Curiosity and optimism for a design leader with Momo Estrella

BeeNow podcast, Episode 44

Momo Estrella is a design executive based in Shanghai since 2010. He has worked across corporate, consulting, and startup setups in leadership roles where he has defined the foundations and set the capabilities to sustain human-centered innovation. He has worked at companies like EF Education First, Imagination, Publicis Sapient, IDEO. He currently serves as the Design Director / Head of UX at IKEA.

In exploring design, creativity, and leadership, I couldn’t ask for a better guest. In this chat, Momo talks about his journey as a designer, the importance of staying inspired, how to deal with mental blind spots, and a perspective on human-centered leadership. We also explore the unavoidable dimensions of creativity like confidence, listening, failure, and the unknown.

We also address an ageless question, “how do you connect with your real inner self?”

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