Collaboration + Facilitation + Workshops with Austin Govella — DT101 E83

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Austin Govella is an experience design director at Avanade Digital Studio and author of Collaborative Product Design.</span></p> <p><strong>Listen to learn about:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Product design</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Collaboration in design work</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Some challenges that can arise when collaborating</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Connecting design to the larger world</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Designing within and for systems</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Workshop/training design</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Collaboration facilitation</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Our Guest</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As an experienced facilitator with over 15 years of experience, Austin leverages a collaborative design approach with clients and specializes in facilitating design thinking, product management, design sprints, and Agile methodologies. As an experience director, he delivers design thinking and workshop facilitation training for Avanade’s Experience Design practice.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Austin is a LUMA Institute Certified Facilitator of Human-Centered Design.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:43] How taking a break from university led Austin into the field of design.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:30] Austin’s work at Avanade, and platform-based innovation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[06:24] C