This time I had the honor to be joined by Maria Giudice. You probably know Maria for her books “Changemakers - How Leaders can Design Change” or “Rise of the DEO: Leadership by Design”. Maria and me met at the World Usability Congress in Graz last October and I am really happy to welcome her in the podcast now.. In our conversation we speak about how Design can and must actively drive change, but also why all leaders should have design skills. From there we dive deeper into what is good, into Narratives and why fear-based stories stick so much more to people than the positive narratives. And we speak about how the good will arise from the dark times we see at the moment and how we all can help driving this. As a little side note: We recorded this episode right before the election in Germany in February and we spoke briefly about this as well, just so that you do not wonder.

Connect with our guest or us:

Marias Channels:

Marias LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariagiudice/ 

Web: https://www.hotstudio.com/ 

Marias Book “Changemakers”: https://www.hotstudio.com/library 

Masterclass “Become a sustainable UX Designer”

Date: May 7, 5:30 pm-10:00 pm CEST

Link: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/masterclass-become-a-sustainable-ux-designer-2025-tickets-1298940960379 

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Our Channels:

SUX Slack Community 

SUX LinkedIn 

SUX Website

Thorsten's LinkedIn 

SUX Branding and Design: Isabel Pettinato

Isabel's LinkedIn 

Music: Bavo Lodewyckx 

Bavo's Linkedin 

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