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Design Meets Democracy 🇺🇸 with Chelsea Mauldin

In this deep and fascinating episode, Chelsea — Executive Director of the Public Policy Lab in New York — joins Gerry Scullion to share her journey from urban planning to pioneering human-centered design in federal and municipal agencies.

Design Meets Democracy 🇺🇸 with Chelsea Mauldin

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Design Meets Democracy 🇺🇸 with Chelsea Mauldin

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Talking Shop #004 – Christmas Special

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Nick Coster ‘Unpacking NPS’

Jason Prowd ‘Unpacking product metrics’

Phil Laufenberg ‘Unpicking Henry Ford’s ‘A faster horse’ quote’

Ben Crothers ‘People not pixels’

Rebecca Cooper & Mandy Rogers ‘Leading Women in Product’

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Jeff Gothelf ‘The cannonball effect’

Aaron Dignan ‘Brave New Work’

Anne Galloway ‘Speculative Design and Glass Slaughterhouses’

Leah Buley & Aarron Walter – ‘InVision’s Design Maturity Model’

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Ariel Waldman ‘Hacking Science for Collaboration’

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Joe Macleod ‘Designing Closure Experiences’

Theresa Neil ‘Designing Digital Therapeutics’

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