UX for Change | London

Last month our founder, Sandra Gonzalez, delivered a thought-provoking keynote at The Barbican for The Flux Convergence conference. She is bringing the extended version this talk to the UX for Change community.

Curious about the title? Here is the the premise. No law has ever required a cookie banner. The rules asked for informed consent and left the interface to us, and what our design profession built, collectively, is the most disliked pattern on the web. This talk is about what happened and why it can be happening again right now, as the EU AI Act starts to be rolled out. Last time the worst case scenario was a better-targeted advert. This time the stakes are much higher. Sandra will walk you through six real, documented cases and show how each one maps to a law built to prevent these type of cases to happen again, and which of those protections are already in force and which won’t arrive until 2027 or later.

This won’t be a lecture you sit through politely. It’s a provocation our founder invites the community to wrestle with, because the UX community is well positioned to be at the forefront of not making the same mistakes.

Come for the talk. Stay for the conversation.

Join us on this unique UXers Nature Walk and learn about the area we are focused on this year to drive social impact through our Responsible Design for Change Fellowship.

Get a chance to meet our founder, Sandra Gonzalez, and some of the fellows who graduated from The Responsible Design for Change Fellowship.

This is a very wonderful opportunity to connect with nature and our community. You are welcome to bring your pet and/or your children.

We will start and end the walk at the Princess of Wales to share a drink and network a bit.

We look forward to spending a lovely morning with you.

After three successful cohorts, the Responsible Design for Change Fellowship is back, join as a Regenerative Leader to explore in a safe space.

This Fellowship is for you if you want to:

• Take stock of how much entrenching yourself in the way corporations operate has impacted your career dreams and well-being.
• Get clarity on your next career step by connecting the dots between your personal and professional journey to figure out the type of leader you want to become.
• Start steering your organisation towards responsible practices by strengthening your ability to push back when business goals are the only consideration of success.
• Connect with a network of people who understand your curiosity for applying responsible practices throughout your life, in your pursuit of becoming a good ancestor.

What is the Responsible Design for Change Fellowship?
It's an unlearning and learning experience like no other, created to provide you with a safe space to explore how to transform your design, research and leadership practices. It is also an invitation to be part of a community interested in figuring out how we create a world that takes into account the complexity of the systems we design within, the redistribution of power, and how we can shift our practices to take into account the next seven generations in our decision-making.

Structure & Time commitment
Phase 1: Responsible Design Training (5 Weeks)
You’ll begin the unlearn with 5 weeks of self-paced, on-demand modules focused on the foundations of responsible design.
Each week concludes with a 1.5-hour group coaching session with Cecilia, your Responsible Design Coach, to help solidify your understanding.
During this phase, you will have a chance to reflect on the learning module content, engage with additional readings and bring any questions or reflections to explore with Cecilia during the weekly coaching sessions.
During this phase, both Individual Contributors and Regenerative Team Leaders will follow a similar learning path.

Phase 2: Practical Application for Social Impact (8 Weeks)
In the next 8 weeks, you’ll apply everything you’ve learned by leading a team of Individual Contributors to guide them through a regenerative design process.
Your focus will be on leading the creation of meaningful solutions for ELWP.
This phase is your opportunity to bring your skills into action, lead your team to co-designing for real-world impact with guidance, collaboration, and support.

Phase 3: Community Connection (6 Months)
After you successfully complete the Fellowship, you will be invited to The Collective, the Fellowship Alumni community created to support each other’s progress and experiences after the Fellowship.

For more details and to apply, visit: https://www.ux4change.org/regenerative-leader-responsible-design-for-change-fellowship/

For testimonials, watch:
Tara from Cohort 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBaVIJonkyo
Rocio from Cohort 2
https://youtu.be/-o3-GIqnhXE?si=SRExt5mC_fftE6yO
Sandra our founder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa52gSyHxoo

After three successful cohorts, the Responsible Design for Change Fellowship is back, join one of the two tracks to explore in a safe space:

• Individual Contributor (from £98.4 for 6 months)
• Regenerative Leader (from £210 for 6 months)

We are now taking applications for our 13-week online fellowship (15 Jan–16 Apr 2027). You learn the foundations of responsible design, then work in a small team on real outputs for a London community project.

It is a 4 hrs/week commitment, live sessions Fridays 8am UK.

Crowdfunding and employer invoicing available.

What is the Responsible Design for Change Fellowship?
It's an unlearning and learning experience like no other, created to provide you with a safe space to explore how to transform your design, research and leadership practices. It is also an invitation to be part of a community interested in figuring out how we create a world that takes into account the complexity of the systems we design within, the redistribution of power, and how we can shift our practices to take into account the next seven generations in our decision-making.

Structure & Time commitment
Phase 1: Responsible Design Training (5 Weeks)
You’ll begin the unlearn with 5 weeks of self-paced, on-demand modules focused on the foundations of responsible design.
Each week concludes with a 1.5-hour group coaching session with Cecilia, your Responsible Design Coach, to help solidify your understanding.
During this phase, you will have a chance to reflect on the learning module content, engage with additional readings and bring any questions or reflections to explore with Cecilia during the weekly coaching sessions.
During this phase, both Individual Contributors and Regenerative Team Leaders will follow a similar learning path.

Phase 2: Practical Application for Social Impact (8 Weeks)
In the next 8 weeks, you’ll apply everything you’ve learned by leading a team of Individual Contributors to guide them through a regenerative design process.
Your focus will be on leading the creation of meaningful solutions for ELWP.
This phase is your opportunity to bring your skills into action, lead your team to co-designing for real-world impact with guidance, collaboration, and support.

Phase 3: Community Connection (6 Months)
After you successfully complete the Fellowship, you will be invited to The Collective, the Fellowship Alumni community created to support each other’s progress and experiences after the Fellowship.

For more details and to apply, visit: https://www.ux4change.org/regenerative-leader-responsible-design-for-change-fellowship/

For testimonials, watch:
Tara from Cohort 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBaVIJonkyo
Rocio from Cohort 2
https://youtu.be/-o3-GIqnhXE?si=SRExt5mC_fftE6yO
Sandra our founder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa52gSyHxoo