In this episode Rachel chats to Lead with Tempo (www.leadwithtempo.com) speaker Candi Williams about what a typical day looks like.
From crystals, to vegetable-growing and spag bol, you'll get to know how Candi maintains a great work-life balance.
12 Aug 2026
Day by Day - with Jolena Ma
In this special episode, Rachel chats to Jo at Ditto, our sponsors for Lead with Tempo. It's an interesting chat covering what a day and week look like for a founder, while also delving into some of the challenges and opportunities faced by content designers right now.
Ditto will be running a free webinar (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tempo-presents-building-content-design-systems-tickets-1996235770928) for Tempo on September 2nd, and you can also get your ticket to the Lead with Tempo (www.leadwithtempo.com) conference now.
29 Jun 2026
Day by Day - with Denise Brooks
In this episode, I chat to Denise about how she navigates her week with ADHD. We touch upon falling off bikes, bakeries in Amsterdam, and emotional burn-out. Something for everyone!
Apologies for any background noise, it was exceptionally hot so you may hear Denise fanning herself!
Denise is hosting our speaker Q&A sessions at Lead with Tempo, and tickets are on sale now (www.leadwithtempo.com).
28 May 2026
Day by Day - with Tina Johnson-Marcel
Rachel speaks to speaker, design leader and Tony award nominee Tina about her typical day!
No spoilers, but you might wince at the alarm clock time.
Tina will be speaking at Lead with Tempo in September, tickets are on sale now (www.leadwithtempo.com).
14 Apr 2026
Day by Day - with Ellen Gofton
In this episode, we hear what Ellen Gofton, UX writing manager for John Lewis, does in a typical day – as well as how she balances parenthood with work!
Ellen will be speaking at Lead with Tempo (www.leadwithtempo.com) in September, and tickets are .
The book she mentions is Steering The Craft (https://amzn.eu/d/05R2WyTG).
11 Mar 2026
Day by Day - with Tim Hetland
This month another one of our Lead with Tempo (www.leadwithtempo.com) speakers joins for a chat about their typical day.
Tim Hetland is the head of content design for AI computing and infrastructure at Google Cloud.
Find out how he juggles five days in the office with family life!
Tickets to Lead with Tempo are on sale now (www.leadwithtempo.com).
2 Feb 2026
Day by Day - with Felicia Wu
In this episode I chat to Lead with Tempo speaker Felicia about her day, and indeed, week!
In the chat I mention this talk (https://youtu.be/0eN9X9Y6-SQ?si=U2GJapeRqd_vR5oT) from Felicia at Lead with Tempo 2022 – it's well worth a watch if you haven't seen it, but only after you've listened to this of course.
You can also get your Lead with Tempo ticket now (www.leadwithtempo.com)!
13 Jan 2026
Day by Day - with Caroline Tecks
This time Rachel's chatting with Caroline Tecks, one of our conference speakers, and content designer at PayPal in London.
You'll hear how she balances the juggle between work and parenthood, and might we be so bold as to say she seems to have it sorted!
You can get your ticket to Lead with Tempo now (www.leadwithtempo.com).
19 Dec 2025
Day by Day - with Pete Kowalczyk
It's a Christmas bonus episode!
This time with Pete Kowalczyk ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/petekowalczyk/ ), an AI conversational designer who's one of the 'Top 20 Voices in the UK' according to Conversational AI News.
He's currently part of the (http://gov.uk/)GOV.UK (http://GOV.UK) (http://gov.uk/) AI Studio developing 'active listening' for chat interfaces (https://alphagov.github.io/govuk-ai/active-listening-for-chat-interfaces/), but he's also worked for GDS, BBC, Deliveroo, NHS, Bulb, and Co-op among others.
He's also a London Library Emerging Writer (2025-26), and as you'll hear, working on a new book!
Pete will be speaking at Lead with Tempo 2026, and you can get your ticket now (www.leadwithtempo.com)!
9 Dec 2025
Day by Day - with Torrey Podmajersky
In this episode I talk to author and founder of Catbird, Torrey Podmajersky about her day.
Her forthcoming book, UX Skills for Business Strategy is out shortly and you can pre-order it now!
Torrey will be in London for Lead with Tempo in 2026, and you can get your ticket now (https://riverside.fm/dashboard/studios/rachel-mcconnells-studio/www.leadwithtempo.com)(until the end of December they're HALF PRICE!)
Links:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1098177878 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1098177878)
www.leadwithtempo.com
1 Nov 2025
Day by Day - with Beth Dunn
In this episode Beth Dunn, author and Head of Product Experience at Agent.AI (http://Agent.AI), tells Rachel McConnell what a typical day looks like for her...spoiler alert, it's not your usual 9-5!
So get comfy, make yourself a tea, and find out how Beth has found the right work life balance.
You can get a ticket (https://ti.to/leadwithtempo/2026) for next year's Lead with Tempo conference now.
1 Nov 2025
Day by Day - with Jonathon Colman
In this episode, we hear from content design leader Jonathon Colman about his typical day.
And here's a link to the game he mentions, Semantle (https://semantle.com/) - just don't blame us if you get hooked!
You can get a ticket (https://ti.to/leadwithtempo/2026) for next year's Lead with Tempo conference now.
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