Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis 🇺🇦

Brendan Jarvis - Saying Goodbye to Brave UX

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After 5 years and 171 episodes, Brave UX is coming to a close. In this final monologue, Brendan Jarvis reflects on how the podcast began, what it beca...

Wolfgang Bremer - Trust, Teams, and Tangible Impact

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wolfgang Bremer shares a candid look at design leadership, the weight of trust, and why real impact goes far beyond pixels 🚀 — revealing how humi...

Aryn Korpalski - Keeping Research Human

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Aryn Korpalski reminds us that research is as much about human connection 🤝 as it is about data—and why hospitality, curiosity, and thoughtful se...

Changying (Z) Zheng - Connecting Teams Through Ops

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Changying (Z) Zheng brings calm thinking to DesignOps — showing how clarity, storytelling, and ruthless prioritisation help design teams thrive .  ...

Jake Burghardt - Stop Wasting Research

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jake Burghardt explores why so much research goes unused , why timing matters more than tools , and how to transform insights into real impact for tea...

Ehab Bandar - Designing a Life of Creative Freedom

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ehab Bandar shares why creative freedom, curiosity, and human connection matter more than ever in design — exploring how resilience, adaptability, ...

Chetana Deorah - From Silicon Valley to Soulful Design

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chetana Deorah explores what it means to step off the career treadmill , rediscover creativity beyond metrics , and build a life rooted in connection,...

Thomas Girard – Finding Creativity in Unexpected Places

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Thomas Girard brings a thoughtful lens to design, creativity, and resilience 🌍 — sharing why processes matter 🧠, and how the quiet work of ref...

Theresa Neil – Designing Healthcare That Actually Cares

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Theresa Neil is reshaping the future of healthcare 🚀, challenging outdated systems 🧠, and championing women’s health innovation when it’s ne...

Jennifer Speciale – Designing the Career You Actually Want

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Speciale helps leaders rewrite the rules of career growth 🚀, redefine executive presence 🧠, and build unapologetic clarity in an uncert...

Dave Hoffer – Empathy, Courage, and the Future of Design

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Hoffer shares why design demands empathy 🧠, courage 🛡️, and long-term thinking 🌱—and how amplifying others can transform leadership ...

Josephine Wong – Making Meaningful Work

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Josephine Wong challenges us to design with intention, build cultures that care, and recognise the quiet power of everyday interactions to create trul...

Roberta Dombrowski – Redefining Leadership and Thriving at Work

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Roberta Dombrowski invites us to rethink success, tune into our intuition, and lead with intention —sharing how mindfulness, healing, and self-compa...

Gloria Osardu - Slowing Down to See the System

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gloria Osardu urges researchers to slow down, understand the business, and partner with intention—sharing why empathy, alignment, and asking the rig...

Esther Ahn - Designing for Scale and Building Culture

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Esther Ahn reflects on the twists and turns of her creative journey, shares how critique can unlock better design without breaking spirits, and reveal...

Meryl Evans - Progress Over Perfection in Accessibility

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Meryl Evans shares why accessibility is everyone’s responsibility, how captions can create connection—not just convenience—and why progress over...

Tammy Everts - How Web Performance Shapes UX

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tammy Everts unpacks why web performance is a fundamental UX issue, how slow websites affect user perceptions and business outcomes, and why designers...

Carla Diana - Human-Centered Robots and the Future of Design

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Brave UX, host Brendan Jarvis interviews designer, author, and educator Carla Diana, a leader in human-centered product design and ...

Kelly Goto - Designing for Emotional Connection

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Brave UX, Brendan welcomes Kelly Goto, CEO and Founder of gotoresearch and gotomedia. Kelly is a trailblazer in web and UX design w...

Lawton Pybus - Understanding the Value of UX in Lean Times

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Brave UX, Brendan welcomes Lawton Pybus, Principal and Co-Founder of Drill Bit Labs. Join them as they dive into the evolving lands...

Brendan Jarvis - It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Brendan Jarvis delivers an inspiring talk at Design Outlook 2024. He outlines how self-reflection, clarity, and courage can help designers navigate un...

Felix Lee - Democratising Mentorship with ADPList

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Felix Lee shares how ADPList is democratising mentorship, the lessons he’s learned from failure and resilience, and why clarity beats cleverness in ...

Tamara Adlin – Redefining Innovation through UX Insights (Part 2)

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the second part of their conversation on Brave UX, Brendan furthers his conversation with Tamara Adlin, President of Adlin Inc. Tamara shares her j...

Tamara Adlin – Navigating Executive Misalignment in UX (Part 1)

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the first of a two-part episode of Brave UX, Brendan Jarvis interviews Tamara Adlin, President of Adlin Inc. Tamara Adlin is a thought leader and a...

Jen Briselli - Embracing Complexity and Ambiguity in Design

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Brave UX, Brendan Jarvis sits down with Jen Briselli, Co-founder of Topology, to discuss how embracing uncertainty and complexity i...

Nitzan Shaer - Simulated Audiences Have Arrived

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special bonus episode of Brave UX, Nitzan Shaer speaks candidly about the future of UX research, why simulated audiences are a step beyond syn...

Greg Nudelman - The Role of UX in the Age of AI

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, our special guest is Greg Nudelman, a Distinguished Designer at Sumo Logic. In this engaging episode of Brave UX, Brendan interviews Greg about...

Abby Covert - Making Sense & Getting Unstuck

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, our special guest is Abby Covert, Chief Sensemaker at the Sensemaker Club. Join Brendan as he interviews Abby, an information architect, author...

Whitney Hess - Coaching with Presence and Purpose

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, our special guest is Whitney Hess, Founder and Executive Coach of Vicarious Partners Inc. We discuss the power of bravery, vulnerability, and p...

Doreen Lorenzo - Design is a Craft, Perfected With Practice

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, our special guest is Doreen Lorenzo, Assistant Dean at the University of Texas School of Design and Creative Technology. Doreen discusses the c...

Nick Fine, PhD - The Future of UX in an AI World

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, our special guest is Nick Fine, PhD, Principal UX Research Consultant and Strategist at Adaptavist. Nick touches on several topics, including d...

Q Walker - The Information Architecture of Emojis

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Q Walker draws a line between circus and UX, shares their experience of being cyber stalked, and unpacks the IA intricacies of emojis. Highlights incl...

Greg Petroff - Practical Executive Design Leadership

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Petroff discusses the practicalities of executive design leadership, why he believes in ‘make to think’, and the ins-and-outs of working with...

Ari Zelmanow, PhD - Becoming a More Influential Researcher

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ari Zelmanow shares insight into his life as a police detective, how he transformed into a PhD and then UX researcher, and how researchers can become ...

Vidya Dinamani - The Rebel's Guide to Making Great Products

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vidya Dinamani shares important strategies for building belief, healthy product cultures, and positive cross-functional relationships.  Highlights in...

Suj Premachandran - Bringing the Power of UX Design to Children

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Suj Premachandran shares how Digital Influx brings UX to children, how they integrate Eastern educational philosophy, and the challenge of changing ar...

Andy Vitale - Scaling Your Design Organisation

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Vitale shares his experiences as an executive design leader, how he’s successfully scaled several design orgs, and why a career in pro wrestlin...

Ben Sauer - Presenting High-Stakes Design Work

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Sauer shares why designers need to be better presenters, how to keep stakeholders awake and engaged, and what to do when disaster inevitably strik...

Aylin Uysal - Leading a Global Enterprise UX Design Org

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aylin Uysal shares her story of leading enterprise design, the reality of being an exec and a parent, and how patience and perseverance have served he...

Monal Chokshi - Growing Impactful UX Research Organisations

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Monal Chokshi shares the lessons learned from growing three UX research orgs, what makes research impact a reality, and reflects on the next step in h...

Jakob Nielsen, PhD - Plainspoken, Hard-hitting and Unorthodox

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jakob Nielsen addresses some of the criticism he’s faced, calls on UXers to urgently adopt AI, and shares why he believes the commoditisation of UX ...

Justin Dauer - Finding Fulfilment: A Designer's Journey

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Dauer shares how he conquered his ego to become a better designer, why he’s left executive design leadership, and how unfulfilled designers m...

Rob Hamblen - Behind the Scenes of World-Class Design Sprints

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Hamblen shares his insights on effective sprint facilitation, why he asks clients if they’re designing for today or tomorrow, and why design spr...

Adam Perlis - How to Get the Design Job You Want

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Perlis shares why it’s important to always treat interns well, how he’s trying to solve bad recruitment practices, and some practical advice ...

Ash Ivory - Motorcycle Metaphors for Navigating Work/Life

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ash Ivory shares what they’ve learned from burning out as a product leader, why gender and orientation can’t be left at home, and why inclusive de...

Rakesh Patwari - Becoming a Better Design Leader

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rakesh Patwari shares what’s made him a better manager, why a career in acting wasn’t for him, and how designers can give better portfolio present...

Janna Kimel - Stephen Hawking and Sewing Accessible Threads

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Janna Kimel shares her remarkable story of meeting Stephen Hawking, how she's growing grassroots accessibility, and how to better navigate today’s j...

Alen Faljic - Creating Business Confident Designers

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alen Faljic shares the gap he observed between design and business while at IDEO, what he’s doing to address it, and how quantitative data can lead ...

Christina Wodtke - Radical Thoughts On Living and Learning (episode #91 from the archive)

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special archived episode of Brave UX. Christina Wodtke reminds us to stop carrying the weight of the world, to start giving others the benef...

Jesse James Garrett - Flying the Jolly Roger While Sailing With the Navy (episode #95 from the archive)

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special archived episode of Brave UX. Jesse James Garrett reminds us that once we were pirates, encourages us to understand how soft-power w...

Clara Kliman-Silver - Orchestrating Effective Research & Design

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Clara Kliman-Silver shares how she brings together humour, people and cognitive psychology for research impact, and how teams can make the most of the...

Hang Xu - Radically Reinventing Design Recruitment

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

A’verria Martin, PhD - Building Bridges, ReOps, and Presence

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A’verria Martin shares her remarkable story of reinvention, the challenges of establishing a global ReOps practice, and how she’s making the ‘se...

Alla Weinberg - Designing a Culture of Safety

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alla Weinberg constructively unpacks unsafe workplace cultures, shares her thoughts on how we can change them, and why we should do just that. Highlig...

Jane Portman - The Harsh Reality of Startup Design

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 suc...

Wendy Johansson - Effecting Change in a Messy World

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Wendy Johansson shares some of her leadership learnings, speaks frankly about the challenge of changing the status quo, and what she’s observed in t...

Ronnie Battista - Strategically Designing for Goosebumps

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ronnie Battista shares why it’s important to be true to yourself, how designers can maintain their relevance, and what separates pretenders from inn...

Jon Fukuda - Creating Design-Integrated Organisations

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jon Fukuda illuminates the dark corners of enterprise DesignOps, reinforces the importance of connecting design to value, and shares what’s kept him...

Satyam Kantamneni - Leveraging the Business Value of Design

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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/U...

Irene Au - Reflections on Executive Design Leadership

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 sweat...

Sara Wachter-Boettcher - Finding and Using Your Active Voice

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

Alastair Simpson - Designing Your Way Up Mt. Business

10 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alastair Simpson shares how rejection fuels progress, the role design has played in transforming Dropbox’s work culture, and how to build effective ...

Jeff Gothelf - Innovation, Executives and Humble Pie

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Gothelf shares his experiences travelling with the circus, why humility is essential for innovation, and the role design plays in breaking throug...

Shelley Evenson - Designing Corporate Innovation

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Shelley Evenson unpacks the challenges of designing for corporate innovation, the dark-side of design thinking, and how AI may help and hinder us. Hig...

Laith Ulaby, PhD - Reflexive, Relatable and Respectful Research

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Laith Ulaby shares his colourful journey from academia to applied, how frameworks articulate and influence thinking, and the role of power in practice...

Tom Greever - Yes, Stakeholders are Human Too

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Greever speaks to the heart of articulating design decisions, becoming someone worth following, and making yourself an influential force for good ...

Noam Segal, PhD - When Good Democratisation Goes Bad

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Noam Segal shares his early experiences working for the Israeli military, whether democratisation has been positive for UX, and the importance of tell...

Andy Budd - Design Leadership is Poker not Chess

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Budd speaks frankly about designers’ limiting beliefs, the siren song of perfection, and how to start playing business better. Highlights inclu...

Pete Sena - Designing a Career in the Green Zone

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ne...

Kat Vellos - We Should Actually Get Together

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kat Vellos shares with us why we need meaningful friendship, what we can do to design better ones, and how to safely navigate uncharted conversational...

Jonas Rinde - Making Technology Disappear

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jonas Rinde delves into designing tech that doesn’t feel technical, the challenge of product-market fit, and his relationship with risk and adventur...

Mike Monteiro - Burning Down Design

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Monteiro sets fire to design orthodoxy, tech overlords, and his own Portuguese American history in this delightfully dark conversation. Highlight...

Julia DeBari - An Insider’s View of Design Recruitment

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Hussain Almossawi - Unleashing Your Creative Mindset

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hussain Almossawi explores the mindset and practices he's successfully employed while designing products at some of the worlds most innovative compani...

Jim Kalbach - Designing with Big Ears

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Kalbach shares insights from jazz into collaboration, how experience maps help us navigate design, and why Jobs To Be Done deserves our attention....

Amy Santee - Money, Ethics, and Building a Meaningful UX Career (episode #50 from the archive)

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special archived episode of Brave UX. Amy Santee encourages us to take control of our careers, to take action when we see something that’s...

Marisa Sires - Creating a Customer-Centred Product Culture (episode #14 from the archive)

26 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special archived episode of Brave UX. Marisa Sires shares the story of her rapid ascent from client services to VP Product at Gigya and her ...

Eva PenzeyMoog - Design for Safety: Considering the Unhappy Path (episode #51 from the archive)

18 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special archived episode of Brave UX. Eva PenzeyMoog shines a light on how digital products are being used to enable domestic violence, and ...

Jane Davis - Equipping Product Teams to Run Effective UX Research (episode #30 from the archive)

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special archived episode of Brave UX.   Jane Davis brings epic levels of insight to this conversation about the evolution of UX research, a...

Don Norman, PhD - Design for a Better World

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Don Norman shares what's important to him right now, why stupid questions matter, what it means to design for a better world, and why he’s okay with...

Kate Rutter - Cultivating a Culture & Career of Creativity

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kate Rutter shares her thoughts on finding work in a challenging economy, how to design for great creative exchanges, and why she pushes back against ...

Mauro Porcini - The Human Side of Innovation

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mauro Porcini shares how designers can rise to the top, the dangers of associating your self-worth with work, and why he’s changing the status quo f...

Reginé Gilbert - Inclusive Design Isn’t Someone Else’s Job

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Reginé Gilbert shares what it takes to create accessible experiences, how her students are helping NASA to hear a solar eclipse, and why inclusive de...

Ryan Rumsey - Taking Your Design Career to the Next Level (episode #11 from the archive)

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special archived episode of Brave UX. If you’re ready to challenge your assumptions about business, design and your career, then this is t...

Laura Klein - Maximising the Value of Lean UX (episode #13 from the archive)

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special archived episode of Brave UX. Laura Klein reflects on the lessons learned from over 20 years of working in and consulting to Silicon...

Matt Watkinson - Whisky, Writing and the Willingness To Be Wrong

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Watkinson shares how he’s expanded his luck surface area, why it’s important to slow down and pay attention, and how to fight organisational ...

Jesse James Garrett - Flying the Jolly Roger While Sailing With the Navy

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jesse James Garrett reminds us that once we were pirates, encourages us to understand how soft-power works, and to know and be true to our red-lines. ...

Erika Hall - Moving Past Design’s Pleasant Platitudes

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Erika Hall reinforces the importance of being willing to be wrong, discusses how good user experiences can be bad, and calls on designers to be honest...

Samuel Proulx - Designing for Dignity Through Accessibility

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Samuel Proulx shares his experience of the digital world as a blind person, his thoughts on autonomous vehicles, and how inclusive design makes everyo...

Matt Young - Using Customer Feedback to Make Better Decisions

26 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Young shares the importance of aligning engineering, product, & design, the roles of creativity and logic in decision making, and using customer ...

Christina Wodtke - Radical Thoughts On Living and Learning

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Christina Wodtke reminds us to stop carrying the weight of the world, to start giving others the benefit of the doubt, and to make the most of the gif...

Kareem Mayan - The Nomad’s Guide to Prioritising Product Feedback

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kareem Mayan shares what he learned as digital nomad, discusses the focusing effects of personal loss, and how you can more effectively prioritise pro...

Kevin Bethune - Reimagining Design: An Incredible Journey

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Bethune inspires with his incredible journey across engineering, business & design, shares how to keep calm inside of a nuclear reactor, and shi...

Noelle Russell - Others Don’t Get to Choose Your Path to Success

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Noelle Russell provides a beacon of light for anyone who’s staring down a dragon, as she shares her against the odds and remarkable journey to and t...

Milton Jackson - Why Crabs Can’t Climb Out of Buckets

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Milton Jackson graciously gives Brave UX’s first poetry reading, reflects on the critical importance of role models, and shares his aspirations for ...

Peter Merholz - Demystifying Design Leadership

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Merholz demystifies design leadership, openly shares the ups and downs of a trail-blazing design career, and how we can keep design “weird” ...

Audrey Cheng - Resolving the Tension Between Product and UX

08 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Audrey Cheng shares her journey from lab scientist to CTO, why she redefined career success, and how UX and product can work better together. Highligh...

Dan Hill - Technology Is the Answer, but What Was the Question?

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Hill challenges us to think differently about our cities and civic spaces, to consider the second order effects of our work, and to think carefull...

Jodine Stodart - Keeping Stakeholders Engaged with Design

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jodine Stodart shares how to get and keep stakeholders engaged, why it’s important to develop your understanding of self, and the timeless power of ...

Special Episode: Brendan Jarvis & Lou Rosenfeld - Framing Tomorrow by Questioning Today

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Brendan Jarvis & Lou Rosenfeld bring you a special episode that features Brendan’s keynote from Design at Scale 2022 - Framing Tomorrow by Questioni...