Design Nerds Anonymous

The future of work isn’t just about where we work or what tools we use—it’s about why people choose to show up at all.

If potential clients struggle to navigate your website, find outdated information, or encounter friction at every turn, they’ll leave.

Amanda Schneider recaps the most insightful, humorous, and thought-provoking moments from Season 6, spotlighting key themes like creativity, consensus-building, and emotional intelligence in design and decision-making.

Amanda Schneider is joined by Kendra Johnson (The Venn Group) to explore the evolving role of soft skills in the hybrid workplace, discussing how intergenerational dynamics and dispersed teams are reshaping expectations around communication, empathy, adaptability, and professional boundaries, especially with Gen Z entering the workforce.

Amanda Schneider is joined by Brett Hautop (Workshape, LinkedIn), Holly May (DataVant), and Bryan Hope (VMware) to explore how businesses can combat “infobesity” by turning data overload into actionable insights through cross-functional collaboration and intentional, outcome-driven workplace decisions.

Amanda Schneider and Halle Hannaford, Senior Principal Team Lead at Chick-fil-A, unpack the complexities of decision-making within the built environment, sharing actionable strategies for cross-functional collaboration, role clarity, and aligning decisions with the customer journey across industries like hospitality,

Amanda Schneider and Rob Sadow challenge outdated workplace metrics like "people per square foot" and explore how insights from FlexIndex's 100,000+ office locations are reshaping space optimization and productivity in the era of flexible work.

Amanda Schneider and a panel of experts discuss how pricing volatility is reshaping decision-making in the industry, offering strategies for adapting through transparency, strong partnerships, and innovative cost management.

Amanda Schneider and Dr. JJ Peterson discuss how storytelling can be a powerful tool for mastering "managing up" in B2B decision-making, using the StoryBrand framework to engage stakeholders and drive action.

Amanda Schneider is joined by Staci Patton, Tope Sadiku, and Andrew Navarro to explore decision-making challenges in the built environment and how providers can address them using insights from ThinkLab's "Pain Map.