Billie Mandel is a facilitator, educator, and coach who’s obsessed with helping creative professionals communicate, collaborate, incorporate divergent perspectives, and make decisions more effectively. Her workshops and coaching methods, which intentionally have a fun, irreverent, rock-n-roll vibe, bring together lessons learned over 20+ years of product design leadership, an interdisciplinary approach rooted in the social sciences, and a dedication to lesbian feminist pedagogy. To remain a sane, happy human, Billie plays drums, everything from jazz to metal. These days, she likes metal best.