# 13 - Michelle Enright from Sonos

- Show: [People of Packaging](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging)
- Published: 2020-02-04
- Length: 52m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2020-02-04-13-michelle-enright-from-sonos
- Listen: https://encase.substack.com/p/13-michelle-enright-from-sonos-719

## Summary

Michelle Enright, who leads packaging design at Sonos, traces her career from a small design agency and a sunglass company to Dell, where she pioneered sustainable packaging innovations. She discusses the challenges of balancing brand integrity, cost, and sustainability at a tech startup, specifically highlighting the shift from lithography to flexo printing. Enright also offers advice on packaging education, career coaching, and the importance of industrial design sensibilities in structural packaging roles.

## Chapters

- [0:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2020-02-04-13-michelle-enright-from-sonos#t=5) Introduction and Career Origins
- [6:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2020-02-04-13-michelle-enright-from-sonos#t=377) Early Career at Design Agencies and Dioptics
- [15:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2020-02-04-13-michelle-enright-from-sonos#t=954) Transition to Dell and Sustainability
- [25:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2020-02-04-13-michelle-enright-from-sonos#t=1542) Joining Sonos as First Packaging Hire
- [34:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2020-02-04-13-michelle-enright-from-sonos#t=2086) Sustainability Challenges and Trade-offs
- [42:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2020-02-04-13-michelle-enright-from-sonos#t=2539) Advice for Students and Career Development

## Topics

- [Packaging design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/packaging-design)
- [Sustainability & circular products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sustainability-and-circularity)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Sonos (company)
- Dell (company)
- Cal Poly (other)
- Dioptics (company)
- Playbar (product)
- Play One (product)
- Sub (product)

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