About Me

Hey, Brian here! 👋🏼

I do & teach UX design, meditation, and breathwork to help people & businesses come into their greatness.

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📖 The Creative Empathy Field Guide

Here’s a brief interview I did at UX Alive 2019 in Istanbul.

Brian Pagán

We’re in our greatness when our hearts open and we can be our whole selves at work, home, or anywhere else. Walking this path myself, I’m inspired to share what I’ve learned with other creative professionals, artists, and human beings.

So I practice & teach UX Design, meditation, and breathwork to help people & businesses come into their greatness.

Over the last 22 years, I’ve helped over 75 companies & startups turn innovation strategy into award-winning products & services. I’ve also coached over 20 creators and given keynotes and workshops in 14 countries.

I hold a Doctorate in Human-System Interaction and a Master’s in Industrial Psychology. And my publications include academic papers, the MindFolk podcast, and my first book: The Creative Empathy Field Guide.

My Philosophy
💚 More love, less fear
🏝 More nature, less screen time
🧘🏽‍♀️ More attention, less distraction
🤝 More compassion, less division

For me, 2023 was a year of intense healing and transformation. I spent it learning how to sail, volunteering in the Amazon jungle, backpacking around Latin America, and working with different ancestral medicines.

Now, I’m staying at a permaculture and retreat space on Corfu, Greece. You can usually find me on a bike, beach, boat, trail or (ecstatic) dance floor.

🙏🏼 Slow down and stay grateful, dear one!

Brian

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Topics

Human Experience Design

Creative Empathy

Privacy

Ethical Design

Initiatives

Founded: The Greatness Studio (consultancy, 2016)

Co-Founded: Ionian Eco Adventures (sailing business, 2022); Computer Drama (theater company, 2018)

Publications

Book: The Creative Empathy Field Guide (2020)

Podcast: MindFolk (2020-present)

Academic Papers

Drouet, L., Sleeswijk Visser, F., Pagán, B., and Lallemand, C. (2024) Towards a mapping of empathic design methods, in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert, P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA.

Rijnen, Wil & Pagán, Brian & Ying, Li & Zhang, Zhihui & Gredina, Natalia. (2009). Future Workspace: Supporting Mobile Workers.

Pagán, Brian & de Voogt, Alex. (2008). Gyroplane Accidents 1985–2005: Epidemiological Analysis and Pilot Factors in 223 Events. Aviation, space, and environmental medicine. 79. 983-5. 10.3357/ASEM.2239.2008.

Pagán, Brian & de Voogt, Alex & Doorn, Robert. (2006). Ultralight aviation accident factors and latent failures: A 66-case study. Aviation, space, and environmental medicine. 77. 950-2.

Pagán, Brian. (2006). Positive Contributions of Constructivism to Educational Design. Europe’s Journal of Psychology. 2. 10.5964/ejop.v2i1.318.