Outsiders In Design - with Ryan Rumsey
How to find belonging
Episode 56 of the UX Cake podcast, hosted by Leigh Allen-Arredondo, titled "Outsiders In Design - with Ryan Rumsey" was published on January 4, 2023 and runs 49 minutes.
January 4, 2023 ·49m · UX Cake
Summary
In this episode I’m talking with Ryan Rumsey about feeling like an outsider in design,the very human need to belong, and some of the affects that feeling like an outsider can create in our lives and in our careers. Find out how we’ve overcome feeling like outsiders, and what we’ve done to find community. My guest Ryan Rumsey is author of Business Thinking for Designers and CEO of Second Wave Dive and the Chief Design Officers school. Before founding Second Wave Dive, Ryan worked for over 20 years as a designer and executive at Apple, Electronic Arts, USAA, Nestlé, and Comcast. Ryan has a plethora of experience and titles in design, and yet, as we discuss, those things aren’t what we need to combat the feeling of being an outsider, or to create a feeling of belonging. —-Grab your FREE PDF download of Ryan’s book: Business Thinking for Designers by Ryan Rumsey https://www.secondwavedive.com/bookLearn more about Ryan Rumsey's Chief Design Officer School:https://thecdo.school/Other resources:Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider Worldhttps://amzn.to/3iwyU5qOriginals: How Nonconformists Rule The Worldhttps://amzn.to/3VwwyT2Follow along Leigh’s upcoming workshops & programs:www.strategicuxleader.comwww.uxcake.coSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/uxcake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
In this episode I’m talking with Ryan Rumsey about feeling like an outsider in design,
the very human need to belong, and some of the affects that feeling like an outsider can create in our lives and in our careers. Find out how we’ve overcome feeling like outsiders, and what we’ve done to find community.
My guest Ryan Rumsey is author of Business Thinking for Designers and CEO of Second Wave Dive and the Chief Design Officers school. Before founding Second Wave Dive, Ryan worked for over 20 years as a designer and executive at Apple, Electronic Arts, USAA, Nestlé, and Comcast. Ryan has a plethora of experience and titles in design, and yet, as we discuss, those things aren’t what we need to combat the feeling of being an outsider, or to create a feeling of belonging.
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Grab your FREE PDF download of Ryan’s book:
Business Thinking for Designers by Ryan Rumsey
https://www.secondwavedive.com/book
Learn more about Ryan Rumsey's Chief Design Officer School:
https://thecdo.school/
Other resources:
Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World
Originals: How Nonconformists Rule The World
Follow along Leigh’s upcoming workshops & programs:
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/uxcake.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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