Brave UX podcast
A podcast that explores the depths of UX research, design and product management
If you work in UX research, design or product management and you want to make the world better through the products and experiences that you’re creating, Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis is the podcast for you.
Through in-depth conversations with a diverse range of world-class leaders, Brave UX helps you to keep on top of the latest thinking on the important issues affecting the fields of UX research, design and product management.
Subscribe and go on a journey deep into topics that will inspire, inform, and also challenge you to think differently about what you do and, on occasion, who you are.
Recent episodes
Orchestrating Effective Research & Design
Clara Kliman-Silver shares how she brings together humour, people and cognitive psychology for research impact, and how teams can make the most of their design ecosystems.
View Orchestrating Effective Research & Design with Clara Kliman-SilverRadically Reinventing Design Recruitment
Hang Xu shares why he’s trying to make recruitment more ethical, how candidates can secure the best possible compensation, and what to watch out for when working with recruiters.
View Radically Reinventing Design Recruitment with Hang XuBuilding Bridges, ReOps and Presence
A’verria Martin shares her remarkable story of reinvention, the challenges of establishing a global ReOps practice, and how she’s making the ‘seat at the table’ her own.
View Building Bridges, ReOps and Presence with A’verria MartinDesigning a Culture of Safety
Alla Weinberg constructively unpacks unsafe workplace cultures, shares her thoughts on how we can change them, and why we should do just that.
View Designing a Culture of Safety with Alla WeinbergThe Harsh Reality of Startup Design
Jane Portman shares the twists and turns of becoming a founder, how it has changed her view on design’s value, and the role of writing in career success.
View The Harsh Reality of Startup Design with Jane PortmanEffecting Change in a Messy World
Wendy Johansson shares some of her leadership learnings, speaks frankly about the challenge of changing the status quo, and what she’s observed in the best designers.
View Effecting Change in a Messy World with Wendy JohanssonStrategically Designing for Goosebumps
Ronnie Battista shares why it’s important to be true to yourself, how designers can maintain their relevance, and what separates pretenders from innovators.
View Strategically Designing for Goosebumps with Ronnie BattistaCreating a Design-Integrated Organisation
Jon Fukuda illuminates the dark corners of enterprise DesignOps, reinforces the importance of connecting design to value, and shares what’s kept him consulting for nearly 20 years.
View Creating a Design-Integrated Organisation with Jon FukudaLeveraging the Business Value of Design
Satyam Kantamneni shares how he articulates the value of design, why design is a profession and not a skill, and why there’s no such thing as a UX/UI designer.
View Leveraging the Business Value of Design with Satyam KantamneniReflections on Executive Design Leadership
Irene Au shares some of the learnings from her stellar career, the early life experiences that have helped her to succeed, and the importance of sweating the right stuff.
View Reflections on Executive Design Leadership with Irene AuFinding and Using Your Active Voice
Sara Wachter-Boettcher inspires us through her actions, reminds us why it’s important to see shades of grey, and helps us to design the careers we actually want.
View Finding and Using Your Active Voice with Sara Wachter-BoettcherDesigning Your Way Up Mt. Business
Alastair Simpson shares how rejection fuels progress, the role design has played in transforming Dropbox’s work culture, and how to build effective executive-level influence.
View Designing Your Way Up Mt. Business with Alastair SimpsonInnovation, Executives and Humble Pie
Jeff Gothelf shares his experiences travelling with the circus, why humility is essential for innovation, and the role design plays in breaking through local maximums.
View Innovation, Executives and Humble Pie with Jeff GothelfDesigning Corporate Innovation
Shelley Evenson unpacks the challenges of designing for corporate innovation, the dark-side of design thinking, and how AI may help and hinder us.
View Designing Corporate Innovation with Shelley EvensonReflexive, Relatable and Respectful Research
Laith Ulaby shares his colourful journey from academia to applied, how frameworks articulate and influence thinking, and the role of power in practice.
View Reflexive, Relatable and Respectful Research with Laith UlabyYes, Stakeholders are Human Too
Tom Greever speaks to the heart of articulating design decisions, becoming someone worth following, and making yourself an influential force for good design.
View Yes, Stakeholders are Human Too with Tom GreeverWhen Good Democratisation Goes Bad
Noam Segal shares his experience working for the Israeli military, whether democratisation has been positive for UX, and the importance of telling a good story.
View When Good Democratisation Goes Bad with Noam SegalDesign Leadership is Poker not Chess
Andy Budd speaks frankly about designers’ limiting beliefs, the siren song of perfection, and how to start playing business better.
View Design Leadership is Poker not Chess with Andy BuddDesigning a Career in the Green Zone
Pete Sena shares his story of building a design agency from scratch, how he’s become a better person and leader along the way, and why each of us need to know our unique value.
View Designing a Career in the Green Zone with Pete SenaWe Should Actually Get Together
Kat Vellos shares with us why we need meaningful friendships, what we can do to design better ones, and how to safely navigate uncharted conversational waters.
View We Should Actually Get Together with Kat VellosMaking Technology Disappear
Jonas Rinde delves into designing tech that doesn’t feel technical, the challenge of product-market fit, and his relationship with risk and adventure.
View Making Technology Disappear with Jonas RindeBurning Down Design
Mike Monteiro sets fire to design orthodoxy, tech overlords, and his own Portuguese American history in this delightfully dark conversation.
View Burning Down Design with Mike MonteiroThe Insider's Guide to Design Recruitment
Julia DeBari shares her experience as a design recruiter, how to navigate compensation and benefits, and what to ask to work out if a role is right for you.
View The Insider's Guide to Design Recruitment with Julia DeBariUnleashing Your Creative Mindset
Hussain Almossawi explores the mindset and practices he’s successfully employed while designing products at some of the worlds most innovative companies.
View Unleashing Your Creative Mindset with Hussain AlmossawiDesigning with Big Ears
Jim Kalbach shares insights from jazz into collaboration, how experience maps help us navigate design, and why Jobs To Be Done deserves our attention.
View Designing with Big Ears with Jim KalbachMeet your host
Brendan Jarvis is an independent UX Researcher and the Managing Founder of The Space InBetween - New Zealand’s only specialist evaluative UX research practice and world-class human-centred research and innovation lab.
Through his practice, Brendan enables brave teams across the globe to de-risk product design, and equally brave leaders to shape and scale design culture.
Here on Brave UX he unpacks the stories, learnings and expert advice of world-class UX research, design and product management professionals.
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