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Andy Polaine — polaine.com
Design leadership coach, educator, writer, and podcaster. Dr. Andy Polaine coaches design leaders and managers through career inflection points, crises of confidence, loss of mojo, difficult organisations, workplace politics, and the bigger questions of what they want from work and life.
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# Andy Polaine — polaine.com
> Design leadership coach, educator, writer, and podcaster. Dr. Andy Polaine coaches design leaders and managers through career inflection points, crises of confidence, loss of mojo, difficult organisations, workplace politics, and the bigger questions of what they want from work and life.
## About
Dr. Andy Polaine is a design leadership coach with over thirty years of experience in design and innovation. He holds a PhD from the University of Technology, Sydney (thesis on interactivity and play). He was Global Group Design Director of Client Evolution at Fjord, and APAC Regional Design Director before that. He co-leads the MA Service Design at the Hochschule Luzern, Switzerland. He is co-author of *Service Design: From Insight to Implementation* (Rosenfeld Media), a standard text for service design. Since 2020 he has coached over 160 designers in leadership and management roles.
His coaching draws on Jungian analytical thinking, design practice, and a direct, candid approach. He is not a therapist, but coaching often touches on mid-career and mid-life questions of identity and purpose.
## Key Pages
- [Coaching](/coaching/): One-to-one design leadership coaching. Packages of 6 or 12 sessions over 3–12 months. Free 30-minute intro call. Topics include career transitions, confidence, workplace politics, managing up, storytelling, team leadership, and personal development.
- [Training & Workshops](/training/): Workshops and training programmes in service design, design leadership, design research, facilitation, and related topics. Face-to-face or remote. Also self-directed online courses at courses.polaine.com.
- [Writing](/posts/): Essays and articles on design leadership, organisational dynamics, career, and culture. Published as the Doctor's Note newsletter.
- [Power of Ten](/power-of-ten/): Podcast hosted by Andy Polaine. Design operating at many levels — from thoughtful detail through to organisational transformation and changes in society.
- [About](/about/): Bio, headshots, and background. Formal CV at pln.me/cv.
- [Newsletter](/newsletter/): Doctor's Note — an irregular newsletter mixing long-form essays on design, leadership, technology, and culture with shorter observations and reading recommendations.
- [Books](/books/): *Service Design: From Insight to Implementation* (co-author, Rosenfeld Media, 2nd edition).
- [Speaking](/speaking/): Keynote speaking at conferences and events on design leadership, service design, and related topics.
- [Contact](/contact/): Contact form and email for coaching enquiries, speaking, and general contact.
## Social & External
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apolaine/
- Bluesky: https://andypolaine.bsky.social
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@apolaine
- Online courses: https://courses.polaine.com
- Newsletter signup: https://pln.me/nws
- Podcast: https://pln.me/p10
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