About this podcast
🙂 Welcome to the Happy Space® Podcast where we explore designing neuroinclusion.
Tune in for conversations with shapers of space, creators of culture, and engineers of experience as we highlight astonishing contributions tempting a more tender world.
We know that diversity leads to richer results, so let’s accept that #productivityispersonal and commit to designing with greater respect for humanity.
I aim to leave you with ideas to better support your colleagues, customers, community, and not least of all, yourself and those who matter most. For, everyone, including you, deserves a Happy Space.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 73 episodes
- Sound and Social Conflict - with Jan Doering · 1 h 11 min · Episode 62Jan Doering, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto explores the complex relationship between sound, behavior, and social conflict, unpacking the social…
- Giving the Disabled a Voice in Airport Design - with Ernesto Morales · 52 min · Episode 61Dr. Ernesto Morales discusses evidence-based research for accessible airports and airplanes, emphasizing co-design, sensory needs, and the need for accountability in aviation…
- Learn about Accessible Aviation - For Free! - with Ivan Berazhny · 1 h 2 min · Episode 60Ivan Berazhny, Senior lecturer at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences and accessibility advocate, shares how INCLAVI, an EU-funded initiative, equips aviation…
- Are Check-in Meetings Necessary? - with Jason Lauritsen · 40 min · Episode 59Leadership expert Jason Lauritsen tackles the question of whether we really need check-in meetings addressing barriers like discomfort, skill gaps, and the drive for workplace…
- Design for the Extreme to Benefit the Mean - with Kay Sargent · 44 min · Episode 58In this episode, Happy Space Podcast host, Clare Kumar, speaks with Kay Sargent, principal designer at HOK, about their latest release, Neuroinclusive Workplace Design. Clare and…
- [Encore] Google’s Take on Neuroinclusive Event Design – with Megan Henshall · 42 min · Episode 29In this curated selection from the Happy Space Podcast, I’m bringing back voices that challenge, inspire, and expand our thinking about designing for inclusion and accessibility…
- [Encore] Inclusive Design: Exploring Respite, Place Attachment & Hoteling - with Ryan Anderson · 47 min · Episode 37In this curated selection from the Happy Space Podcast, I’m bringing back voices that challenge, inspire, and expand our thinking about designing for inclusion and accessibility…
- [Encore] Respect: a strategy for inclusion - with Gena Cox · 39 min · Episode 28In this curated selection from the Happy Space Podcast, I’m bringing back voices that challenge, inspire, and expand our thinking about designing for inclusion and accessibility…
- [Encore] Unlocking the Power of Neurodiversity at Work - with Ludmila Praslova · 1 h 7 min · Episode 46In this curated selection from the Happy Space Podcast, I’m bringing back voices that challenge, inspire, and expand our thinking about designing for inclusion and accessibility…
- [Encore] Redesigning Work for People and the Planet - with Lisa Whited · 40 min · Episode 34In this curated selection from the Happy Space Podcast, I’m bringing back voices that challenge, inspire, and expand our thinking about designing for inclusion and accessibility…
- [Encore] Creating a Speak-Up Culture - with Stephen Shedletsky · 41 min · Episode 30In this curated selection from the Happy Space Podcast, I’m bringing back voices that challenge, inspire, and expand our thinking about designing for inclusion and accessibility…
- [Encore] Calm the Open Concept Office - with Nook's David O'Coimin · 44 min · Episode 7In this curated selection from the Happy Space Podcast, I’m bringing back voices that challenge, inspire, and expand our thinking about designing for inclusion and accessibility…
- [Encore] The Case for Including the Disabled - with Denis Boudreau · 48 min · Episode 33In this curated selection from the Happy Space Podcast, I’m bringing back voices that challenge, inspire, and expand our thinking about designing for inclusion and accessibility…
- [Encore] Championing accessibility at work - with Majorie Aunos · 38 min · Episode 32In this curated selection from the Happy Space Podcast, I’m bringing back voices that challenge, inspire, and expand our thinking about designing for inclusion and accessibility…
- [Encore] How DEI Betters Business - with Subha Barry · 50 min · Episode 52In this curated selection from the Happy Space Podcast, I’m bringing back voices that challenge, inspire, and expand our thinking about designing for inclusion and accessibility…
- What To Say So They Can’t Unhear - with Tamsen Webster · 1 h 1 min · Episode 57Message Master, Tamsen Webster shares powerful ways to communicate and say what they can’t unhear. Messager Master, Tamsen Webster discusses the pivotal role of effective…
- Accessibility Is Everyone's Problem - with Dr. Lauran Star · 1 h 2 min · Episode 56Organizational Disruptor, Dr. Lauran Star shares her journey from dyslexic student, to trauma medic, to DEI advocate. Dr. Lauran Star, an organizational disruptor and advocate…
- Remote Work Done Right - with Sacha Connor · 48 min · Episode 55CEO of Virtual Work Insider, Sacha Connor discusses the challenges of remote work and how distance bias affects professional teams. Marketer turned remote work advocate, Sacha…
- The Sunflower - Inviting Acessibility Around the World - with Paul White · 41 min · Episode 54CEO of Hidden Disabilities Sunflower, Paul White shares his journey so far in forming a global symbol for those with hidden disabilities. CEO of the Hidden Disabilities…
- The Unexpected Power of Color - with Laura Guido-Clark · 56 min · Episode 53Color Expert, Laura Guido-Clark discusses the transformative power of color in design and the emotional and physiological impacts of color in communities and workspaces. Designer…
