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Redesigning Leadership with UX Thinking

Because leading through change isn’t about reacting—it’s about designing what comes next.

BOOK DR. JANEL

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NAVIGATE

WHAT’S NEXT

Redesigning Leadership with UX Thinking

Because leading through change isn’t about reacting—it’s about designing what comes next.

BOOK DR. JANEL

Play Speaker Video

The old playbook for leadership

— doesn’t work anymore.

We’ve entered an era where complexity is constant, and change moves faster than most teams—and most leaders—can adapt.

Today’s leaders don’t just need vision. They need better mental models.

Because no one is coming to fix the messiness of modern work for us. If we want healthier teams, smarter decisions, and more resilient organizations, we need to redesign how we lead—on purpose.

The old playbook for leadership

— doesn’t work anymore.

We’ve entered an era where complexity is constant, and change moves faster than most teams—and most leaders—can adapt.

Today’s leaders don’t just need vision. They need better mental models.

Because no one is coming to fix the messiness of modern work for us. If we want healthier teams, smarter decisions, and more resilient organizations, we need to redesign how we lead—on purpose.

And that starts by thinking like a
UX designer.

UX Thinking takes the principles of great design—usability, empathy, iteration—and applies them to how we lead people and shape organizations.

UX Thinking isn’t just for products. It’s for people. For systems. For leadership itself.

And that starts by thinking like a UX designer.

UX Thinking takes the principles of great design—usability, empathy, iteration—and applies them to how we lead people and shape organizations.

UX Thinking isn’t just for products. It’s for people. For systems. For leadership itself.

I’m Dr. Janel Anderson

With a PhD in organizational communication, decades of experience leading UX teams, and a career spent at the crossroads of psychology, design, and technology—I help leaders reimagine how work gets done.

As a keynote speaker, strategic advisor, and host of the Working Conversations podcast, I work with companies navigating transformation—whether it's AI disruption, remote collaboration, generational shifts, or rethinking employee experience.

My approach blends the precision of user experience design with the human-centered lens of leadership development—helping organizations design leadership the same way we design great products: with empathy, usability, and intentionality.

The result? More adaptive leaders. More cohesive teams. And a better way to meet the future of work.

I’m Dr. Janel Anderson

My approach blends the precision of user experience design with the human-centered lens of leadership development—helping organizations design leadership the same way we design great products: with empathy, usability, and intentionality.

The result? More adaptive leaders. More cohesive teams. And a better way to meet the future of work.

This isn’t about quick fixes—

It’s about sustainable, human-centered leadership for the long haul.

Most leaders are solving today’s problems with yesterday’s mindset.

UX Thinking challenges us to do better.

It invites us to ask:

What does this moment really need?

Where are our systems working against us?

What do our people actually experience—and how can we design that experience with intention?

This is how we stop reacting and start designing.

It’s not about having all the answers.
It’s about asking sharper questions.

It’s about making leadership more usable, more human, and more future-ready.

If we want to lead what’s next,
we have to design for what’s next.

Let’s redesign what comes next—together.

BOOK DR. JANEL

If we want to lead what’s next,
we have to design for what’s next.

Let’s redesign what comes next—together.

BOOK DR. JANEL

NAVIGATE

WHAT’S NEXT

Redesigning Leadership with UX Thinking

NAVIGATE

WHAT’S NEXT

Redesigning Leadership with UX Thinking

The old playbook for leadership

— doesn’t work anymore.

Today’s leaders don’t just need vision. They need better mental models.

The old playbook for leadership

— doesn’t work anymore.

Today’s leaders don’t just need vision. They need better mental models.

And that starts by thinking like a UX designer.

And that starts by thinking like a UX designer.

I’m Dr. Janel Anderson

I’m Dr. Janel Anderson

This isn’t about quick fixes—

It’s about sustainable, human-centered leadership for the long haul.

Most leaders are solving today’s problems with yesterday’s mindset.

UX Thinking challenges us to do better.

It invites us to ask:

What does this moment really need?

Where are our systems working against us?

What do our people actually experience—and how can we design that experience with intention?

This is how we stop reacting and start designing.

It’s not about having all the answers.It’s about asking sharper questions.

It’s about making leadership more usable, more human, and more future-ready.

Let’s redesign what comes next—together.

Let’s redesign what comes next—together.

And that starts by thinking like a
UX designer.

It’s not about having all the answers.
It’s about asking sharper questions.