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Send us Fan Mail Indian football doesn’t feel like one story, it feels like thousands of local ones happening at once. That’s why we sat down with Johnson Kanjrethingal, founder of Sportfolio Productions, to trace the game where it actually lives: in schools, village tournaments, crowded stands, and communities that keep playing even when the system makes it hard. If you’ve ever wondered what “foo...

Send us Fan Mail Most people glance at a price and move on. Vito Turito looks at that same number and sees a heartbeat: volatility, risk, and the hidden story of how markets actually feel. From our shared days around energy benchmarks to his work as a quant strategist and published researcher, Vito breaks down why the “vibration” around price often matters more than the price level itself. We get...

Send us Fan Mail A 17-year-old racing driver from India looks you in the eye and says her goal is Formula One and suddenly your idea of what “normal” looks like changes. I’m incredibly proud to be joined by Shriya Lohia, a female Formula 4 driver who started racing at nine after a family road trip detour into a go-karting track and never looked back. She’s already made history in Indian F4, and sh...

Send us Fan Mail You can feel it when a system is built to extract rather than to serve. The language sounds caring, the journeys feel cold, and every “customer first” promise collapses the moment incentives kick in. That tension drives our conversation with Martin Dowson, an interim design leader and adviser who’s spent decades helping executives change how their organisations make decisions, not...

Send us Fan Mail What if accessibility wasn’t a hurdle at the finish line but the spark that makes products shine for everyone? We sit down with accessibility specialist Maya Selin to unpack how inclusive design moves from checklists to genuine human impact—and why that shift boosts creativity, market reach, and team morale. Maya traces her path from early web days and brand governance to a people...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome Dr Giles Morrison, a former NHS doctor turned clinical UX strategist, to unpack why healthcare needs a distinct approach to design and how better products can make care safer, kinder and fairer. We explore burnout, equity, AI’s limits and the craft of behaviour change that sticks. • Coining clinical UX as a distinct discipline focused on clinicians and patients • Why ge...

Send us Fan Mail What if design could move at the speed of AI without losing its soul? We sit down with two veteran leaders, Martin and Jose, to explore how teams can stay relevant when the pendulum swings from hype to hard results. From early usability labs to enterprise-scale delivery, they unpack how human-centred practice earns trust when it aligns with strategy, operations, and measurable bus...

Send us Fan Mail What if the most valuable creative tool you own isn’t a camera, a canvas, or a deck, but your ability to tune into the right beat at the right moment? Adam Jennings joins us to map a life spent chasing story—across theatre catwalks, design studios, and coaching rooms—and to share how empathy and self-belief can turn messy, human work into steady leadership. We dig into his theatre...

Send us Fan Mail A lost snack pack finds its way to the mic and opens a bigger story: how a Punjabi family turned street memories into a modern brand that won Fortnum & Mason and claimed a Piccadilly window. We sit down with Steve from Curry Smugglers to unpack why a can of Bombay Mix can do what a plain bag never could—stand tall on shelves, spark nostalgia, and carry culture with pride. We t...

Send us Fan Mail What if your life’s through-line is a flowchart—clear steps, smart loops, and a decision diamond that always points back to people? Meet Dr Do, an academic and entrepreneur who turned a “lame” degree in computer engineering into a powerful discipline for building community, scaling women-led enterprise, and teaching with clarity. Her story moves from a redundancy letter to leading...

Send us Fan Mail Start with the work, not the theatre. That’s the heartbeat of this candid, fast-moving conversation with a veteran designer who cut his teeth in a brutal design school, built a career in enterprise UX, and still believes tiny details move mountains. We dig into the early lessons that never faded—defend every decision, design for the person on the receiving end—and how that rigor t...

Send us Fan Mail Start with the stereotype: tidy CV, tidy promotions, tidy portfolio. Now scrap it. Hardy’s journey begins in a young offenders’ institution with no GCSEs and no map, then arcs through late-night self-teaching, messy first sites, a bold UX leap, and leadership roles that reframed “product” from deliverables to durable partnerships. What looks like luck is actually iteration—learnin...

Send us Fan Mail A great restaurant starts with a story—and Chef Peter Joseph has a remarkable one. From a bustling family kitchen in Tamil Nadu to leading a Michelin-star brigade at Tamarind, Peter learned to turn memory into method, discipline into delight, and tradition into something bright and modern at Kahani near Sloane Square. We talk through the real craft of contemporary Indian cooking:...

Send us Fan Mail Jag Sihra shares her creative journey from childhood artist to founder of Studio Jag Sihra, exploring how her passion for colour theory and textile design evolved through education at prestigious art schools and corporate design roles before launching her own studio. • Discovering a love for art at age 10 and recognizing how it brought contentment and focus • Developing colour the...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a 40-year design veteran takes you behind the curtain of corporate design culture? Robert Powell, the self-styled "Grand Poobah of UX" and former design analytics leader at Shell, delivers a masterclass in authentic design leadership that cuts through the noise of typical design discussions. Powell's journey from creating early gaming software on 1...

Send us Fan Mail Design expert Debbie Levitt shares her perspective on how UX and CX professionals are being systematically disempowered despite their critical role in creating successful products and services. She explores how the "fail fast" culture and AI hype are undermining accountability and quality in design. • Debbie has 30 years of experience in CX, UX, product, and business str...

Send us Fan Mail Baljit Rihal shares his journey from corporate life at British Airways to becoming a pioneering Sikh football agent and advocate for South Asian representation in football. His story highlights how refusing to accept limitations and embracing one's identity can lead to transformative change in spaces where representation has traditionally been lacking. • Meeting at British Ai...

Send us Fan Mail Dhaba's first episode is graced by the Austin based Thomas Wilson .  An incredibly experienced human who sits with Joel Gill FRSA - creator of Dhaba - a quiet space within Experience Artisan.  Summary In this conversation, Thomas Wilson shares his extensive journey in design, discussing his early experiences, career shifts, and the evolution of design tools. He emphasizes the...