Posts in Design Leadership
#46 | Kevin Bethune | Driving business innovation and impact

This time we had the great opportunity to speak to Kevin Bethune - Founder & Chief Creative Officer at dreams • design + life Chair of the Design Management Institute Board of Directors, and Author at the The MIT Press - as he is writing a book on the intersection of design and business.

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#23 | Heike Rapp | Driving brand and product design strategies

In this episode I have the chance to talk to Heike Rapp, former VP of Product Design at SAP in San Francisco and former Senior Director, Brand Strategy & Design at Autodesk.

Heike shares her insights on designing enterprise solution and digital platforms at SAP that need to integrate various client, use case and environments but also how to integrate various software brands and digital legacy products in a holistic and synchronized brand and product experience at Autodesk.

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#8 | Michael Seum | Driving design leadership

This episode I talk with Michael Seum on design leadership and his career from in-house experiences in the USA and Italy to startup and consulting work at Minimal and Lunatik but also his roles afterwards in design leadership at Pepsi and most recently Grohe. Michael gives important design advice for young talents when it comes to building up a career and some of the things he learned at different stations in his career. We also talk about the difference between a good designer and a good design leader.

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