About Amanda Swee
Every essay on this blog is written first-hand by Amanda — founder of Designing Kairos — from the workshops she runs in Singapore.
Founder, Designing Kairos
Amanda is a facilitator and experience designer who builds the conditions for people to change. A Distinction graduate in Industrial Design (Honours) from the National University of Singapore and an Art Elective Programme Scholar, she is the founder of Designing Kairos and a LUMA-certified practitioner. Her work lives at the intersection of design, research and human behaviour.
Most recently Lead UX Designer at an enterprise compliance platform, she led full product overhauls and co-creation work with clients, earning recognition as Brand Ambassador (2022, 2024) and Woman of the Year (2023), and receiving the SG Good Design Award (2022). She is a published co-author on design innovation methodology, and designs the emotional architecture of every Designing Kairos workshop.
Ryan Wong — Co-facilitator
Ryan is a facilitator who works at the intersection of human development, applied AI and personal transformation. An Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, his experience spans across Corporate M&A, litigation and conveyancing — disciplines that taught him to sit with complexity, ask the harder question, and turn ambiguity into a clear next step. That same discipline now sits at the heart of his facilitation: he helps people stop circling the same decision and start naming what they actually want.
He has also designed and shipped two AI-powered apps — Sagehand and Somnial — without a conventional programming background. The journey is the proof: transformation is not reserved for the already-expert; it is the result of a clear process, honest reflection, and repeated action. In the room, Ryan combines an operator’s rigour with a courtroom-trained ear, gently pushing participants past their first, safest answer to the one that is truly theirs.
“The real breakthrough usually comes after the first answer — when we stop performing and start telling the truth.”