Tuesday Jun 27, 2023

Jeff Gothelf - Innovation, Executives and Humble Pie

Jeff Gothelf shares his experiences travelling with the circus, why humility is essential for innovation, and the role design plays in breaking through local maximums.

Highlights include:

Why did you join the circus after graduating college?
How do you help executives to embrace uncertainty?
What is keyhole decision making and why is it a problem?
What role should design play in breaking local maximums?
Why do leaders need strong opinions that they’re willing to change?

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Who is Jeff Gothelf?

Jeff is the Founder and Principal of of Gothelf.co, the company through which he provides independent coaching, training, and consulting that helps large organisations to create cultures of innovation, operate with agility and build better products.

He is the co-author of two influential books on modern product, “Lean UX: Designing Great Products with Agile Teams”, and “Sense & Respond: How Successful Organisations Listen to Customers and Create New Products”.

And Jeff’s most recent book, published in 2020, “Forever Employable: How to Stop Looking for Work and Let Your Next Job Find You”, gives people the tools to design and develop fulfilling careers that are a continuous source of opportunity.

Before becoming self-employed, Jeff was a principal UI designer at AOL, a user experience manager at Webtrends, an associate director of interaction design at Publicis Modem, and a director of user experience at The Ladders.

Jeff is a generous contributor to the field. Alongside his books, he’s spoken at many conferences of note, including Mind the Product, USI, and TedX, and he has appeared as a guest on over 100 podcasts.

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Find Jeff here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gothelf/
Website: https://jeffgothelf.com/
Blog: https://jeffgothelf.com/blog/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jboogie

Jeff’s books:

Lean UX:
Designing Great Products with Agile Teams -
https://a.co/d/792MZQe

Sense & Respond:
How Successful Organisations Listen to Customers and Create New Products -
https://a.co/d/etS7R9K

Forever Employable:
How to Stop Looking for Work and Let Your Next Job Find You -
https://a.co/d/8Q0eILV

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