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Jon said that when he first discovered the design operations community at the 2019 Design Ops Summit in Brooklyn, it felt like coming home. Here was this entire tribe of people who cared about the same things he'd been passionate about for years—creating systems that help designers do their best work. In this episode, I'm talking with Jon Fukuda, co-founder of Limina.co, about how design operations has evolved from an unnamed set of practices into a vital discipline that drives organizational excellence. As organizations continue to face economic pressures, the conversation around design operations has become more critical than ever. How do we demonstrate the strategic value of design teams? How can operational excellence serve not just designers but business outcomes? Jon shares insights from his 20+ year journey—from early days defining UX practice models to his current role as a design ops leader and community builder. This conversation reveals how the best design operations leaders think beyond tooling and process to focus on team health, cross-functional partnerships, and systems that elevate both human-centered practices and business innovation. Whether you're considering a move into design ops or looking to strengthen your design leadership approach, Jon's practical wisdom offers a roadmap for driving operational excellence in complex organizations. Questions you'll be able to answer after listening: How might we structure the first 30-60-90 days in a new design operations role for maximum impact? What key misconceptions about design operations could undermine your effectiveness as a leader? When should design ops be positioned under product teams versus operating as a horizontal function? Why do organizations often view design teams as expendable during economic downturns, and how can we change that perception? How can design operations leaders demonstrate their impact on both team health and business outcomes? About Jon Fukuda Jon Fukuda is co-founder of Limina.co with over 20 years of experience as a user experience specialist. With expertise in UX strategy, design thinking, and UI design, Jon has led teams through human-centered requirements gathering, strategy development, interaction design, testing, and evaluation. His career journey started in the late 1990s when "user experience" was just being defined, giving him a unique perspective on how design practices have evolved. Most recently, Jon has dedicated his efforts to research and design operations facilitation for scalable, sustainable human-centered systems. His passion for operational excellence makes him a respected voice in the design ops community. Episode Highlights [01:30] Jon's journey began when "user experience" was just being defined [02:10] Early exposure to coordinating UX work alongside business analysts and technologists [03:40] "I always approached with a continuous improvement mindset - learn from mistakes, get better" [04:50] The shift from individual excellence to system-level operational thinking [06:40] Jon's team started defining specialized roles: information architects, interaction designers, visual designers [08:40] On discovering the term design ops, "This is the work I've been doing for years - I just didn't have a word for it" — Jon [10:00] The North Pacific Gyre metaphor: design ops managers pick up tasks no one else claims [11:10] The community focuses on team health and infrastructure that supports practitioners [12:20] Design ops handles everything from licensing software to managing team dynamics [14:40] Different maturity levels: from surface-level design to strategic human-centered integration [16:10] How design ops prevents team burnout and toxic workplace dynamics [18:30] First steps for new design ops leaders: conduct a listening tour with your design team [19:40] "Design operations is a servant leader role - you make sure people feel taken care of" — Jon [21:30] Expand your listening tour to horizontal and vertical stakeholders to identify friction points [22:40] The necessity of executive sponsorship when conducting large-scale assessments [24:30] Building a shared vision of success that aligns stakeholders around design operations [26:40] Design ops spans program management, infrastructure, HR partnerships, and career development [27:00] Common misconception: reducing design ops to just design systems or program management [29:40] Challenges of positioning design operations within product-led organizational hierarchies [31:00] Why siloing design teams under product lines limits cross-organizational learning [32:00] The Design Ops Assembly Slack community as a primary resource for practitioners [34:40] Recommended resources: Nielsen Norman article and the Design Conductors book [36:10] Design Ops Assembly Learning Labs offer stratified professional development programs [38:40] Economic challenges lead organizations to view designers as expendable despite their value [41:40] "The future requires better integration - both process and tooling" — Jon [42:10] Need for better connections between design tools and broader business systems   Questions to Help You Go Deeper Learning What surprised you most about the spectrum of activities that fall under design operations, and why? How does the concept of operational excellence in design challenge or enhance your current understanding of design leadership? Which aspects of the listening tour methodology seem most valuable for your context? Leading How might you help your team understand the connection between operational excellence and strategic business outcomes? Where in your organization would improved design operations create the most immediate value? What would success look like if you implemented a structured listening tour with your horizontal and vertical stakeholders? Applying What's one small experiment you could run next week to improve an operational aspect of your design practice? Which current friction points in your team's workflow could be addressed using design operations principles? How could you adapt the first 30-60-90 days framework to fit your specific organizational context?   Practicing How will you build stakeholder relationship management into your regular practice? What support or resources do you need to implement better integration between your design tools and broader organizational systems? Who could you partner with to practice articulating the business value of your design operations initiatives? Resources Nielsen Norman Group Design Ops 101 - An excellent primer that defines design operations as "the orchestration and optimization of people, processes, and craft in order to amplify design's value and impact at scale." The Design Conductors - A new comprehensive book by Rachel Posman and John Calhoun from Salesforce, providing guidance on building DesignOps programs. Patrizia Bertini's Website - Jon recommends her perspective on design ops and business value, with various articles on DesignOps strategy and measuring impact. Events Rosenfeld Media's Design Ops Summit - The premier annual conference for design operations professionals. Henry Stewart's Creative Operations + Design Operations Events - These events take place in New York, London, Los Angeles and other cities, often featuring co-located Design Operations Symposiums. Deepen Your Learning Operations + Human Centered Design + Art with Alvin Schexnider — DT101 E116 - Explores the intersection between operations, human-centered design practices, and artistic approaches to problem-solving, providing additional context for operational excellence in design organizations. Creating a UX Career with Sarah Doody — DT101 E77 - Offers insights into career development for UX professionals that complements the discussion on design operations leadership and team development. Ask Like a Designer — DT101 E61 - Introduces the six designer voices (Builder, Scout, Tinker, Facilitator, Traveler, and Pro) that can help design operations leaders develop a more comprehensive approach to supporting their teams and driving excellence.

Today, we are pleased to introduce you to Patricia Newman, a renowned children's book author and environmentalist. Patricia has captivated young minds with her books, such as Plastic Ahoy, Sea Otter Heroes, and the just-released Giant Rays of Hope. Her storytelling seamlessly blends education with environmental responsibility, inspiring collective action and hope.In this episode, we delve into Patricia's journey—how a pivotal article about scientists studying plastic in the North Pacific Gyre led her to write groundbreaking nonfiction that sheds light on our environmental challenges. We'll explore her unique approach to making complex scientific concepts accessible and engaging for children and their guardians, emphasizing the power of young activists in shaping a sustainable future.DISCUSSIONFinding Your Writing Niche — [00:07:57 → 00:08:12]Plastic Pollution Awareness — [00:09:40 → 00:09:45]Hope for the Ocean — [00:15:07 → 00:15:32]Viral Conservation Success — [00:16:22 → 00:17:33]Ocean Acidification Explained — [00:18:15 → 00:18:31]Plastic Pollution and Climate Change — [00:20:51 → 00:21:16]Viral Topic: Young Scientist Wins Grant and Engages Community in Turtle Conservation — [00:24:32 → 00:24:40]Reintroducing Marine Majesty — [00:26:01 → 00:26:08]"Eco-Friendly Parenting Hacks — [00:31:32 → 00:31:39]LEARN MORETo learn more about Patricia and her work, visit her website at https://www.patriciamnewman.com/You can also find Patricia on these social sites:FacebookInstagramTwitter/XClick here to visit Patrica's author page on Amazon.NEXT STEPSIf you enjoy podcasts devoted to outdoor adventure, find us online at https://outdooradventureseries.com. We welcome likes, comments, and shares.KEYWORDSPatricia Newman, Children's Book Author, Environmentalist, Giant Rays of Hope, Howard Fox, Outdoor Adventure Series, Podcast Interview, OWAA, PodMatch #PatriciaNewman #Children'sBookAuthor #Environmentalist #GiantRaysofHope #OutdoorAdventure #HowardFox #OutdoorAdventureSeries #PodcastInterviewMy Favorite Podcast Tools: Production by Descript Hosting Buzzsprout Show Notes by Castmagic Website powered by Podpage Note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

If you're enjoying the content, please like, subscribe, and comment! Please consider supporting the show! https://anchor.fm/worldxppodcast/support Moore Institute's Website: https://mooreplasticresearch.org/ Ms. Moore has more than 25 years experience in the water quality field and specializes in trash and marine debris in aquatic environments. She has done research to provide both the regulated and regulator communities with baseline information necessary to determining the efficacy of recent policies and legislation around trash in the environment. She was also part of the 1999 North Pacific Gyre study sample design team. She has served as chair for regional monitoring surveys in Southern California and as co-chair for the California Trash Monitoring Workgroup, a subcommittee of the California Water Quality Monitoring Council supported by the California State Water Resources Control Board. Most recently Ms. Moore co-led and planned an international workshop on Microplastics Methods. The goal of this workshop was to bring regulators and methods exports together to inform stakeholders of current legislative requirements and the most current methods to evaluate microplastics. From this workshop, a Microplastics Method Evaluation and Standardization study has been developed to determine the accuracy, repeatability and costs of methods currently used to assess microplastics in a variety of environments. ______________________ Follow us! @worldxppodcast Instagram - https://bit.ly/3eoBwyr @worldxppodcast Twitter - https://bit.ly/2Oa7Bzm YouTube - http://bit.ly/3rxDvUL Spotify - http://spoti.fi/3sZAUTG Anchor - http://bit.ly/3qGeaH7 #plastic #pollution #plasticpollution #pacificgarbagepatch #garbage #fishing #fish #marinelife #marinebiology #protection #wildlife #beach #business #opportunity #podcast #longformpodcast #podcasts #podcaster #newpodcast #podcastshow #podcasting #newshow #worldxppodcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldxppodcast/support

If you're one of the ocean's major predators, you go where the food is—even if it might make you a little dizzy. Scientists recently found that tunas, sharks, and other big fish were more common inside eddies in parts of the Pacific Ocean than in the surrounding water. And not surprisingly, that's where the food was.The scientists looked at records of waters inside the North Pacific Gyre. That's a region from a little north of the equator to the central Pacific, and from the Americas to Japan. It's the largest ecosystem in the world.Across much of that region, there's not much life in the upper layers. But there's a lot more in the eddies—spinning currents that can be dozens of miles wide. They effect conditions not only at the surface, but far below as well. They can pull nutrient-rich waters from below, enhancing the number of fish that the big guys prey on.The recent study looked at more than 20 years of records from a giant fishery around the Hawaiian islands—catches of both top-level predators and some of the species they feed on. They also looked at satellite observations of ocean currents over that same period. Comparing the two revealed that fishing lines inside eddies caught a lot more of 14 species of big fish—tunas, sharks, billfishes, and others—than lines outside the eddies.So tracking eddies at the ocean surface may help pinpoint the best places to find big fish—and to manage this diminishing resource.

April 27, 2021--Our ocean is the Earth's "Blue Heart" covering 72 % of our planet . . . and it's in bad shape. With more than 300 tons of plastic produced annually, less than 5% is recycled. Where does much of it end up? You guessed it, in the ocean! On thie edition of the Ecology Hour on KZYX, guest host John Azzaro speaks with Mary Crowley, founding director of Ocean Voyages Institute dedicated to ocean cleanup and raising the awareness of the dangers of marine debris. John sailed with Mary and crew of marine scientists on a 150' tall ship to study first hand the world's largest toxic dump, the North Pacific Gyre.

As the Director of Science, Research and Academic Partnerships for Plastic Ocean Project, Inc. as well as the Executive Director, Bonnie Monteleone is a researcher who has collected plastic marine samples globally including four of the five main ocean gyres, the Caribbean, and has extended this work to Pyramid Lake, outside of Reno, Nevada.  Monteleone completed her first field study exploration in the North Atlantic Gyre in July 2009 in collaboration with  Maureen Conte, PhD. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science (BIOS). In the fall of 2009, Monteleone accompanied Algalita Marine Research Foundation's 10-year resampling of the North Pacific Gyre, quantifying the rate of plastic marine debris growth to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, sampling a transect of 3,460 nautical miles (nm).In 2010, she continued her North Atlantic study resampling the same region in the North Atlantic. In fall of 2010, she joined 5 Gyres Institute in a first ever South Atlantic transect sampling for pelagic marine debris traveling 4,270 nm from Brazil to South Africa. In 2012, Monteleone collected samples from the South Pacific as part of the film project, A Plastic Ocean. To date, she has five years of data sets from the North Atlantic. A total of 217 surface samples were collected from all four oceans. Monteleone collaborates with Charles Moore, founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation (AMRF), Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummings, co-founders of 5 Gyres Institute, Dr. William J. Cooper, University of California Irvine (UCI), and Dr. Maureen Conte, BIOS.  In 2012, Bonnie Monteleone and Paul Lorenzo co-founded the 501c3 Plastic Ocean Project, Inc.Monteleone also works in the Environmental Studies Department at UNC Wilmington as an Adjunct Instructor teaching a Plastic Marine Debris Field Studies course and manages a lab working with student Directed Independent Studies (DIS) research. Research projects vary from fieldwork collecting beach samples to lab analysis looking at plastic leachates, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) uptakes, and plastic ingestion by marine organisms. She collaborates with Drs. Pamela Seaton, Brooks Avery, Susanne Brander, and Alison Taylor at UNCW.Bonnie is also an accomplished artist, turning some of the plastic she collects on her voyages into modern artistic masterpieces. This work story boards her research and has become a traveling art exhibit  - What goes around comes around.  She received the Conservation Communicator of the Year 2017, Governor's Award, Cape Fear YWCA Woman of the Year - Environmental Award 2018, and nominated for the Cape Fear Woman of Achievement award 2018. She is a member of the Sierra Club Marine Team and on the NC Wildlife Federation's Board of Directors.Connect with Bonniehttps://www.plasticoceanproject.orgJournaling PromptsWhat are some ways that you can reduce/eliminate your use of plastics in everyday life? Make a list. Then, start. You CAN be the change you wish to see in the world. Thanks for listening. xo-Jackiewww.elixirpodcast.mewww.madreandthemuse.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/elixirpodcast)

Starting off today's show with the magical sounds of a tropical beach in the South of Thailand. With today's focus on the Great Pacific Garbage patch, my question to you is, how long do you think we have before it all goes away? As a species, we are undoubtedly behind the destruction of countless marine and land plants and animals. We're only getting worse by the day. Like the other day, I witnessed a lady come out from a car and throw a cigarette she was smoking on the ground and stepped on it. The mere fact that she did everything like it was normal is simply astonishing. This is what we've become as a species. In today's show I highlight the enormous amount of trash we are dumping in the oceans and how it is negatively impacting the marine ecosystem, in hope that we can change our attitude and save the oceans, sea's, and ultimately, our precious planet! The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Also known as The Pacific Trash Vortex, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch spans waters from the west coast of North America to Japan. It consists of The Western Garbage Patch in Japan and The Eastern Garbage Patch that's between Hawaii and California. The entire Great Pacific Garbage Patch is bounded by the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre - a circular storm pattern that's formed by the pacific ocean currents. The center of the Gyre tends to be very calm and stable. The circular motion of the gyre draws the debris into the calm center, where it becomes trapped to form the garbage patches. The pacific garbage patch is Made up of microplastics that can't be seen by the naked eye. The microplastic is mixed with other debris like fishing gear and shoes. 70% of the marine debris in the Pacific garbage patch usually ends up sinking to the bottom of the ocean. 54% of the marine debris comes from land-based activities in North America, while 20% is as a result of offshore oil rigs and large cargo ships that dump or lose litter directly into the ocean. The first trash vortex was discovered by Charles Moore. A sailor who was sailing from Hawaii to California after competing in a yachting race. Charles alongside his crew took note of the vortex when their ship was surrounded by millions of plastic pieces. Plastics make up the majority of the ocean debris majorly because of two reasons: a. Plastic is durable and low cost. Making it popular with manufacturers of consumer products b. Plastic doesn't biodegrade. It only breaks into smaller pieces and becomes a part of the ocean ecosystem Dangers of the ocean debris Sea animals like seals and turtles sometimes confuse the microplastics for food and eat them. Which ends up killing them. Sea animals get entangled in the nets found in pacific garbage patches and die. The patch blocks sunlight from reaching plankton and algae in the ocean. This disrupts the food chain as sea animals such as turtles and fish we depend on, end up dying. Plastics absorb pollutants such as PCBs from the seawater. This is later passed on to animals that feed on the small pieces of plastic. Because the garbage is far off from any coastline. No country wants to take responsibility or fund the cleanup projects. According to scientists and explorers, the best way everyone can be involved in the clean up is by limiting or eliminating our use of disposable plastics and substituting with biodegradable resources. A lot of the global conglomerates are only profit-driven, and that's why plastic is such a commonly used resource. The only way this stops is if you as a person, decide to take action. Take responsibility and live your daily life in pursuit of a cleaner and healthier planet. Timestamps. 01:13 About The Great Pacific Garbage Patch 03:24 What causes garbage in the ocean 05:37 The two major garbage patches 07:05 How the North Pacific Gyre is formed 09:44 What the pacific patch is really composed of 11:04 How the trash vortex was first discovered 12:51 Why plastic is the majority of debris in the ocean 13:46 Harmful effects of marine debris 16:57 Patching up the patch 23:28 How you can make a difference 27:41 Listen to connected Selected links and Mentions. The Cornish beaches where Lego keeps washing up The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Marine debris Ocean Trash: 5.25 Trillion Pieces and Counting, but Big Questions Remain North Pacific Gyre Meet Captain Charles Moore DE276 Humpback Comeback! Connected by James O'Connor

Today I would like to talk a little about something that is shocking many people still daily and with less that one month to go before the biggest clean-up start, I would like to talk about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Some of you might not have heard of it; others might be more familiar with it. So let’s dig in. There are currently five large gyres in the ocean (North Atlantic, South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, South Pacific and the North Pacific Gyre). The biggest of the five is the North Pacific Gyre better know as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is located between California and Hawaii. Episode Highlights[01:21] A gyre is a large system of circulation ocean currents that are formed by global wind patterns as well as forces that are created by the rotation of the earth. [01:50] The Ocean Clean Up (https://www.theoceancleanup.com/) . [02:00] In 2015 the first mega exhibition was launched by crossing the Patch with 30 boats simultaneously, and they collect 1.2 million plastic samples, in small nets and two giant trolls that were towed behind the boats. [02:49] that ran the first aerial survey of a garbage patch. [03:01] The debris measured 1.6 million square kilometres. That is three times the size of France. [03:08] The patch contains 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic. That equals 250 pieces for every human in the world. [03:19] The total mass amounts to 80,000 tons. This is 4 to 16 times more than previously estimated. [03:29] 92% of this mass is made of larger objects, that will be fragmented into smaller dangerous micro plastics over the next few decades if not removed. [03:42] Slat and his team created an artificial coastline system in the ocean where they will concentrate the plastic and remove it. [04:13] The system will be taking advantage of wind, waves and currents. [05:13] A support vessel often comes and removes the plastic, similar to what a garbage truck would do. [05:19] The debris is then taken to land where it is recycled and turned into beautiful products. [05:49] It is expected that the fleet would be able to clean up 50% of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch every five years. [06:24] Reduce the amount of single-use plastic items you use by switching to reusable options. [06:36] Pick up 3 for the sea (https://www.facebook.com/take3forthesea/) . [06:53] Avoid the fruit and vegetable bags. Key Take Away“The debris measured 1.6 million square kilometres. That is three times the size of France.”  To think that somewhere in our beautiful ocean is a large plastic mass three times the size of France. I am still trying to wrap my head around it. Plastic has been around for the past decades and was created to make our lives easier. However, when looking at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the effect that these plastics have on the environment, it really makes me wonder. If we all evaluate our daily life and pick one item that we would like to reduce it will make a difference.

In this one we do RIPs, HBD Stark, John Bolton, Fahrenheit 451 on HBO, North Pacific Gyre, Puppy Man gets Bad Times, Nxivm, Wild Wild Country, Captain Marvel casting, Donald Glover and Deadpool, Hanging with Paul Scheer, Barry, Deadpool 2, Revisiting Thor, Civil War, and Justice League, Ava DuVernay's New Gods, and TJ tells us about why privacy matters.  Thanks for listening! sundaysundaysandwich@gmail.com @sunday_sandwich on twitter sunday.sandwich on instagram facebook itunes "Nerds!"    -Ogre

The Fourth Phase - Iconic snowboarder Travis Rice and friends embark on a multi-year mission to follow the North Pacific Gyre's flow. As Rice and the crew experience the highs and lows of a journey unlike any previously attempted, cutting-e

The Fourth Phase - Iconic snowboarder Travis Rice and friends embark on a multi-year mission to follow the North Pacific Gyre's flow. As Rice and the crew experience the highs and lows of a journey unlike any previously attempted, cutting-e

After more than a decade of cleaning up Auckland's waterways and removing 22 shipping containers full of rubbish, the Sea Cleaners Trust is ready to tackle the rest of our coastline.

After more than a decade of cleaning up Auckland's waterways and removing 22 shipping containers full of rubbish, the Sea Cleaners Trust is ready to tackle the rest of our coastline.

Learn from NOAA Tsunami expert Dr. Vasily Titov, from NOAA's Center for Tsunami Research about the natural phenomena of tsunamis, as we remember the tragic March, 2011 tsunami that impacted the coast of Japan. We also focus on the aftermath of debris that entered the ocean after the tsunami and discuss how it is traveling and how the North Pacific Gyre system is moving debris across and around the Pacific.

Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation tell us about the perils of plastic on land and in the sea. Marcus and Anna also talk about some of their many adventures; JUNKride; a 2,000 mile bike ride from Vancouver, B.C. to Tijuana, Mexico, the voyage of the JUNKraft; a boat made of plastic bottles, and their trip to the North Pacific Gyre, where they investigated plastic in the ocean.

When you order your double latte to-go at the corner coffee shop, the empty cup and lid may end up in a giant pit of plastic ocean litter off the coast of California. Some cities and counties are so concerned about the garbage in the so-called North Pacific Gyre that they've passed ordinances to try to limit the amount of plastic in our lives.