Speaking

I speak about the wild and wonderful challenges of applying design skills to complex challenges, with a focus on design research, design sprints and workshop facilitation.

Public speaking is externalizing what I've learned and contributing to a bigger discussion about how to create more impact through our work. My biggest stage so far was the global Interaction conference hosted by IxDA. The smallest was a meetup at my studio office. Both were great fun.

If you're interested in having me speak at your event, get in touch.

 

I’m also a frequent community organizer. If you have an idea for an event, please first check the communities that I’m committed to.

 
 

Recorded talks

At Intersection 23, talking about innovation portfolio management as a service

At Agile Finland 2022, talking about the ins-and-outs of asynchronous collaboration.

At Namahn Lectures, on learning as a social practice. Talks starts around 7:30 mark.

A case study on improving customer experience at Eurotunnel, delivered at the enterprise design conference Intersection.

At Google Design Sprint I/O 2019, French chapter, talking about how to orchestrate multiple design sprints.

At Interaction 20, talking about the philosophy and logistics of leading a global, community project to build the Research Skills Framework.

At Interaction 18 organized by the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), talking about using design sprints for transformation at scale.

 

Podcast interviews

Speaking history

Service Design Conference Europe
In April 2024 in London, I gave a talk with Milan Guenther about our project with the OECD.

Creating sustainable global impact in international development organisations
In September 2023, I gave a case study talk with Angela Hanson from the OECD at the Intersection Conference.

The Anatomy of an Engaging Workshop
In July 2023, I delivered a 2hr online workshop with Women Talk Design.

Collaborative Funding with Cobudget
In December 2022, I gave a 2hr training session with David Weingartner for the Open Collective Foundation. Recording and slides available.

Learning as a social practice
In November 2022, I joined Dr Leigh George in an online conversation as part of Freedom Anniversary Conversations.

The Human Experience of Facilitating Co-design and Dialog
In October 2022, I gave a keynote talk and participated in a panel discussion at Design Thinking Tallinn.

Work from Anywhere. Work Anytime.
In September 2022, I gave a talk with Andrea Darabos on how teams can create more focus and flow, for the Agile Tampere conference.

Turn your talk into a workshop
In May 2022, I delivered a 2hr online workshop with Women Talk Design.
Repeated Jan 2023.

Learning as a social practice: ideas to increase our range for growth
In October 2020, I delivered this new talk as a webinar hosted by Namahn’s Lectures. Recording and slides available.

Using the Research Skills Framework (with Dave Hora)
In April 2020, for the ResearchOps Berlin community [online]
In May 2020, for the Design at Scale Barcelona/Madrid community [online]
In September 2020, for UXInsight Festival 2020 [online]

ResearchOps Community Town Hall
In March 2020, I organized a ResearchOp community Town Hall event to celebrate the launch of the Research Skills Framework with Dave Hora. Recording available.

IxDA Interaction 20
In February 2020 in Milan, I gave a talk about the journey of the Researcher Skills Framework project with Dave Hora. Slides available.

Intro to Research Operations
In January 2020, I led a 2hr event about Research Operations for Design Research Tokyo. Slides available [Japanese].

Google Design Sprint Conference
In October 2019 in Boulder, Colorado I ran a deep dive session with Milan Guenther about enterprise design sprints. Slides and material available.

Intersection 19
In September 2019 in Lisbon, I presented a customer experience case study with Mael Inizan. Slides and recording available.

Inaugural event for Write The Docs Paris chapter
I shared three stories from my experience in corporate Japan that shaped my understanding of the act of documentation.

Google Design Sprint Conference - Paris
In April 2019, I gave a talk about “Orchestrating multiple design sprints”. Slides and recording available.

World Information Architecture Day 2019
In February 2019 during the Hong Kong edition of WIAD, I gave an introductory workshop about design sprints under the global theme 'design for difference'.

Research as an organizational capability
In January 2019 at a Design Research Tokyo event about scaling research. I curated and hosted this event, and delivered one of the talks. Slides available [Japanese].

Women Talk Design - Design Your Talk Topic workshop
In December 2018 at Ride the Lightning in Tokyo
In January 2019 at GovTech in Singapore with Sam Yuen
In June 2019 in Paris with the Hexagon UX community

Design sprints and cross-cultural innovation
In October 2018 at Google's Design Sprint Conference in San Francisco.
I shared about my experiences with design sprints across cultures and languages.

Design Meets Improv workshop
I led a half-day workshop for the Applied Improvisation Network Conference 2018 with Alexandre Simon and Bård Brænde, where 25 improv practitioners explored the role that improv could play in the design process.

Delivering more impact through UX research
In April 2018 at Umami Talk in Brussels, Belgium
Here's the event write-up.

Design to Ignite — Design sprints for transformation at scale (with Milan Guenther)
In February 2018 at IxDA Interaction 18 in Lyon, France
In March 2018 at Innovation, Business Change and Transformation Conference Europe 2018 in London
In April 2018 at IxDA Oslo in Oslo, Norway

Working across cultures, and the role that intercultural exchange plays in innovation
In November 2017 at Intercultural Innovation Meetup in Lille, France

Design Sprints at Scale
In July 2017 for UX Paris / IxDA Paris
A salon version in Summer 2017 for Ride the Lightning in Tokyo
In November 2017 for Lean Kanban France

What we talk about when we talk about chatbots at AQ
In July 2016 for Ride the Lightning in Tokyo

User research as a team sport
Intrepreneurship Conference 2016 organized by NUMA in Paris

Let's talk about users - why do qualitative research
2016 Enterprise Design Retreat in Iceland

On distributed teams, multilingual collaboration and the power of facilitation
2016 UX Jam in Tokyo

Anatomy of a workshop: how to design, prepare for and facilitate workshops
2016 self-organized event at Laptop in Paris

Content strategy for digital practitioners
SwapSkills #05 in Tokyo

Designing the museum coupon app MuPon
MuseumNext 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Recording available.

Designing the onboarding experience
UXcamp Europe 2012 in Berlin, Germany