Notable

Lee Kantor and Wayne Li. Designing Innovation: From Concept to Market Impact. Atlanta Business Radio: Business Radio X Podcast, Sept 2nd, 2025.

Chillemi, Stacey and Li, W. Design Empathy: Turn “Meh” Ideas into Must Have Hits. The Advisor with Stacey (The Authority Business Show) is one of the nation's leading podcasts. On Nov 30, 2025, I sat down with Stacey to talk about design and empathy.

Beverly Hills Magazine Podcast: Jacqueline Madison and Wayne Li: Redefining Design with Empathy and Impact. Beverly Hills Magazine (and Podcast), August 26th, 2025

Inside Outside Innovation Podcast: Episode 331: Product Design, Empathy, and Context with Wayne Li, GA Tech Professor and Author Inside Outside Innovation Podcast: Ep. 331, Aug. 2025. 

US Debuts at #1 New Release: Releasing in the US in September 2025, my design book debuted and occupied the Top New Release for the entirety of Amazon's top new (first 30 days) release algorithm.

Global Book Launch: on August 28th, my work on human centered design was released in London by Laurence King, an imprint of Hachette UK Publishing. This house is the same publisher of Darwin's Origin of Species.  August 28th, 2025 

Level 5 HMI Concept: How Might L5 Autonomy Affect Interior Occupant Sensing: Along with my staff, gave a talk on programmable, haptic control surfaces establishing tactile interfaces in automotive interior design, with augmented reality head up displays. This interior concept has been patented. June, 2024

Design Thinking Training  Committed to an empathetic and experiential approach, through my previous work within Pretoria, S. Africa, I was invited to establish faculty training in design thinking and entrepreneurship skill development. November 2023  

The Home Depot's Annual conference for employees in product development and executive management. My talk on using design behaviors, " Designing “Products” with Users in Mind" helped frame retail for both innovation and empathy.