On this episode, host Doug Powell is joined by Jenna Date, a pioneering design practitioner, entrepreneur, educator, consultant and executive design leader. With deep experience leading design and innovation programs in the healthcare industry, Jenna spent a decade teaching at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. More recently, she has relocated to Burlington, Vermont, where Doug met her on a recent visit to that city.
Jenna has navigated changing circumstances many times in her long design career, and she brings a refreshing candor to the discussion, openly sharing the challenges and joys of professional and personal reinvention. Doug and Jenna discuss the emotional strain they’re seeing in many of their design leadership peers, the increased need for supportive community connections, and specific tactics for approaching mid-career job searches.