Skipper Chong Warson
Host of How This Works
Skipper Chong Warson is the proud creator and producer of this podcast.
He is a seasoned design director in the digital product space committed to unblocking and growing others' work and careers. For him, the collaborative and iterative process of creating enduring, delightful, human-centered digital and physical experiences has been rewarding but the path and process by which we make in the world is just as important because there’s nothing valiant in working unnecessarily and burning people out. He believes that openness, empathy, and collaboration are key to doing the right kinds of work and, as a result, creating powerful agents of change.
Making this show every week is intended to be a flex of curiosity, empathy, and sitting in the tension of uncertainty.
Skipper is currently located in the San Francisco Bay Area, living with his wife, his daughter, and a rescue Korean Jindo. He writes on Medium, snaps photos on Instagram, tweets here and there, but rarely goes on to, if we're being honest, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Skipper Chong Warson has hosted 15 Episodes.
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Ben Falk
2 March 2021 | Season 1 | 1 hr 2 mins
ben falk, design, living systems, permaculture, resilient, vermont
In this episode, Skipper chats with Ben Falk about permaculture and its impact on the larger environment, and how that impacts our personal lives
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Kacie Lett Gordon
23 February 2021 | Season 1 | 1 hr 13 mins
balance, fuck it all, gender equity, having it all, podcast, storytelling, success, woman
In this episode, Skipper chats with Kacie Lett Gordon about what it means to have it all
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Chris Landon
16 February 2021 | Season 1 | 48 mins 41 secs
director, genre, horror movie, horror movies, screenwriter, writer
In this episode, Skipper chats with Chris Landon about his lifelong love of horror movies and how that's played into his work as a screen writer and film director
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Carl Welty
9 February 2021 | Season 1 | 58 mins 16 secs
acjachemen, architect, architecture, banning ranch, passive solar, regenerative design, sustainable, sustainable design
In this episode, Skipper chats with Carl Welty about being an architect and his work in sustainable design
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Thejus Chakravarthy
2 February 2021 | Season 1 | 1 hr 12 mins
brushfire, change, culture, instructional systems design, people, problem, technology, the flywheel and the lever, work, workplace
In this episode, Skipper chats with Thejus Chakravarthy about how we can manifest change, both from a point-of-view of learning/work as well as in our personal lives
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Nova Stanley
26 January 2021 | Season 1 | 1 hr 7 mins
art school, artist, brooklyn, college, high school, illustrator, instagram, social media, trans male, transgender
In this episode, Skipper talks to Nova Stanley, a high school student from Brooklyn who's studying illustration at one of the top fine arts schools (during the pandemic) and his experience as a transgender male
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Stephanie Krivitzky
19 January 2021 | Season 1 | 59 mins 39 secs
day, freelance, getting things done, life, logistics, people, project, put, spend, talking, understanding, work
In this episode, Skipper chats with Stephanie Krivitzky about how she gets things done — in the context of being a creative director, designer, and a person in the world
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Nicolai Lipscomb
12 January 2021 | Season 1 | 51 mins 35 secs
boston, chef, cooking, learning, paella, people, sacramento, spain, waffles
In this episode, Skipper talks to Nicolai about being a chef, what the future holds for the art and science of cooking, as well as what he's doing during the pandemic
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Selena Rosanbalm
5 January 2021 | Season 1 | 52 mins 54 secs
album release, musician, songwriter
In this episode, Skipper chats with Selena Rosanbalm about making a solo album this year, releasing it, and promoting it without the typical methods to support it (read: touring)
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Brad Bogus
29 December 2020 | Season 1 | 58 mins 4 secs
cannabinoids, cannabis, cbd, effects, hemp, marijuana, thc
In this episode, Skipper chats with Brad Bogus about the cannabis industry and the effects of cannabinoids on the human body
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Jackie Velasquez-Ross
22 December 2020 | Season 1 | 50 mins 32 secs
hiring, job search, recruiter, recruiting, remote work
In this episode, Skipper chats with Jackie Velasquez-Ross about being a recruiter in creative/technology and what to do if you're looking for a new job — or an upgrade one you already have
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Dr. Peter Chin-Hong
15 December 2020 | Season 1 | 32 mins 56 secs
covid-19, holiday travel, novel coronavirus, stay-at-home orders, travel, ucsf, vaccine
In this episode, Skipper chats with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong from UCSF about the novel coronavirus and COVID-19
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Amy Kim Waschke
8 December 2020 | Season 1 | 47 mins 12 secs
arts impact, mirror neurons, stage acting
In this episode, Skipper chats with Amy Kim Waschke about being a theatre actor as well as the larger impact of the arts on our society
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Jake Kahana
1 December 2020 | Season 1 | 41 mins 30 secs
creative director, design, designer, distraction, focus, jake kahana, work
In this episode, Skipper chats with Jake Kahana about focus work and distraction
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