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The Modern Day Explorer

Alexandra Mateus

The newsletter helps you playfully tune in to your creative self and feel more resilient and energised. Focus areas: Creative Leadership, User Experience Design, Emerging Technologies, and Humanity.

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Latest Issues

My Journey From Early Adopter to Intentional User.

Getting inspired on Ethics, Humans, and AI at Tekniska museet in Stockholm. June 2023. Photo by Alexandra Mateus.

I’ve noticed that I’m starting to push back against the same technologies I used to welcome so eagerly over the past twenty y...

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What I'm Learning About Human Creativity in the Age of AI, and Why It's Irreplaceable

A two-hour hike in the Linköping area. June 2026. Photo by Alexandra Mateus.

Recently, I spent two hours hiking through a Nordic forest. With midsummer approaching and long days, the light made summer feel like it could last forever. Durin...

21 days ago
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Why I think depth is the creative advantage AI cannot take from you.

Picture of me capturing what it is like to be present, surrounded by scale and structure. Photo taken by Jannine Laag.

Two weeks ago, I was on a podcast about UX design when the designer interviewing me, young and sharp and clearly thinkin...

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The Subtle Mindset Shift that Changed My Leadership Strategy.

On emotional intelligence, the space between strategy and people, and why collaboration is the real design challenge.

For a long time, I thought leadership was about creating the best solution.

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Designing for the everyday, not the exception.

What I’ve learned about attention, cognitive load, and what it means to build for the person, not the metric.

I was sitting by a boulevard window at a restaurant today, enjoying a quiet lunch.

2 months ago
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