Ep. 328 - Human Element Series - Empathy Communication and Storytelling with Tanya Van Cott

Today we're joined by Tanya Van Cott. Tanya is a New York–based architect, industrial designer, and educator whose work explores how design and storytelling can drive social change. A graduate of Pratt Institute, Tanya has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts with a Presidential Design Achievement Award and has been published for her innovative approach to interdisciplinary design. Before launching her own practice and press, WomanBecool PRESS, she honed her skills at world-renowned studios Pentagram and Lippincott. Through both design and the written word, Tanya examines how disruptive technologies shape our lives — often through the eyes of powerful female protagonists. [Nov 10, 2025] 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Intro Links - Social-Engineer.com - - Offensive Security Vishing Services - - Offensive Security SMiShing Services - - Offensive Security Phishing Services - - Call Back Phishing - - Adversarial Simulation Services - - Social Engineering Risk Assessments - - Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - - CLUTCH - - innocentlivesfoundation.org - 02:12 - Tanya Van Cott Intro 03:04 - The Path to Architecture 03:58 - Primal Screams 06:57 - Bandwidth - Bandwidth - Tanya Van Cott 08:15 - The Human Element 10:42 - Lack of Empathy 16:51 - The Parent Trap 19:26 - Is Empathy an Action? 24:22 - We're the Problem! 29:14 - Mentors 32:50 - Book Recommendations - Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut 35:13 - Find Tanya Van Cott Online - LinkedIn: - Website: 36:37 - Valuing Real Connections 39:35 - Guest Wrap Up & Outro - -

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Ep. 328 - Human Element Series - Empathy Communication and Storytelling with Tanya Van Cott is an episode from The Social-Engineer Podcast by Christopher Hadnagy.

This episode is 40:44 long.

This episode was published on Nov 10, 2025.

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