Name: Out of Office, Into Yourself
Start: 2026-05-26T09:45:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-26T10:40:00-04:00
Location: Vancouver Playhouse

Out of Office, Into Yourself

Dalit Shalom

May 26, 9:45 - 10:40 AM

Vancouver Playhouse

As designers, many of us are trained to solve problems, iterate to perfection and "live" a brand we work for.

Fulfillment is a concept we often associate with success: the more accomplished we are, the more fulfilled we should feel. When our identity is entirely fused with our output, burnout shifts from being a risk to being almost inevitable.

In this session, we will redefine what fulfillment actually means. Drawing on principles rooted in coaching, we’ll explore the pillars of fulfillment: not as a reward for hard work, but as a prerequisite for a generative and creative life. We’ll dive into the messy, necessary process of decoupling human value from vocational identity.

Attendees will leave with a new framework for honouring a “Life Purpose” (the big-picture who) over your “Job Description” (the temporary what).

Key Takeaways:

The Identity Audit: Identifying the “Saboteurs” who tell us we’re only as good as our last project.
The Fulfillment Formula: Using a Co-Active approach to align our daily actions with our core values.
Boundary Design: Practical ways to create “psychological distance” from our work to fuel deeper creativity.

Dalit Shalom

Director of Product Design at The New York Times

Out of Office, Into Yourself

As designers, many of us are trained to solve problems, iterate to perfection and "live" a brand we work for.

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Dalit Shalom

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Out of Office, Into Yourself

As designers, many of us are trained to solve problems, iterate to perfection and "live" a brand we work for.

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Dalit Shalom

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