It's All About Connection
summary
Argues that design must put people first and shows concrete work: founding a small UX school Lria that starts as one digital product master and grows into three branches (UX professions, humanistic technology, organizational change), requires student projects to target UN Sustainable Development Goals, and publishes case studies. Demonstrates impact with a live sunflower eye-contact exercise that creates measurable silence and connection in the room, and claims this approach shapes what products and organizations actually build.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and personal story
- 3:40Building the UX profession
- 10:04Impact of small design decisions
- 13:38Connection as life force
- 16:32Founding LRIA school
- 19:46Why our work matters
- 22:21Sunflower connection exercise
- 24:58Call to shape the digital world
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