EP 91: Designing for Complex Systems | Valerie Casey

Valerie Casey is Senior Vice President and Chief Design Officer at
Walmart where she leads a team of amazing designers creating the
future of retail. Her team’s mission is to bring access and dignity
through design excellence to everyone, regardless of their zip code
or bank account balance. Valerie’s team uses design thinking and
rapid experimentation to inspire and align cross-functional groups
throughout the portfolio – from creating customer experiences and
employee tools to designing digital products and in-store
services.  Prior to Walmart, Valerie was Chief Product Officer
at Samsung NEXT, and an executive leader at world-renowned design
studios IDEO, frog design and Pentagram. She is the founder of the
Designers Accord, the largest global community of designers working
together to create positive social and environmental impact.
Valerie was honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic
Forum and is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. She has
served on several boards, including the Ford CX Board, WEF
Entrepreneurship Council, and the Kleiner Perkins Design Council.
Casey was named: 100 Most Creative People in Business, Fast
Company; Guru of the Year, Fortune magazine; Hero of the
Environment, Time magazine; Master of Design, Fast Company; one of
the World's Most Influential Designers, Businessweek. She holds a
BA from Swarthmore College and an MED from Yale. Episode Mentions:
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