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The Identity Crisis in Tech: Jess Lowry's Journey to Mindful Collective

Jess Lowry's two decades of experience at the intersection of technology, design, and human systems have given her a unique perspective on a critical industry problem: the tech sector's dangerous shift away from human-centered design toward speed and AI-driven approaches. This shift has created widespread layoffs, burnout, and an identity crisis among experienced professionals who built their careers on principles that now seem obsolete. Her personal moment of questioning whether her purpose as a human-centered designer still mattered reflected a broader systemic issue affecting thousands…

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