Doing amazing work is just half the job - Trenton Moss
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#018 - As designers and problem solvers, we pride ourselves on our craft and hard skills. But those will only take you halfway. Beyond that, you’ll need people skills to really be an impactful designer.
In this episode, I speak with Trenton Moss, Founder of Webcredible, one of the first UX agencies in the UK and author of ‘Human-Powered’, a book on emotional intelligence for digital product teams.
We explore techniques that will help you understand others better, run more effective meetings and become a people-centred leader.
In this episode:
- No one's interested in your designs
- Making time to understand people will save you time
- Reducing the opportunity cost of meetings
- If you're invited to a badly designed meeting
- A new definition of leadership
- Building relationships in a remote world
- And much more!
Shownotes
Trenton on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentonmoss/
Human-Powered Book
Webcredible
https://inviqa.com/ux-agency-webcredible
Team Sterka
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
Episode edited by Niall Mackay
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Chapitres
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. Welcome (00:01:54)
3. Trenton's origin story (00:01:59)
4. What inspired Trenton to write 'Human Powered' book? (00:07:11)
5. Why doing amazing work is not enough (00:08:29)
6. Understanding others first (00:11:28)
7. No one's interested in your designs (00:13:33)
8. Making time to understand people will save you time (00:16:14)
9. Pre-meeting prep for more effective meetings (00:18:08)
10. Facilitating better meetings (00:22:02)
11. Getting emotional commitment before the meeting (00:22:56)
12. Reducing the opportunity cost of meetings (00:27:45)
13. If you're invited to a badly designed meeting (00:33:24)
14. The READY framework for effective meeting prep (00:40:02)
15. A new definition of leadership (00:43:33)
16. Building relationships in a remote world (00:45:46)
17. Trenton's biggest hurdles in his career (00:49:48)
18. Trenton's tips on getting your book written and published (00:54:20)
19. Trenton's last message to humanity (00:56:01)
20. Recap (00:57:21)
21. Finding Trenton online (01:01:41)
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