Day by Day - with Caroline Tecks

In this episode Rachel chats to ⁠Lead with Tempo⁠ speaker Candi Williams about what a typical day looks like.From crystals, to vegetable-growing and spag bol, you'll get to know how Candi maintains a great work-life balance.

In this special episode, Rachel chats to Jo at Ditto, our sponsors for Lead with Tempo. It's an interesting chat covering what a day and week look like for a founder, while also delving into some of the challenges and opportunities faced by content designers right now.Ditto will be running a free webinar for Tempo on September 2nd, and you can also get your ticket to the Lead with Tempo conference now.

In this episode, I chat to Denise about how she navigates her week with ADHD. We touch upon falling off bikes, bakeries in Amsterdam, and emotional burn-out. Something for everyone!Apologies for any background noise, it was exceptionally hot so you may hear Denise fanning herself!Denise is hosting our speaker Q&A sessions at Lead with Tempo, and tickets are on sale now.

Rachel speaks to speaker, design leader and Tony award nominee Tina about her typical day!No spoilers, but you might wince at the alarm clock time.Tina will be speaking at Lead with Tempo in September, tickets are on sale now.

In this episode, we hear what Ellen Gofton, UX writing manager for John Lewis, does in a typical day – as well as how she balances parenthood with work!Ellen will be speaking at Lead with Tempo in September, and tickets are .The book she mentions is Steering The Craft.

This month another one of our Lead with Tempo speakers joins for a chat about their typical day. Tim Hetland is the head of content design for AI computing and infrastructure at Google Cloud.Find out how he juggles five days in the office with family life!Tickets to Lead with Tempo are on sale now.

In this episode I chat to Lead with Tempo speaker Felicia about her day, and indeed, week!In the chat I mention this talk from Felicia at Lead with Tempo 2022 – it's well worth a watch if you haven't seen it, but only after you've listened to this of course.You can also get your Lead with Tempo ticket now!

This time Rachel's chatting with Caroline Tecks, one of our conference speakers, and content designer at PayPal in London.You'll hear how she balances the juggle between work and parenthood, and might we be so bold as to say she seems to have it sorted!You can get your ticket to Lead with Tempo now.

It's a Christmas bonus episode!This time with ⁠Pete Kowalczyk⁠, an AI conversational designer who's one of the 'Top 20 Voices in the UK' according to Conversational AI News.He's currently part of the ⁠⁠GOV.UK⁠⁠ AI Studio developing 'active listening' for ⁠chat interfaces⁠, but he's also worked for GDS, BBC, Deliveroo, NHS, Bulb, and Co-op among others.He's also a London Library Emerging Writer (2025-26), and as you'll hear, working on a new book!Pete will be speaking at Lead with Tempo 2026, and you can ⁠get your ticket now⁠!

In this episode I talk to author and founder of Catbird, Torrey Podmajersky about her day.Her forthcoming book, UX Skills for Business Strategy is out shortly and you can ⁠pre-order it now⁠!Torrey will be in London for Lead with Tempo in 2026, and you can get your ticket ⁠now (until the end of December they're HALF PRICE!)Links:https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1098177878 www.leadwithtempo.com