Dare to shift back to human - Elana Rudick

About this episode

Elana Rudick returns to discuss the importance of human-centered design and the challenges of running a creative studio in a post-pandemic world.

Montreal-based creative director and founder of Design is Yummy, Elana Rudick, returns to the podcast for the first time since season one. With twenty years in the industry and a new talk on the horizon, Elana joins Radim to explore what it really means to make design human — from the studio floor to the stage. They cover the rollercoaster of running a creative studio post-pandemic, why slowing down your thinking is the new competitive advantage in an age of rapid AI execution, and what...

People in this episode

Host: Radim Malinic

Guest: Elana Rudick

Topics covered

• design
• human-centered design
• creative studio
• post-pandemic
• AI in design

Keywords

• design
• human
• creative studio
• AI
• post-pandemic
• Elana Rudick
• Radim Malinic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Design is Yummy

Places: Montreal

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