Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Power of Ten is a podcast hosted by Andy Polaine about design operating at many levels, zooming out from thoughtful detail through to organisational transformation and on to changes in society and the world.

My guest in this episode is the wonderful Abby Covert , an author, teacher and community leader in the field of information architecture who aims to make information architecture and sensemaking skills accessible to everyone.

Abby’s first book, How to Make Sense of Any Mess , demystified information architecture into a practical skillset that anyone can apply to any context where sense might need to be made. She recently published her second book, Stuck? Diagrams Helpa field guide for the trek from diagram novice to diagram nerd.

Show Links

Abby
• Abby’s website - abbycovert.com
• Stuck? Diagrams Help - abbycovert.com/stuck
• How to Make Sense of Any Mess - howtomakesenseofanymess.com
• Abby’s Etsy shop - etsy.com/shop/AbbytheIA
• Abby on LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/abbytheia
• Abby on Twitter - twitter.com/Abby_the_IA

Andy
• Andy's website - polaine.com
• Subscribe to Power of Ten - pln.me/p10
• Subscribe to Andy’s newsletter Doctor’s Note - pln.me/nws
• Andy's online courses - courses.polaine.com
• Andy on Mastodon - https://pkm.social/@apolaine
• Andy on LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/apolaine
• Suggestions? Feedback? Get in touch! - polaine.com/contact