Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Sydney IxDA Podcast. In this episode, Vinita and Jess are chatting with the team at Therapy for Designers. Simone Attanasio - Product Design Lead at Canva, Benaz Irani - Product Design Manager at OpenTable and Milly Schmidt - Experience Design Manager at Atlassian.

We've all heard of career growth programs through ADPList and IxDA's mentoring program. Therapy for Designers is looking at doing this in a way that incorporates meaningful conversations, connections, food and wine. Creating a space for designers to safely share their challenges, be heard and learn to build a growth mindset and leadership capabilities as a group.

We'll be covering:  

• The origin, inspiration, and purpose behind the program
• Differentiating themselves from other career growth initiatives
• The connection to conversations, connections, and food
• Leadership styles within the facilitators
• Their learnings with "experiments" and scaling going forward

You can find the the audio transcript for this episode as well as any resources mentioned at ixdaysydney.org.