Design Nerds Anonymous

Amanda Schneider

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led design and workplace podcast focused on human behavior, organizational culture, data, and the future of work, typically featuring researchers, authors, workplace leaders, and design-industry professionals. PR agencies could credibly pitch workplace strategists, organizational psychologists, generational researchers, leadership authors, and senior design or corporate executives with evidence-based perspectives; booking difficulty is medium because the show features both established experts and accessible industry practitioners.

Metrics

Episodes: 105

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 3.6k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

dna@sandowdesign.com

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Host

Amanda Schneider - Founder and president of ThinkLab, a research and innovation platform serving the design industry, and author of Work for What's Next.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Workplace strategists, organizational and generational researchers, leadership coaches, published authors, and senior professionals from design firms or corporate organizations with relevant practical or research expertise.

Required Achievements:

Published books or research, Leadership roles in design or corporate organizations, Specialized expertise in workplace culture, organizational behavior, or generational trends, Experience developing or applying workplace and leadership models

Recent Guest Discussions

Tyler Blackwell - Balancing Individual Workplace Preferences With Fairness, Scalability, Efficiency, And Organizational Culture

Erin Coupe - Individualized Workplace Experiences, Flexibility, Organizational Alignment, And Defining Better Work

Lisa Chung - Identity, Background, Lived Experience, And Workplace Systems

Libby Gillen - Representation, Lived Experience, And Including More Voices In Workplace And Design Conversations

Cheryl Durst - Identity, Background, Lived Experience, And The Systems Shaping Workplace Experiences

Recent Topics

Design, Workplace Design, Human Behavior, Workplace Culture, Generational Research

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Design Nerds Anonymous

Gen Z Is Entering the Workforce. Are We Setting Them Up to Succeed?

October 01, 2026

Recorded live at the Mannington Atlanta showroom, this episode explores a question facing every industry: as Gen Z enters the workforce, are we collectively setting them up to succeed?Gen Z is entering a workplace with changing context to the one we entered. AI is changing how work gets done. Communication norms are shifting. Career paths are less linear. And the definition of “work ready” is changing right along with them. So, what does Gen Z need to learn? What does the workplace need to un...

Mass Customization: The Next Workplace Challenge

September 17, 2026

Recorded live with Office Revolution in Chicago in the Haworth showroom, this episode explores what may be the next great workplace challenge: how organizations can deliver individualized experiences while maintaining alignment, efficiency, and culture.Inspired by ideas from I Can Fit That In and Work for What's Next, Amanda is joined by leadership coach and author Erin Coupe alongside Tyler Blackwell, a corporate leader who is navigating these tensions in real time. Together, they examine wh...

The System Wasn’t Built for Everyone. Now What?

September 03, 2026

Recorded live at the Momentum showroom, this episode explores a tension at the heart of Work for What's Next: people can experience the same workplace very differently—and those differences have something important to teach us.Inspired by recent conversations across the industry, Amanda is joined by Cheryl Durst (IIDA), Libby Gillen (Women of Color in Design), and Lisa Chung (Gensler) to discuss how identity, background, and lived experience shape our experience of work, what those perspectiv...

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