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

Based on our experiences of learning, executing and teaching, we cover-

1. Mental models
2. Gulf of Evaluation and Execution
3. Banner overload
4. Gestalt principles

A big shout out to Nielsen Norman Group for their insightful content.

Exciting Workshop coming up March 22nd, 2023:

Unlock the secrets of user psychology and revolutionize the way you approach your design process. Introducing our upcoming hands-on workshop on User Psychology, designed to help you understand your users better and make informed design decisions.

During the workshop, you will participate in interactive sessions and hands-on exercises, allowing you to apply the concepts you learn in real-world scenarios. By the end of the workshop, you will have a deep understanding of how users think and make decisions, and how you can leverage this knowledge to get buy in from the business team by increasing sales and driving customer loyalty.

Register for our workshop today and take the first step towards becoming a user psychology expert. Seats are limited, so secure your spot now and gain a competitive edge in your industry!

We also promised a few resources, here they are-

• Growth Design
• Gulf of Evaluation and execution
• Gestalt Principles
• User Psychology Study Guide

In this episode, we'll be having an exploratory dialogue and sharing experiences on what success means for designers in the product design field. We all know that success can have different meanings for different people, and it's important to understand that our personal values play a big role in determining our idea of success. Society also imposes certain images of success on us, such as social recognition or monetary gain, but it's only relevant if that's what you value the most. Whether you're a student, a professional, or a freelancer, this episode will give you valuable insights on what success means for product designers.

Show notes

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[09:12] The future of the Human experience 

[10:20] As a designer, do you know your values?

In this episode, Ashima and Heba discuss the progression of human-centered design and how the shift in human attitudes and behaviors is changing experience design today. Whether it is designing products, services, or experiences of the future, all these spaces are becoming more influenced by emerging social and economic movements that, in turn, change human behavior and goal. By referencing design theories and potential trends, it becomes clear that design is no longer an afterthought but critical to surviving and adapting to upcoming transformations.

Further readings
Pine and Gilmore, The Experience Economy, Updated Edition
Klaus Krippendorff, A Trajectory of Artificiality and New Principles of Design for the Information Age

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In this episode, Ashima and Heba continue their chat on the economic and technological factors that led to the rise in UX bootcamps. They also touch on the Golden Age of Design, work cultures, and what it takes to become THAT designer. How to plan for that career trajectory and what aspects many designers fall short in. If you haven’t listened to the first episode in this mini series, we encourage you to do so.

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In the first episode of our mini-series: The UX Career Guide, Ashima and Heba walk you through different ways one could become a UX designer. They discuss the differences between the bootcamps and school programs and share thought-provoking questions that many students or aspiring UX designers are likely to miss during their transitioning journey. From the experiences they both cultivated working in tech around the world, they bring you insider knowledge to set you up for success.

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