse career paths people take to get into user experience design and related fields, how tough and lonely it can be to be a sole director of a company, her love for co-design, coaching as a peer-to-peer relationship vs mentorship, what does happiness look like for you as a designer, AI, machine learning and how we as designers must design trust into these invisible decision makers and much more. This was a Flyn only episode, breaking the rules a little bit while Matt is away in the UK. Streamtime keeps ADR going, and we love them for it. Show them some love over at streamtime.net Links katjaforbes.com linkedin.com/in/katjaforbes instagram.com/designit_au instagram.com/katjaforbes IXDA ixda.org Jay Rogers – OG Founder of the IxDA Sydney chapter https://twitter.com/jbrogers Lego Play lego.com/en-us/seriousplay cio.co.nz/article/658066/katja-forbes-ai-going-test-your-organisation-trustworthiness Catherine Ryan linkedin.com/in/catryan Article about AI responses to Sexual Harassment https://qz.com/work/1151282/siri-and-alexa-are-under-fire-for-their-replies-to-sexual-harassment/