I coach people managers, speak, and write, about how to have 1:1 meetings that unblock career progress.
Peace! I'm Farai
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I work with new and emerging leaders around the world to increase their people leadership skillset and develop effective, inclusive practices that make them better at handling the responsibility of looking after people's careers.
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I speak around the world and online. These days I'm focussed on talking about having effective 1:1 conversations between managers and team members. If you’d like me to speak at a public or private event, catch me on farai (at) hey.com.
2023
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Leading Design 2023 - San Francisco
What to say in 1:1 meetings
— San Francisco, USA
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IA Conference
Deep care doesn't scale. It happens 1:1.
— New Orleans, USA
2022
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CanUX
The Only One of Your Kind in the Room: Perils and Opportunities
— Ottawa, Canada
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Amuse UX
Designing your 1:1
— Budapest, Hungary
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Mind the Product
Working with strangers, well
— San Francisco / Online
2021
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FITC Spotlight UX (Online)
Designing 1:1 meetings that don’t suck
— Online
2020
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An Event Apart Fall Summit
Working Together in Diverse Teams
— Online
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Clarity2020
Designing teams. Designing systems.
— Online
2019
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CanUX
Cultural bias in design(ers) - Talk
— Ottawa, Canada
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Leading Design - London
Cultural bias in design(ers) - Talk
— London, UK
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An Event Apart
Working Together in Diverse Teams
— Denver, USA
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Leading Design - New York
The only one of your kind in the room: Perils and opportunities.
— New York, USA
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UXLx
Talk + Workshop
— Lisbon, Portugal
2018
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Fluxible
Cultural bias in design(ers)
— Waterloo, Canada
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UX Australia
Keynote
— Melbourne, Australia
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UX Week
Diverse teams: Working together across cultures - Workshop
— San Francisco, USA
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Design & Content Conference
Cultural bias in design(ers)
— Vancouver, Canada
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Interaction 18
Cultural bias in design(ers)
— Lyon, France
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Automattic People Series
Bias in multicultural teams
— Remote
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IA Summit
Cultural bias in design(ers)
— Chicago, USA
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Pixel Up!
Cultural bias in design(ers)
— Johannesburg, South Africa
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World Interaction Design Day 2018
Our team is diverse. Now what?
— Toronto, Canada
2017
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EOH Connect 2017
Design value and digital business
— Johannesburg, South Africa
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DVT Insights
Design in Enterprise is Difficult in South Africa
— Johannesburg, South Africa
2016
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Gordon Institute of Business Science
Design thinking in business
— Johannesburg, South Africa