This is on Friday! See you there!! www.thesensemakersclub.com/makesensemess

“Leadership isn’t about perfection. It’s about creating the right conditions for impact.” At #LBD25, Joe Natoli closed with an unforgettable keynote on leading design with clarity & purpose. Replay: 👉 chicagocamps.org/s0kt Submit to speak at #UXCamp Fall 2025 (Dec 6): 👉 chicagocamps.org?p=3817

“Leadership is as much about culture as it is about direction.” At #LBD25, Aaron Irizarry shared how to build environments where design thrives. Replay free: 👉 chicagocamps.org/yvdl Submit to speak at #UXCamp Fall 2025 (Dec 6): 👉 chicagocamps.org?p=3817

At #LBD25, Brianna Sylver showed us how to reframe resistance as a human signal for deeper trust and impact. Replay her talk, free online: 👉 chicagocamps.org/wk72 And don’t forget: UX Camp Fall 2025 is Dec 6 — submit your talk! 👉 chicagocamps.org?p=3817

Day 2 of Leadership By Design 2025 opened with Katja Forbes, who shared a powerful keynote on leading with clarity and courage in complex times. Replay now, free online: 👉 chicagocamps.org/1rmn Also: UX Camp Fall 2025 is Dec 6 — submit your talk! 👉 chicagocamps.org/events/submi...

“When the world feels stuck, leaders need tools to move forward.” Replay Dave Gray’s Day 1 keynote from Leadership By Design 2025: Visual Frameworks to Get Unstuck — now free online: 👉 chicagocamps.org/4wwy Plus: UX Camp Fall 2025 is Nov 15. Submit your talk! 👉 chicagocamps.org/events/submi...

“Findings don’t change decisions — stories do.” At Leadership By Design 2025, Kyle Soucy showed us how to share research as stories that create empathy and drive action. Replay her talk for free: 👉 chicagocamps.org/y7e9 Submit your talk to UX Camp Fall 2025: 👉 chicagocamps.org/events/submi...

“Leaders don’t need to be the smartest in the room — they need to make space for those who are.” Replay Yaddy Arroyo’s poetry-slam–style talk from Leadership By Design 2025 for free: 👉 chicagocamps.org/5k5z And: UX Camp Fall 2025 is Nov 15. Submissions are open! 👉 chicagocamps.org/events/submi...

Chris Avore opened Leadership By Design 2025 with a powerful keynote: AI, Anxiety, & Actual Impact: Leading Design Teams Through the AI Era. He shows how design leaders can calm anxieties, manage expectations, & use AI for better outcomes. Free replay: 👉 chicagocamps.org/chris-avore-...

Leaders aren’t appointed, they’re self made. They evolve and rise through conscious choices. Power doesn’t come from title or position, it comes from influence. - @joenatoli.bsky.social at @chicagocamps.bsky.social #UXcamp

A start for our front lines on questions you can ask to the machine customers from Katja Forbes at @chicagocamps.bsky.social. #UXcamp #AI

Katja Forbes first steps we can take with machine customers. @chicagocamps.bsky.social #UXcamp #AI

Different types of AI machine customers: Delegated Agent, Autonomous Buyer, Collaborative System and Platform Level Machine. Katja Forbes at @chicagocamps.bsky.social #UXCamp #AI

Great day for a last day of Leadership By Design! Passes are only $26, and if cost is a challenge, no problem! Pay What You Can, and Need 1, Take 1 (free - our pleasure!) options are available. chicagocamps.org/event/leader...

“Know your why” when working with your partners using AI. @erova.bsky.social at @chicagocamps.bsky.social #UxCamp

It’s not too late! #LBD2025 starts today 🎉 2 days • 8 speakers • Keynotes from Chris Avore, Dave Gray, Katja Forbes & Joe Natoli. Tickets $26 | Pay What You Can + Free options available Register & join us now: chicagocamps.org/event/leader...

The lineup is here. 8 speakers. 2 days. Infinite leadership insight. Sept 18–19 | Online | Tickets $26 Pay What You Can + Free options available Register: chicagocamps.org/event/leader...

Closing keynote at #LBD2025: Joe Natoli - Think Like a Leader: 10 Things UXers Should Stop (and Start) Doing to Reclaim Their Power A straight-shooting call to lead with confidence. Sept 18–19 | Online | Tickets $26 | Pay What You Can + Free options Register: chicagocamps.org/event/leader...

At #LBD2025: Aaron Irizarry — Intentional Leadership Practical insights on EQ, vulnerability, and enabling autonomy to grow stronger teams. Sept 18–19 | Online | Tickets $26 | Pay What You Can + Free options Register: chicagocamps.org/event/leader... #DesignLeadership #UXLeadership

At #LBD2025: Brianna Sylver — The Human Signal: Architecting for Emotion, Not Just for Experience Learn how to turn resistance into trust and emotion into impact. Sept 18–19 | Online | Tickets $26 | Pay What You Can + Free Register: chicagocamps.org/event/leader...

Day 2 Opening Keynote at #LBD2025: Katja Forbes — Machines Customers: The Evolution Has Begun What happens when AI becomes the customer? Sept 18–19 | Online | Tickets $26 | Pay What You Can + Free options Register: chicagocamps.org/event/leader... #DesignLeadership #UXLeadership

Day 1 Closing Keynote at #LBD2025: Dave Gray — Getting Unstuck with Visual Frameworks Learn how visual thinking tools can spark clarity and help leaders cut through complexity. Sept 18–19 | Online | Tickets $26 | Pay What You Can + Free Register: chicagocamps.org/event/leader...

At #LBD2025: Kyle Soucy — Gather Round: How to Share the Stories from UX Research Learn how storytelling makes research resonate, creating empathy and driving design impact. Sept 18–19 | Online Tickets: $26 | Pay What You Can + Free options Register: chicagocamps.org/event/leader...

At #LBD2025: Yaddy Arroyo — The New Conundrum: How to Lead When You’re Not the Expert A candid look at humility, politics, and trust in leadership during the AI era. Sept 18–19 | Online Tickets: $26 | Pay What You Can + Free options Register: chicagocamps.org/event/leader...

Opening keynote at #LBD2025: Chris Avore — AI, Anxiety, and Actual Impact: Leading Design Teams Through the AI Era Sept 18–19 | Online Tickets: $26 | Pay What You Can + Free options available Register: chicagocamps.org/event/leader... #DesignLeadership #UXLeadership

Four keynotes. Two days. Infinite leadership insight. Chris Avore • Dave Gray • Katja Forbes • Joe Natoli Sept 18–19 | Online | chicagocamps.org/event/leader... AI, visual frameworks, trust, influence: Shaping future design leadership. Tickets $26 | Pay What You Can + Free options available

The Leadership By Design 2025 schedule is live! Sept 18–19 | Online Speakers: Chris Avore, Yaddy Arroyo, Dave Gray, Katja Forbes, Joe Natoli, Brianna Sylver, Aaron Irizarry, Kyle Soucy Tickets: $26 | Pay What You Can + Free options available Register: chicagocamps.org/event/leader...

Leadership By Design 2025 – Sept 18–19 | Online Theme: Empowering Leadership: Inspiring the Next Generation of Designers Tickets: $26 | $15 Early Bird (limited) Pay What You Can + Free options available Register: chicagocamps.org/event/leader...

Quietly over here making *amazing* speaker updates to Leadership By Design (and sharing before we #marketingpost). chicagocamps.org/event/leader... Don't miss this event.

Leadership By Design 2025 • September 18–19 | Online • Tickets: $26 | $15 Early Bird • Free and Pay-What-You-Can options available Speakers: Joe Natoli, Brianna Sylver, Dave Gray, Yaddy Arroyo, Aaron Irizarry Register: chicagocamps.org/event/leader...

Dani Nordin’s #UXCamp Spring 2025 Keynote is live! She brings practical, clear, and often hilarious insight into what makes AI design work—and where it fails. Watch the replay: chicagocamps.org/dani-nordin-... #AIUX #UXDesign #DaniNordin #HumanCenteredAI #ChicagoCamps

Charles Egwuh’s talk from #UXCamp Spring 2025 is now live! He shares how UX transformed his perspective, work, and approach to leading inclusive design—especially for underserved communities. 🎥 Watch the replay: chicagocamps.org/charles-egwu... #DesignForImpact #InclusiveDesign #ChicagoCamps

Just released: Oleksii Tkachenko’s talk on building content systems that scale. Step-by-step guidance for UX Writers & Content Designers who want to align teams, improve AI output, and drive consistency. 🎥 Replay here: chicagocamps.org/oleksii-tkac... #UXCamp #ContentDesign #UXWriting

Meena Kothandaraman’s talk from UX Camp Spring is live: “Curiosity Skilled the Cat” explores how nurturing curiosity leads to more creativity, better research, and richer outcomes. 🎥 Replay now: chicagocamps.org/meena-kothan... #UXCamp #UXResearch #DesignThinking #Creativity

Jill Gordon’s UX Camp Spring 2025 talk is now available to watch! “What the Data Can’t Hear” explores how emotional intelligence, empathy, and loss have shaped her as a designer and leader. 🎥 Replay it here: chicagocamps.org/jill-gordon-... #UXCamp #DesignLeadership #EmpathyInDesign

“Facing the UX and AI Boogeymen” is live! Clifton Simmons gets real about fear, reinvention, and the creative path forward in a changing design world. Watch the replay: chicagocamps.org/clifton-simm... #UXCamp #UXDesign #AI #CareerGrowth #DesignCommunity

The first UX Camp Spring 2025 replay is up! Christopher Noessel’s talk explores how designers can help users avoid over-relying on AI—and preserve essential skills. 🎥 Watch now: chicagocamps.org/christopher-...

Exercise for AI driven solutions: What are the potential consequences of doing this work? Dani Nordin at @chicagocamps.bsky.social

Strategies to improve your curiosity/creativity: Meena Kothandaraman at @chicagocamps.bsky.social

Strategies to improve your curiosity/creativity: Meena Kothandaraman at @chicagocamps.bsky.social

A lot of our fears (including AI) is because we don’t understand it; embrace the unknown. AI can be a collaborator, not competition. Clifton Simmons at @chicagocamps.bsky.social

Designers should look at AI and data output and exhibit, explain, explore and express it - Rasagy Sharma at @chicagocamps.bsky.social

Over reliance on AI when AI is wrong, can be costly, wow! Christopher Noessel at @chicagocamps.bsky.social

Clifton Simmons is speaking at UX Camp Spring '25 on June 7. Topic: Adapting to AI and transforming creative careers Don't miss it—registration starts at just $13.50 - Pay What You Can & Need 1, Take 1 (free - no questions asked!) available: chicagocamps.org/event/ux-cam...

Jill Gordon is speaking at UX Camp Spring '25 on June 7. Topic: Emotional intelligence, connection, and design Don't miss it—registration starts at just $13.50 with Pay What You Can and Need 1, Take 1 (free) passes available to anyone with a need: chicagocamps.org/event/ux-cam...

Meena Kothandaraman is speaking at UX Camp Spring '25 on June 7. Topic: Curiosity and creativity in UX research Don't miss it—Registration starts at just $13.50 with Pay What You Can and Need 1, Take 1 (free - no questions asked) options available: chicagocamps.org/event/ux-cam...

Charles Egwuh is speaking at UX Camp Spring '25 online on June 7. Topic: UX as a tool for real-world impact and social change. Don't miss it—registration starts at just $13.50 with Pay What You Can and Need 1, Take 1 (free) passes available: chicagocamps.org/event/ux-cam...

Oleksii Tkachenko is speaking online at UX Camp Spring '25 on June 7. Topic: Building content systems for scalable product copy Don't miss it—registration starts at just $13.50, with Pay What You Can and Need 1, Take 1 (free) passes available to anyone: chicagocamps.org/event/ux-cam...

Rasagy Sharma is speaking at UX Camp Spring '25 on June 7. His topic: Designing with data and AI Don't miss it—registration starts at just $13.50 with Pay What You Can and Need 1, Take 1 (free) options: chicagocamps.org/event/ux-cam...

Dani Nordin is speaking at UX Camp Spring '25 on June 7. Topic: Practical tools for designing AI experiences Don't miss it—registration starts at just $13.50 & Free passes available to anyone with a need: chicagocamps.org/event/ux-cam...