Team <3 Mentorship

Personal Maps

I facilitated stronger empathy and connections among team members through heartwarming bonding sessions, which uncovered personal narratives and created "personal maps." Decreased distance led to improved communication and increased creativity, serving as a valuable exercise for a deeper understanding of one another.
 

Moving Motivators

Moving Motivators is an exercise meant to help us reflect on motivation and how it affects organizational change.

The Moving Motivators exercise is based on ten motivators, which Jurgen derived from the works of Daniel Pink, Steven Reiss, and Edward Deci.

Through the Moving Motivators exercise, I sparked meaningful conversations about individual motivations and their association with positive and negative work experiences. This enabled me to create graphical representations that gave insight into each team member's positioning, as well as potential stressors and sources of negativity within the team.

Diversity and Inclusion (Lunch & Learn)

As a passionate champion for diversity and inclusion, I delivered a company-wide presentation on the experiences of English language learners and immigrants, with a focus on their unique perspectives. The impact was significant, with a flood of positive feedback from employees who felt seen and heard. My talk has now become a cornerstone of the onboarding process for all new hires, driving meaningful change and creating a more inclusive workplace. I am proud to be making a tangible difference in the world, one step at a time.

Career Map Exercise

As a mentor to aspiring designers, a key part of my role is to help them unlock their full potential. I do this by uncovering their personal story, exploring their past experiences and achievements, and discovering what truly drives them. Using a highly effective template from the design community, I guide my mentees through a reflective exercise to map their career journey and identify their areas of excitement and passion. The outcome is a deeper understanding of their strengths, which empowers them to make a bigger impact in their careers and design work.

Sharing - New Methods 

As a mentor to other designers, I aim to empower and elevate their design process and skills. To achieve this, I share valuable insights and best practices from the numerous courses and conferences I've attended, leading to a significant improvement in the design problem-solving techniques and elevating the overall design capabilities within the company.

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Ray Santos

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Vancouver, BC - Canada
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