E61: Using Design to Reinvent the World with Joanna Peña-Bickley
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Hope, empowerment, reinvention. These are things the world badly needs. The number of systemic injustices that take place every day is staggering. Thankfully, there is also an uprising of brilliant minds and inspired people taking initiative in solving these problems — and you can be one of them.

In this episode, Joanna Peña-Bickley, a design architect and inspirational activist, shares how we can continue to learn and grow, empower women and minority groups, and pave the way toward a brighter future.

Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:

  • Empower yourself
  • Know your worth and assert it
  • Don’t be afraid to fail
  • Never stop learning
  • Always seek to uplift others
  • Hope must be backed by action

Guest Bio:

Joanna Peña-Bickley is a design technologist. Known as the mother of Cognitive Experience Design and a pioneer in AI-aided generative design, she’s propelled by a multidisciplinary acumen in research, design, technology, and data modeling.

Joanna has built exceptional design organizations. Her award-winning hand has guided Nokia, NASA, and more innovative companies. Her work has been covered by Time, Fortune, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and more. Her passion for learning and innovation has led to innovative work, and advanced many advocacies such as inclusivity and digital literacy to name a few.

Links to Resources:

Designed By Us

Donate to Designed By Us

The Sharpe Alliance

The Reinvention Exchange

RE:INVENT YOUR LIFE! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

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