{"id":250223,"date":"2023-12-07T12:37:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T17:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/?post_type=speakers&p=250223"},"modified":"2023-12-07T12:38:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T17:38:13","slug":"indi-young","status":"publish","type":"speakers","link":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/people\/indi-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Indi Young"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indi Young is a\u00a0“writer<\/a>\u00a0who\u00a0coaches<\/a>,\u00a0writes<\/a>, and\u00a0speaks<\/a>\u00a0about\u00a0inclusive software strategy<\/a>, bringing\u00a0depth and breadth of knowledge about people\u2019s purposes via the painstaking detail of listening sessions and synthesis. When paired with big data trends, solution space research, design thinking, JTBD, and agile methods, her mental\u00a0model diagrams, opportunity maps, and thinking-style segments<\/a>\u00a0let you organize and activate better support for far many more people.<\/p>\n

In 2008, her book\u00a0Mental Models<\/em><\/a>, introducing the problem space research method, was published. Her second book,\u00a0Practical Empathy<\/em><\/a>, was released in 2015, and she narrated it for\u00a0Audible<\/a> in 2016. She has spoken at 40+ conferences<\/a>\u00a0globally. She runs a series of\u00a0advanced online training<\/a>\u00a0about listening skills, synthesis, creating mental model diagrams & thinking-style segments, and the importance of pushing the boundaries of your perspective.<\/p>\n

She began her career as a software engineer, moved into interaction design, worked with early tablets, and in 2001 was a\u00a0founding partner of Adaptive Path<\/a>, the pioneering UX agency responsible for knowledge sharing\u00a0via many channels<\/a>. She got her degree in Computer Science from\u00a0Cal Poly San Luis Obispo<\/a>, started her masters in Computer science at\u00a0CSU Fort Collins<\/a>, then quit because she wanted to push interaction design forward. (This was before any UX programs existed!) You can follow her on Twitter\u00a0@indiyoung<\/a>\u00a0and access many resources on\u00a0Medium<\/a>\u00a0and here on her website, including\u00a0articles<\/a>,\u00a0podcasts<\/a>, and\u00a0presentations<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indi Young is a\u00a0“writer\u00a0who\u00a0coaches,\u00a0writes, and\u00a0speaks\u00a0about\u00a0inclusive software strategy, bringing\u00a0depth and breadth of knowledge about people\u2019s purposes … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":181998,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/250223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speakers"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}