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

More episodes of Daring Forever (Find your Extraordinary)

• Dare to never ask permission - Simon Dixon · July 20, 2026 · 54 min
• "I do enjoy personal projects that are very personal." (Paloma Rincon bonus episode) · July 17, 2026 · 11 min
• Dare to make the straight line perfect - Paloma Rincón · July 13, 2026 · 51 min
• "We always looked at rock bands — they gave us the blueprint" (Snask bonus episode) · July 10, 2026 · 13 min
• Dare to make enemies and gain fans - Freddie Öst & Erik Kockrum (Snask) · July 5, 2026 · 55 min
• Dare to fall in love with creativity again - Rob Draper (Live at All Flows) · June 8, 2026 · 38 min