This week’s episode of Inside Deloitte Studios is our season 6 finale, and in true IDS fashion, we are going out with a bang! Tune in to listen to the adventures of Studio Lead/Content Strategy Director Rachel Whitt—which include starting a men’s underwear brand, traveling the globe as a kid and with her kids in the future, and finding passions in creative problem solving in and out of the workplace.

Timestamps:

• Launching a men's underwear company. | 01:11.2
• Were you comfortable in an entrepreneur environment? | 08:08.1
• Would you start a company again? | 14:06.1
• What role does travel play in your life? | 15:15.1
• Traveling tradition in the family. | 25:18.5
• Where did you grow up? | 26:58.4
• How did your father go from immigrant to hollywoord? | 29:12.6
• Why did you want to be a cop at one point? | 35:46.5
• Tell me about the problem solving you experience in your role? | 39:40.9
• What has been a major theme in your career? | 41:03.6
• Nelson's two questions. | 44:14.5

This week’s guest—Kaitlyn Kuzcer, Digital Reality Manager—went from flying stand-by across the globe with her Air Force pilot parents to, mid-college, switching her intended career path from becoming a doctor to trailblazing the future of engagement with virtual and augmented reality technology. Nelson and Kaitlyn talk about Colorado outdoor adventure life, martial arts, and the drive to discover the most innovative digital reality creative solutions this high-flying episode you won’t want to miss!

Timestamps:

• Are you from Colorado? | 02:50.2
• How did you get started in the outdoors? | 03:36.1
• How was traveling as a kid? | 06:07.3
• What was your mother's impression of being one of the first 100 female pilots for the Air Force? | 08:34.3
• What was your inclination to pre-med? | 11:57.5
• How did you end up falling into Tech? | 14:18.3
• Discussion on the discomfort of new technology. | 18:10.6
• Discussion on VR and a new medium. | 22:06.9
• What do you do to disconnect? | 32:40.1
• How did you get into Kung-Fu? | 33:34.4
• Nelson's two questions. | 45:32.9

Let’s connect the dots. What do innovative digital user design, marathon running, traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu, and lightsaber/beehive/dirtball building all have in common? They are just a few aspects of the life and creative journey of IDS’s guest this week, Creative Director Fritz Duggan. Tune in for this episode filled with inspiration in unexpected places and empathetic thinking to make impactful design.

Timestamps:

• Where are you from? | 02:06.4
• What is your relationship to sport? | 03:44.0
• Tell me about your martial art experience. | 12:41.4
• How does your martial art discipline translate to your creative work? | 16:37.2
• When did creativity become a thing for you? | 21:16.4
• How did you transition to leading some of our biggest UX projects? | 27:32.5
• How do you present UX to a client? | 30:18.3
• Do you have a need for an analog outlet after working on so many digital products? | 36:39.9
• Nelson's two questions. | 45:50.6