DHABA
Inspired by the punjabi roadside resting place, DHABA is a podcast that invites pause, perspective, and peppered wisdom. Each episode brings together cooks, caretakers, bridge-builders and makers whose craft speaks louder than credentials. DHABA is a resting place for restless minds, where experience is the spice and conversation the fuel.
Episodes
15 episodes
Martin Dowson Transformation Design Leader - Designing Trust
You can feel it when a system is built to extract rather than to serve. The language sounds caring, the journeys feel cold, and every “customer first” promise collapses the moment incentives kick in. That tension drives our conversation with Ma...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:21:54
Maya Sellon Accessibility & Inclusive design specialist Design for everyone
What if accessibility wasn’t a hurdle at the finish line but the spark that makes products shine for everyone? We sit down with accessibility specialist Maya Selin to unpack how inclusive design moves from checklists to genuine human impact—and...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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59:09
Dr. Gyles Morrison MBBS MSc Clinical UX Strategist From Ward To Wireframes
We welcome Dr Giles Morrison, a former NHS doctor turned clinical UX strategist, to unpack why healthcare needs a distinct approach to design and how better products can make care safer, kinder and fairer. We explore burnout, equity, AI’s limit...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:13:09
Jose Coronado and Martin Dowson FRSA - Design’s Pendulum: Staying Relevant In Turbulent Times
What if design could move at the speed of AI without losing its soul? We sit down with two veteran leaders, Martin and Jose, to explore how teams can stay relevant when the pendulum swings from hype to hard results. From early usability labs to...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:13:36
Adam Jennings Helping Creative Leaders Thrive - From Stunts To Stories
What if the most valuable creative tool you own isn’t a camera, a canvas, or a deck, but your ability to tune into the right beat at the right moment? Adam Jennings joins us to map a life spent chasing story—across theatre catwalks, design stud...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:19:12
Steve D Sailopal Co-Founder Curry Smugglers- Snacks, Story, And Swag
A lost snack pack finds its way to the mic and opens a bigger story: how a Punjabi family turned street memories into a modern brand that won Fortnum & Mason and claimed a Piccadilly window. We sit down with Steve from Curry Smugglers to un...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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50:10
Doyin Olorunfemi, PhD - From Computer Engineering To Empowering Women: A Journey Of Purpose
What if your life’s through-line is a flowchart—clear steps, smart loops, and a decision diamond that always points back to people? Meet Dr Do, an academic and entrepreneur who turned a “lame” degree in computer engineering into a powerful disc...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:02:08
Joe Natoli Design consultant. Coach. Speaker. Author. Risk, Rules and getting Real
Start with the work, not the theatre. That’s the heartbeat of this candid, fast-moving conversation with a veteran designer who cut his teeth in a brutal design school, built a career in enterprise UX, and still believes tiny details move mount...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:40:38
Hardy Sidhu Founder & CEO. From Survival To Design Leadership.
Start with the stereotype: tidy CV, tidy promotions, tidy portfolio. Now scrap it. Hardy’s journey begins in a young offenders’ institution with no GCSEs and no map, then arcs through late-night self-teaching, messy first sites, a bold UX leap,...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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52:28
Chef Patron Peter Joseph - From Chennai To Sloan Square
A great restaurant starts with a story—and Chef Peter Joseph has a remarkable one. From a bustling family kitchen in Tamil Nadu to leading a Michelin-star brigade at Tamarind, Peter learned to turn memory into method, discipline into delight, a...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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48:42
Jag Sihra- Skies. Silks, and Storytelling
Jag Sihra shares her creative journey from childhood artist to founder of Studio Jag Sihra, exploring how her passion for colour theory and textile design evolved through education at prestigious art schools and corporate design roles before la...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:25:42
Robert Powell "Grand Poohbah of UX"
What happens when a 40-year design veteran takes you behind the curtain of corporate design culture? Robert Powell, the self-styled "Grand Poobah of UX" and former design analytics leader at Shell, delivers a masterclass in authentic design lea...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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48:06
Debbie Levitt “The Mary Poppins of CX and UX"
Design expert Debbie Levitt shares her perspective on how UX and CX professionals are being systematically disempowered despite their critical role in creating successful products and services. She explores how the "fail fast" culture and AI hy...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:02:14
Baljit Singh Rihal - Global Head of Sports | Founder Asian Football Awards | FIFA Football Agent | Indian Football Market Specialist
Baljit Rihal shares his journey from corporate life at British Airways to becoming a pioneering Sikh football agent and advocate for South Asian representation in football. His story highlights how refusing to accept limitations and embracing o...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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