#93 From Architecture to Entrepreneurship, Teamwork, the Role of Designers, AI, Understanding Style and the Future with Angela Shen-Hsieh

Angela Shen-Hsieh is an entrepreneur, technologist, architect, and designer who worked in the corporate world and startup world. She loves to think about the future and build things. She led teams to create new innovations with AI, big data and collaborate. She’s currently the founder and CEO of Alcōv, a home styling and shopping app.

Where to find Angela

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelashenhsieh/

• X: https://twitter.com/angelashenhsieh

• Alcōv: https://alcov.co/

Maria

• X: https://go.ggutt.com/x

• Linkedin: https://go.ggutt.com/maria-linkedin

• TikTok: go.ggutt.com/tiktok

• YouTube: http://go.ggutt.com/videos

Timestamps

• 00:00 Introduction

• 02:18 Being intuition led and GGUTT feeling

• 03:14 Failure in collaboration

• 07:40 How designers lead collaborative processes

• 13:16 Bridging design and business

• 16:00 Design as a problem-solving discipline

• 20:50 Rethinking innovation in design

• 24:08 The UX of AI

• 30:56 How AI and human creativity intersect

• 36:41 Design insights from EU AI policies

• 43:31 The role of design in policy development

• 46:49 Angela on designing Alcōv

• 58:55 Advice for designing your life