In a Glimpse

In the final research episode of the season, Lindsey connects themes from conversations with Heather, Ida, and Darrel to examine how time pressure and technology, while beneficial, can quietly increase cognitive load, encourage shortcut thinking like cognitive offloading, and erode creative and collective mindsets. Drawing on research and guest stories, Lindsey offers a framework – stepping back, leaning in, and holding space, to show how awe can expand creative capacity, fight burnout, and widen prosocial motivation. Lindsey ends with practical ways to build “awe muscles” and how one might seek awe more. See all resources mentioned in this episode on our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lindsey sits down with Social Impact Designer and Founder of Design Shifts, Ida Persson. Their conversation explores designing "containers" for experiences instead of controlling outcomes, rediscovering creative joy after burnout, what gets lost when every moment is optimized, and the differences between collective and individual awe. See all resources mentioned in this episode on our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lindsey sits down with communications executive and consultant Darrel Frost. Their conversation explores how design teams can cultivate stronger collective mindsets, small ways teams can push back on the pressures that shape workplace culture, and how awe prioritizes process over perfect output. Darrel and Lindsey also discuss how care in the creative process leads to stronger collaboration. See all resources mentioned in this episode on our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lindsey sits down with educator and design futurist Heather Snyder-Quinn to explore design fiction and how it plays out in practice. The conversation digs into the profit and time pressures that shape industry work, what it means to intentionally disentangle from technology, and how awe fuels creativity and collective thinking. See all resources mentioned in this episode on our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reflecting on her childhood visits to the ocean, Lindsey explores how technology subtly shifts mindsets and behaviors like the tides shift the sand. In this episode, Lindsey reflects on her conversations with Christy, Greg, Laurence, and Vinicius, examining when friction should and shouldn't exist in user experiences. The episode focuses on designers' own processes and the effects digital tools can have on cognitive capacities and creative inquiry. Lindsey offers a few thoughts on how to create rewarding friction in design processes, previewing a future deep dive on awe as a counterforce to technology's current. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.