Meet the 'Endineer' who helps companies design the end of life for products | Fast Company
Brands spend billions on onboarding, but walk away when a product reaches the end of its life cycle. Joe Macleod explains how designing better off-boarding experiences eliminates consumer guilt and creates a sustainable circular economy.
‘Endineering’ solves a missing link for the circular economy | Trellis
Circular supply chains are completely broken because we expect consumers to act responsibly without giving them the tools to do so. This piece demonstrates how Endineering builds the missing human infrastructure needed to achieve genuine ESG compliance and waste reduction.
In search of an ending | Creative Review
The obsession with creating seamless, frictionless onboarding experiences has left a massive blind spot at the end of the consumer journey. Joe Macleod breaks down why businesses must learn to design deliberate, meaningful endings.
Joe MacLeod: ENDS: when we're finished with products and services | Service Design Conference SDC17
Service design frameworks remain profoundly incomplete when they over-index on raw creation while leaving product offboarding completely unscripted. This global keynote delivers an operational masterclass on how to map out meaningful product conclusions using the Ends Canvas.
SUX Endineering & Sustainability with Joe Macleod | Sustainable UX podcast
Sustainable UX is completely incomplete if it only focuses on carbon-neutral hosting while ignoring the footprint of abandoned accounts. This deep-dive episode bridges the gap between digital asset lifecycles, physical e-waste, and behavioral service design.
Why the end of lifecycle should be your focus | LimeLoop
True environmental sustainability and circular logistics fail when businesses treat offboarding as a dry regulatory checklist. This episode shows how bringing user experience to the end of the lifecycle directly limits physical asset waste and digital pollution.
Joe Macleod: How to Design Good Endings | Danielle Newnham Podcast
Leaving a product's final chapter up to chance exposes a business to severe operational and legal vulnerabilities. This tactical interview provides executive leaders with an actionable blueprint on how to align internal corporate culture with structured offboarding.
The Impact of Consumer Endings | CXD. Customer Experience Design. Hosted by Oliver King
Every customer onboarding pipeline is backed by months of metrics, but what happens when the relationship naturally winds down? This episode unpacks the profound psychological and environmental impact of consumer departures and explains how brands can design better exit loops.
How do things end? - Joe Macleod about the role ends play in sustainability | Future Strategies Hosted by Florian Schleicher
We live in an era of unprecedented environmental waste, largely driven by digital platforms and physical supply chains that hide the reality of product disposal. This episode shows how designing explicit, behavioral endings can redirect consumer habits toward true sustainability.
Designing Great End Experiences: Lessons for CX, EX & US Pros with Joe Macleod | Trust Builders Podcast
A broken exit experience damages user satisfaction, employee alignment, and product utility all at once. This cross-disciplinary interview delivers actionable insights for CX, EX, and UX professionals on how to turn necessary product departures into positive, brand-aligned conclusions
Designing Great Endings for Pension Members in conversation with Joe Macleod | Talk to the Elephant Podcast
Finishing a long-term service or retirement plan should be a moment of profound fulfillment, yet it is often bogged down by cold, transactional corporate operations. This episode applies Endineering principles to complex financial journeys, showing how to balance compliance with human meaning
Designing Better Endings: Joe MacLeod on the Overlooked Side of Customer Experience | Iconoclast
When an offboarding journey relies on hidden unsubscribe buttons and deceptive UX loops, it signals a deeper failure in a company's customer experience strategy. This interview unpacks the profound psychological shift that occurs when a business treats consumer departures with dignity, transparency, and strategic intent.
The one with designing the ending - Joe Macleod | CX Passport
When an offboarding journey relies on hidden unsubscribe buttons and deceptive UX loops, it signals a deeper failure in a company's customer experience strategy. This interview unpacks the profound psychological shift that occurs when a business treats consumer departures with dignity, transparency, and strategic intent.
If You Want to Feel Better About E-Waste, You Have to Sell Stuff | iFixIt
Managing e-waste requires more than just recycling programs; it demands a fundamental shift in how businesses facilitate the departure of physical products. This piece highlights how designing responsible disposal and resale frameworks protects companies from compliance risks while empowering consumer agency.
Rethinking Endings: Why Your Off-Boarding is the Final Chapter of Your Brand Story | CXM World
The final interaction a customer has with your product dictates the story they tell others about your brand. By transforming a basic, bare-minimum exit into an emotionally intelligent experience, businesses can turns departures into a powerful brand asset.