Rosenfeld Review Podcast

The Evolution of Joint Futures Conference with Producer Angelos Arnis

In this episode of the Rosenfeld Review, Lou and Angelos Arnis, Producer of the Joint Futures Conference in Helsinki, Finland (September 2-5, 2019), discuss the evolving landscape of design professionals’ needs, and how the Joint Futures Conference has changed to suit them.
Rosenfeld Media is pleased to partner with Joint Futures this year to offer four full-day workshops on September 5, 2019.
For more about the workshops: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/public-workshops/helsinki-ux-workshops/
For more about Angelos: www.Arn.is
Follow Angelos on twitter: www.twitter.com/angelosarnis

Preparing Industry-Ready Designers at the Center Centre with Jessica Ivins

Jessica Ivins is a UX designer and facilitator at the Center Centre in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In this episode of the Rosenfeld Review, Jessica discusses the methods and philosophy employed by the Center Centre to produce industry-ready designers.
She shares the story of how, after speaking with hiring managers in the industry, co-founders Leslie Jensen-Inman and Jared M. Spool saw a need for an educational program that prepares designers to enter the workforce and start contributing from Day One with minimal onboarding. The Center Centre achieves this by offering a full-time two year program that more closely resembles a workplace experience than a traditional school. Students work on real world projects from large companies that span 3-5 months, and graduate with a portfolio of real world experience.
More about the Center Centre: http://centercentre.com/about

Scaling Knowledge: Matt Duignan on Microsoft’s Human Insight System

Matt Duignan manages HITS—Microsoft’s Human Insight System, a web-based platform that captures market and data science insights, serving as a cross disciplinary database. He chats with Lou about how his team democratizes the process of arriving at new insights by offering access to researchers’ knowledge and data from different silos across the whole company. He also touches on the challenges of making such a system work in the absence of a cultural commitment to curation, and getting disparate teams to remember that they aren’t only researching for their own departments, but for the benefit of others as well.
Learn more in “Skip User Research Unless You’re Doing It Right — Seriously” on Medium: https://medium.com/microsoft-design/skip-user-research-unless-youre-doing-it-right-seriously-15494e5ee033

More is Not Better: Creating a Content Framework with Kristina Halvorson

Kristina Halvorson is the author of Content Strategy for the Web and producer of the Confab Conference, presented by her Minneapolis-based company Brain Traffic. In this episode of Rosenfeld Review, she discusses the best ways to deal with content chaos, navigate the changing nature of conferences (spoiler: they’re not dying!), and more.
Kristina’s content framework, Brain Traffic’s Content Strategy Quad: https://www.braintraffic.com/blog/new-thinking-brain-traffics-content-strategy-quad

The Impact of UI: Predicting the Next Big Thing with Google’s Luke Wroblewski

Luke Wroblewski, Product Director at Google (and author of Rosenfeld Media book Web Form Design), discusses his perspective on how better user interface design can make a huge impact. With a degree in graphic design and experience teaching at the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, he brings a range of experiences and perspectives to the problem of how a design craftsperson can become more strategic and have a bigger impact. Finally, he shares what’s on the horizon - the next “web form design” to be solved.
More about Luke: www.lukew.com

Solving Big Problems: Examining the Value of Creativity and Diversity with #EX19 Curator Dave Sifry

Dave Sifry is one of our curators for this year’s Enterprise Experience 2019 Conference – the 5th edition, which will be more focused on cross-functional collaboration. Dave brings a background in computer science, has launched and advised an impressive variety of startups, and now works in the Bay Area with a focus on organizational design.
After getting a computer at the age of 9, Dave realized he was hooked on programming, and the joy of figuring out problems to help create solutions for products and companies. After founding several companies and learning from both mistakes and failures, Dave shares the insights he gained from those experiences. From how creativity in an institution can create more innovation company-wide, to the importance of team diversity, Dave brings a wide range of perspectives to this year’s conference curation team.
Follow Dave on Twitter @dsifry ‏
More about Dave: www.sifry.com

Creativity, Curiosity, and Customer Success: Talking with #EX2019 Curator Ellie Wu

Ellie Wu, Senior Director of Customer Experience Transformation at SAP Concur, chats with Lou about what exactly “customer success” means, her work with TedX SeattleWomen, and her contributions to this year’s reimagined program for June’s Enterprise Experience conference.
What Ellie’s reading: James Clear, Atomic Habits
More about TedXSeattleWomen: http://tedxseattle.com/events/tedxseattlewomen/
Attend Enterprise Experience: www.rosenfeldmedia.com/enterprise2019

#metoo and the IA Community: Karen McGrane and Lou Rosenfeld Confront a Difficult Topic

In this episode of the Rosenfeld Review, Karen McGrane and Lou address the growing concerns over sexual harassment at the IA Conference and other industry events. Karen and Lou explore the #metoo movement's impact on the industry and what steps we can all take to address what’s happening.
Learn more about Karen McGrane: http://karenmcgrane.com/