KL123: Design the Work You Love

KL123 Ayse Birsel Designer | Author | Recognized as Fast Company Most Creative People in Business Design the Work You Love Episode Summary On Episode 123 of the Keep Leading!® podcast, I interviewed the amazing Ayse Birsel! She is a gifted designer who explains that we shouldn’t just work, we should do the work we love! She also reveals her new book and why she is known as the “Queen of Toilet Seats.” Bio Ayse (pronounced Eye-Shay) Birsel is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People In Business 2017 and is on the Thinkers50 Radar List of the 30 management thinkers most likely to shape the future of organizations. She is the author of Design the Life You Love. Recognized as #1 Coach in Life Design in the world, she gives lectures on Design the Life + Work You Love to corporations and has a blog on Design the Work You Love for Thinkers50, based on her interviews with some of the most recognized thought leaders of our time. Ayse is the co-founder of Birsel + Seck, the award-winning design and innovation studio, and consults to Amazon, CVS, Herman Miller, GE, IKEA, The Scan Foundation, Staples, and Toyota, among others. Her design process, Deconstruction:Reconstruction™, is the red thread across all her work. Interior Design Magazine recognized her as Best of Year Product Designer 2020. Her work can be found in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Website https://www.aysebirsel.com/ Other Website http://www.birselplusseck.com/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/aysebirsel/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AyseBirselSeck   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DesigntheLifeYouLove   Instagram https://www.instagram.com/designthelifeyoulove/   Leadership Quote “Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others.” ― Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful Get Your Copy of Ayse’s Book! https://www.aysebirsel.com/book Subscribe, share and review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-leading/id1461490512 Full Episode Transcripts and Detailed Guest Information www.KeepLeadingPodcast.com   Keep Leading LIVE (Live Recordings of the Keep Leading!® Podcast) www.KeepLeadingLive.com   The Keep Leading!® podcast is for people passionate about leadership. It is dedicated to leadership development and insights. Join your host Eddie Turner, The Leadership Excelerator® as he speaks with accomplished leaders and people of influence across the globe as they share their journey to leadership excellence. Listen as they share leadership strategies, techniques, and insights. For more information visit https://eddieturnerllc.com or follow Eddie Turner on Twitter and Instagram at @eddieturnerjr. Like Eddie Turner LLC on Facebook. Connect with Eddie Turner on LinkedIn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices