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Talking Shop #003
Gerry Scullion and Andy Polaine catch up and announce the new dates for our first conference, new guests, give discount codes for Rosenfeld Media and BIS Publishers, a new project Gerry and Dr John Curran are working on, as well...

Talking Shop #002
Talking Shop is a new podcast by The HCD Network, that's focussed on helping shine a light on areas within the community - to help utilise our amazing community!

A special episode being recorded at Service Design Days, Barcelona
On October 5th and 6th, I’ll not only be attending Service Design Days in Barcelona but will also be hosting the 2-day conference. It’s such an honour to have been asked, and am seriously looking forward to it.

A new live experience with This is HCD in Dublin
Today, we are really excited to announce we will partner with Rosenfeld Media for a series of live events in Dublin, Ireland.

‘What is UX Writing?’ with Rachael Mullins
If careful design prevents problems before they happen, then careful content does too. That's where UX writing comes in—the art of writing the words in the interface or the words you encounter during your experience with a product or service.

Live breakfast podcast with Gerry Gaffney at FutureYou (Photos)
Photos from the live breakfast with Gerry Gaffney, November 2017 in FutureYou, Sydney. All photos by Martin Vivian Pearse.

‘Is Education Broken’ with Andy Polaine
We are excited to be interviewing Andy Polaine on the podcast this Thursday 22nd November about the current state of the educational system, not just in Australia, but globally.

From little things, big things grow
The importance of connections has always been something I have placed great value in. Having travelled to Australia for the very first time in 2003, in search of answers related to kicking off a career in Design, I was introduced...

Register your interest in attending a live recording of This is HCD at FutureYou, Sydney
We are really excited to announce our very first live breakfast podcast, with the wonderful Gerry Gaffney. Only 17 tickets are available, with a gourmet breakfast and coffee cart provided to you by FutureYou.

‘The intersect of Service and UX design’ with Eduardo Kranz, Design Director at Fjord
Service Design is becoming progressively popular and applied to different sectors and challenges to create future visions and experiences that holistically deliver to the needs of customers and citizens.

‘Companies Are Designed not To Value Design’ with Kirsten Mann, VP of Product and Design at Aconex
The value of design is difficult to define. Design is hard to isolate as a function and the design function operates differently by industry.

‘Diversity at Work’ with Anthony Quinn, Emma Jones and Michelle Starr
Diversity has been a hot topic for a long time and much has been said and done to create awareness of the problems that exist.

‘Engaging stakeholders in large organisations’ with Cyril Secourgeon
Cyril will be discussing how to get stakeholder buy-in, collaborate effectively with them and keep them fully engaged throughout a project.

This is HCD welcomes Adrienne Tan as new podcast host
We are so delighted to welcome Adrienne to the podcast as a host and are really excited about the conversations that will be captured moving forward. I believe the different conversational perspectives of Design looking into Product and vice versa,...