Why we overlook endings. And why we shouldn’t. | Joe Macleod | TEDxStockholm
Humanity has developed a systemic cultural blind spot that celebrates the beginning of everything while entirely avoiding the conclusion. This landmark TEDx talk exposes the psychological biases that drive our obsession with onboarding and makes the vital case for designing the exit.
Endings Matter: Joe Macleod on Offboarding, Brand Value & Responsibility | Next Conference
Leaving a product's final chapter unmanaged is a high-stakes gamble with your brand's reputation and compliance track record. This video interview maps out why full-lifecycle responsibility is a non-negotiable requirement for modern product management teams.
Warmth of the Setting Sun: Belief and Identity in Digital Life | Next Conference
As our lives move entirely online, deleting an account or leaving a platform shifts from a minor tech hurdle to a profound identity crisis. This high-profile keynote explores how digital product endings must respect user agency, human belief systems, and personal legacies.
If I Only Had a Story | Andy Ruben & Joe Macleod | Circularity 2025
Physical supply chains and digital platforms are deeply broken because they fail to tell the true human story of a product's conclusion. This collaborative keynote maps out how creating transparent end-of-life narratives protects brand equity while actively tackling the growth of data and physical waste.
Endineering. From Cookies to Consequence | Push Conference
Digital products excel at tracking our movements via cookies but completely ignore the long-term consequences of our data trails. This deep-dive session diagnoses the psychological anxiety caused by a lack of digital closure and outlines the roadmap for ethical offboarding.
Why Consumer Endings are Critical for a Better, Fairer Future | Circularity
Consumer culture has trapped users in an endless loop of acquisition while completely blinding them to the consequences of disposal. This presentation builds the ethical and economic case for why structured product departures are required to build a fairer, more sustainable future.
Design for Planet: Endineering Joe McLeod | Design Council
Designing sustainable products is a futile effort if we make disposal effortless, invisible, and disconnected from human behavior. This planet-focused keynote details how aligning design systems with circular goals requires an authentic commitment to engineering the exit.
BBC Click. World Service. 15.12.2015 | Click BBC
In this classic feature broadcasted to a global audience, the foundational principles of Endineering are introduced to the mainstream. The segment challenges the tech industry's obsession with frictionless onboarding by highlighting the urgent societal need for designed closure.
Getting Closure, saying goodbye to gadgets | Restart Podcast
Our relationship with hardware has become disposable, yet the psychological weight of letting go of our personal devices lingers. This episode unpacks how creating intentional goodbye rituals for physical gadgets bridges the massive gap between customer experience and circular economy goals.