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Undisciplined By Design
by Aaron Bradley + Max Kemats
Undisciplined by Design features thought provoking conversations about innovation with business and creative leaders from across the country, sharing insights on human-centered approaches to innovation and the power of collaborating across disciplines and industries to create new and novel products, services, and systems. Host Aaron Bradley is an innovation leader and professor at the University of Cincinnati where he leads innovation and strategy projects in collaboration with transdisciplinary student teams and corporate partners from a variety of industry sectors.
Episodes
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The Human Side of Health Tech w/ YC Sun, IDEO | Undisciplined by Design S3E7
In this episode of Undisciplined By Design, we sit down with YC Sun, Senior Portfolio Director of Healthcare at IDEO, to explore the human side of health tech and what it takes to design technology around real human needs.YC shares how work spanning digital health, medical devices, behavioral...
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Agency in an Uncertain World w/ Lisa Kay Solomon
In this episode of Undisciplined By Design, Aaron Bradley sits down with Lisa K. Solomon, Futurist in Residence for the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University (the d.school), to explore how design, foresight, and imagination can help people feel more agency in uncertain times....
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Foresight as an Innovation Practice w/Institute for the Future
We sit down with Lyn Jeffrey of Institute for the Future to unpack why foresight is becoming a must-have skill in a world defined by uncertainty. From spotting subtle signals of change in everyday life to rethinking how innovation actually happens, this conversation challenges the idea that the...
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Riding the Edge of Innovation w/Ibis Cycles
Hans Heim and Roxy Lo of Ibis Cycles explore the delicate balance between driving innovation to stay ahead of trends while staying grounded in what customers are actually ready for – the MAYA principle of “Most Advanced Yet Acceptable”. We also discuss the value of thoughtful, deliberate risks…
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Inside the Early Days of IDEO w/ Dennis Boyle
Today we’re joined by Dennis Boyle, Partner Emeritus and one of the original founders of groundbreaking design and innovation consultancy IDEO. In this unprecedented look at the story behind some of the most significant innovations of our modern era, Dennis shares insights from the early days of...
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Biomimicry & Sustainable Business Strategy w/ Lauren Meadow
In today's episode Lauren Meadow, Principal Strategist at Forum for the Future, explains how plants, animals, and systems in nature can translate to innovation opportunities for products, services, and human-designed systems. We'll also discuss why moving toward sustainable products and practices...
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Navigating Uncertain Times w/Ryan Baum
Season 3 opens with Ryan Baum, partner at Jump Associates, a Silicon Valley based consultancy that regularly advises Fortune 100 companies on large-scale innovation projects and strategy. Ryan highlights the importance of keeping a future-focused mindset in times of uncertainty, and offers...
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The "Power" of Incremental Innovation
In part 2 of our conversation with Fortune 150 Duke Energy Design Strategy Lead Ben Kimmerle, Ben discusses the importance of taking an incremental approach to innovation and staying agile when leading change in large organizations and industries where moving fast and breaking things isn't an...
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How Design "Powers" Innovation at Duke Energy
Today's episode is part 1 of our 2 part conversation with Fortune 150 energy company Duke Energy Design Strategy Lead Ben Kimmerle. Ben shares insights on bringing a designer's approach to innovating in a field where user experience and customer journeys are not the norm. He'll also share stories...
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Looking Back to the Future of Human-Computer Interaction
In today's episode, futurist and innovation pioneer Michael Arent discusses his 40+ year career working at the forefront of human-computer interaction and innovation. Michael led innovation and design teams at companies like Apple and Sun Microsystems at a time when technology was evolving faster...
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The Science of Marketing Disruptive Products
This episode features the marketing mind behind some of today’s most disruptive companies, including Impossible Foods and 23&Me. Silicon Valley-based product marketer Christa Olsen shares her perspective on taking a human centered approach to product marketing and why asking questions like “just...
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How Microsoft Leverages Field Observations and Storytelling to Drive Innovation
Today's episode features Marshal Pursley, Director of the Technical Specialist Team at Microsoft. He shares insights and stories on the power of field observations and starting with human behaviors when innovating in the tech space. We also learn more about the 4 P’s of effective storytelling.
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How Instagram's Design Leaders Invite Co-Creation and Digital Expression
Today's episode goes deep with senior design leaders at Instagram, sharing insights on the power of translating physical habits and behaviors to digital platforms and features. We’ll also discuss Instagram’s approach to inviting users into the co-creation of product features, and giving people…
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Rokus, Owalas, and Robot Massages
Today's guest is Dan Harden, visionary designer, inventor, and the CEO and founder of Whipsaw - a design and strategy consultancy with over 700 patents and 1,000 projects to their name - including the Owala FreeSip, Nike FuelBand, and Google's Chromecast. Dan shares insights from his 25+ year...
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The Future of Cities is Human Centered
Today's episode discusses the concept of facilitative leadership as a tool to bring out the best in cross disciplinary teams, and insights on taking a human-centered approach to planning cities of the future. Our guest Daniel Iacofano is the CEO, Founder, and President of MIG - a global firm with...
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Systems, Worlds, and Iconic Identities
Our 2025 opener features design leader Joe Stizlein, Executive Director of Silicon-Valley based Stitzlein Studios. Over his 30 year industry-spanning career, Joe’s built global design studios for Google and Nike, spearheaded the design identity for Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move program, and…
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Becoming Purpose Driven
Today’s episode features part 2 of our conversation with Silicon Valley based Jump Associates, the world’s leading independent strategy and innovation firm. Director of Strategy Michael Fazio and Senior Innovation Strategist Ameila Carpenter discuss what it means to be a purpose driven company…
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Becoming Future Focused
For the Season 2 opener, we visit Silicon Valley based Jump Associates, the world’s leading independent strategy and innovation firm. We’ll chat with Director of Strategy Michael Fazio and Senior Innovation Associate Ameila Carpenter about the importance of being a future focused company, how to...
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Undisciplined by DNA
In today’s episode we continue our conversation Paul Hatch, former CEO of product development consultancy Teams Design. We’ll dig into Paul’s insights on developing the DNA of a cross-disciplinary team, and the power of leveraging people’s innate abilities to unlock full potential.
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Democratizing Design and the Rebirth of Expertise
Paul Hatch, multi-disciplinary design expert and former CEO of globally recognized Teams design, shares wisdom from more than 20 years of experience leading cross-disciplinary teams and driving innovation through design. Part 1 of this 2 episode interview includes topics like the "rebirth" of...
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The Evolution of Craft and Human Connection
In today’s episode we’ll talk with Hector Ariza, Global Design Director with Kimberly-Clark. Hector shares his perspective on the significance of developing your craft, and the evolution of design thinking approaches from more than 2 decades of leading global design teams for consumer products…
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"Design" Solves Business Problems (?)
In today’s episode we’ll chat with a team of design researchers from Doblin, a Chicago-based consultancy that works at the intersection of human-centered design, research, and business strategy. They’ll share insights on using design processes to solve business problems, and the journey of…
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Don't Stay in Your Lane
In today’s episode we continue our conversation with Simon King and Kelly Bjork of IDEO, where we’ll chat about the power of bringing discipline-specific expertise to collaborative environments where “staying in your lane” isn’t an option, and the value of inviting clients into the design process...
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Post Disciplinary Teaming and Critique at IDEO
This episode is part 1 of a conversation with Simon King and Kelly Bjork, design directors at IDEO's Chicago studio. In this episode we'll explore how IDEO leverages a "post-disciplinary" approach to building teams and solving creative challenges, and the importance of using internal critique at...
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Blurred Lines: Designer, Engineer, or One In The Same...?
In this episode we talk with Dave Seal, Design Director of Chicago-based design and innovation consultancy MINIMAL, about the nuances of truly blurring discipline lines when using design to solve problems, and even challenge some traditional definitions and parameters of what it means to be a...
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From Producer to Leader, and Unexpected Inspiration
This episode is part 2 of a conversation with Sam Amis, former Nike footwear and "innovation kitchen" designer and Director of Product Design at The James Brand, and Malcolm Lee, SVP of Financial Center Design at Bank of America. Sam and Malcom each have more than a decade of experience…
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Design Career Pivots and Progressions
Today's episode features Sam Amis, former Nike footwear and "innovation kitchen" designer and Director of Product Design at The James Brand, and Malcolm Lee, SVP of Financial Center Design at Bank of America. Sam and Malcom each have more than a decade of experience progressing their careers...
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Recruiting, Reflection, and Emotional Fruit
In this episode creative and strategic talent recruiter Liz Connelly talks about the importance of hustle and grit when building a creative career, and the beauty of non-traditional career paths in design. Liz also gives us an insider’s guide to how recruiters evaluate creative talent. This…
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The Genius of Outliers (and Zebra Sneakers)
In this episode veteran footwear recruiter Andy Shearer, the Director of Talent Acquisition at KEEN Footwear and former creative recruiter at both Adidas and Nike, shares memorable stories of discovering creative talent in unexpected places by celebrating the genius of outliers in the creative...
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Shifting from "Designer" to Strategic Creative Consultant
In this episode we discuss the importance of keeping the end user in mind for ALL design projects, regardless of scale or type, and the nuances of evolving from project-based work with specific design deliverables to strategic consulting with design principles at the core of creative solutions.…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Undisciplined by Design features thought provoking conversations about innovation with business and creative leaders from across the country, sharing insights on human-centered approaches to innovation and the power of collaborating across disciplines and industries to create new and novel products, services, and systems. Host Aaron Bradley is an innovation leader and professor at the University of Cincinnati where he leads innovation and strategy projects in collaboration with transdisciplinary student teams and corporate partners from a variety of industry sectors.
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Aaron Bradley + Max Kemats
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