Empathy Explorers Podcast
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -Exploring ways to pursue your passion. In the Empathy Explorers Podcast you'll hear conversations with people who are on that same journey. Interesting guests from different fields share the blueprint to their journey. Dive deeply into the habits and goals the fellow Explorers share with us. Let's make it actionable and practical!
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#8: Moving from the Aviation Industry to UX - With Christian Korff (@ckorffux)
May 20, 2021 05:03 - 1 hour - 148 MBIn this episode Christian Korff joins the show to talk about his career path and the ability to change industries you work for. Christian worked for the Aviation Industry and eventually became a UX manager at E-Pages. You'll learn about the difficulties in the Aviation Industry and the important part of testing your software. We also talk about the ways he was able to use that knowledge in his current job. It's an exciting transformation and shows the possibilities of career paths you can ta...
#7: Growing a Creative Agency as a couple | Ashley Phillips & Miro LaFlaga (@sixcinquieme)
February 22, 2021 06:29 - 1 hour - 143 MBIn this episode Ashley Phillips and Miro LaFlaga join the show to talk about their creative journey. The couple started a creative agency years ago and we unravel the start and the steps it took to create Six Cinquieme (@sixcinquieme). Their character traits make a great combination as well as the foundation of their relationship. As a couple they have been able to grow the agency in numbers as well as exposure. They’ve been on an episode of The Futur, probably the biggest creative agency on...
#6 Full time remote work across the globe - With Shpetim Ujkani (@ShpetimUjkani)
January 11, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBThe sixth episode of the Empathy Explorers Podcast This episode is all about remote work, productivity and mentoring. Shpetim Ujkani reached out to have a chat and here we are. Shpetim is a product designer who works remotely for Givery, a Japanese Company. He has been working remotely from Kosovo for almost 10 years now. In our conversation he shares how he connected with companies all over the world, and how he’s able to get a job full time at those companies. Full time remote work is not...
#5 - Answering your questions!
November 06, 2020 06:30 - 35 minutes - 80.9 MBWhat are tips for people starting out in UX Design? How can you speed up your design process? What F1 race would you watch live? -- A lot of different questions. This episode is full of it. Last few weeks you were able to send in questions for me to answer. There was a lot of variety in the types of questions, but I was able to segment them in a few different categories. I also do some recommendations during the episode and those are all listed in the description, in case you're inte...
#4: Learning from failures and growing a Twitter Community - With Doug Collins (@DougCollinsUX)
September 11, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBIn episode 004 Doug Collins joins the show. Doug is an UX Designer, worked at multiple companies across different roles, and once saw the importance of User Experience Design and completely dove into that. Doug shares how he got to that point. He had to learn a lot from the failures that crossed his path but found a way to keep going. Doug now has a big design community on Twitter (25.000 followers by the time of writing). We discuss what works for him on the platform, how he keeps his follo...
#3: Coaching & Mentoring as a designer - With Helena Bukovac (@buttondujour)
August 05, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 154 MBWelcome back! It's been a while but I'm happy to resume the Empathy Explorers podcast with a new episode. Helena Bukovac joins the conversation as we discuss topics that involve coaching and mentoring, business conferences, the importance of a passion project and much more. Helena lives in Croatia and is a teacher at Algebra University, coaches students on Springboard and Design Lab, while also working at an agency (Emondo). How she is able to manage all that, is one of the first questions t...
#2: User Research & Design Systems - With Helena Zrinski (@ux.effects)
May 26, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 145 MBIn this episode I talk to a fellow designer and she is from Croatia. Helena Zrinski started her Instagram in October of last year and has seen quite a lot of growth in engagement. We cover the content she makes, what drives her to do Instagram posts and the Design Systems she reviews. Helena shares the books that gave her the best UX insights (psssh: She also has a couple of post about those books on here Instagram). An episode with some tips to start off your Instagram journey. Enjoy the ep...
#1: Managing your time as a designer - With Anzor Abazov (@sevenxdesign)
April 26, 2020 08:40 - 1 hour - 137 MBIn this episode I have a pleasant conversation with a fellow UX Designer. His name is Anzor Abazov and he is from Russia. We cover a lot of different topics in this episode. Anzor had a post that went viral and I really want to dive deeper in what his thoughts were at that time and how to follow up on a viral post. We look at the differences between Russia and the Netherlands for the creative space and talk about his time management regarding freelance work, agency work and his last year in ...