Season 01, Episode 06

S.01 / E.06

Mary Quandt

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Mary Quandt is a Design & Innovation Leader with extensive experience working with Fortune 500 companies and consultancies to identify and develop breakthrough growth platforms with business impact. She is a purpose-driven strategist committed to connecting design, technology, and humanity, making a world that works for all living things.

She is a systems thinker with a bias for action – solving diverse problems with a deep set of design thinking and organizational development capabilities – cutting through the complexity to reveal simple, impactful solutions. Mary has deep experience leading and building passionate advocates for human-centered design and creating experiences that people love. Her superpowers include team building, collaboration, reframing, and a servant leadership mindset.

Currently, the Director of Service Strategy at Johnson and Johnson Design, Mary works across J&J’s broad healthcare portfolio to create seamless customer experiences across channels and touchpoints. She has a BA in Business from The University of St. Thomas, an MDes in Communication Planning and Design from Carnegie Mellon, and she is currently completing an MS in Organization Development at American University.

When we at Johnson and Johnson are thinking about designing services and service design, it’s really looking holistically at what are all of the things that can create a mutual value exchange.
Mary Quant : Director, Experience Strategy / Johnson & Johnson

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Jennifer McFadden

Associate Director of Entrepreneurship & Lecturer in the Practice of Management
Yale Som

Over the last nine years, Jennifer has played an integral part in developing and fostering entrepreneurial culture both at Yale and in the broader industry.

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Todd Diemer

User Research Lead, Khan Academy

Todd Diemer is the User Research Lead at Khan Academy, the non-profit educational organization created in 2006 to provide free, world-class education for students nationally and internationally.

E.02

Michelle Lee

Managing Director, Play Lab at IDEO

Michelle Lee, Managing Director at IDEO, leads their Design for Play team. She has made it her mission to use the principles of play to create impactful products for a diverse range of industries, from healthcare to food and beverage. Michelle is an award-winning designer driven by a desire to bring thoughtful solutions to fruition through user-centered design.

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