Rich McCoy - Overcoming Fear and Leaning Into Creativity

Rich McCoy unpacks some formative experiences from the Kalahari Desert, how we can conquer our creative fears, and why designing lean creates value faster. 

Highlights include:

- How has growing up in the Kalahari Desert shaped you?
- What does it mean to “get primal” with design?
- How do we get over our fear of showing our work?
- What are some clues that product teams are out of alignment?
- How has Dyslexia influenced your creative practice? 

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Who is Rich McCoy?

Rich is the Design Lead on Flying Blue, the loyalty rewards programme for KLM & Air France. Currently he’s managing to do that role working remotely, from the confines of a cupboard underneath a flight of stairs in New Zealand. 

Before KLM & Air France, Rich was a Senior Manager of Design at Nationwide Building Society, in the United Kingdom. He also spent a number of years at Trade Me, New Zealand’s version of eBay, where he was a Design Lead responsible for the creative wellbeing of 13 other designers.

Rich also runs a coaching and mentoring practice for other creatives, and is a very talented and established Fine Artist, working through photography, sculpture, paint and digital mediums. 

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Find Rich here:

Website: https://www.mccoy.co.uk/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardmccoy/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/McCoyDigital
Artwork: https://www.mccoy.co.uk/artist.php
Mentoring: https://www.mccoy.co.uk/creativementor.php

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