Designers who harbor authentic values reach their goals and create more effortlessly. We walk through our journeys as design students, employees, and business owners as we uncover how our values changed with different stages of our lives and careers. In this episode, you will learn about values and their importance for career decision-making. In today's world, we find ourselves in a position where we need to put awareness and energy into being our authentic selves, surrounding ourselves with people of similar values. We share many stories and examples to help you understand how values impact your personal and professional identity. Leaving you with an exercise to examine and identify your own values. This exercise can help you with the following:

• Find a job that is the right fit for you.
• Choose a career based on your strengths and character.
• Transition into new careers and the real world.
• Develop soft skills to navigate the social and human aspects of the job
• Allow you to become more resilient and confident

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In this episode, we're covering the much debated topic--Ethics in Product Design.

• Our experiences with dealing with ethical dilemmas as UX designers
• Who is responsible for keeping the process and product ethical?- is it just designers?
• What drives these decisions?
• Ethics and Chat GPT

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Show notes + resources:

[08:06] Design Ethically Framework

[13:59] The Social Dilemma Film

[18:14] The Values Episode

[20:50] What are Dark Patterns in UX?

[27:38] ⁠The Design Maturity Episode

[30:30] Dall - E and Ethics

Understating design maturity is crucial if you are a designer or designer manager joining a company. It has even more significance if you are a founder who’s building a start-up on a product. In this episode, we are covering some of the recent views and models created around design maturity by industry leaders as well as give you pointers on how to utilize these insights in your next job search or hiring process.

Show notes:

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[11:10] The 6 Levels of UX Maturity by Nelson Group

[13:09] The New Design Frontier by InVision