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Microsoft's Jamie Young on Storytelling and the Need for Designers to Evolve
Jamie shares with us his thoughts on the evolution of the design role, the need to be a good storyteller, and about staying as an individual contributor vs. moving int...
Alex Cuthbert of Gojek on Leading Design Organisations
Get your notebooks out for this conversation, because Alex is sharing all about his experience leading design organisations, and about his management style, and about ...
Google’s Dean Hudson on Making Design More Transparent and Putting Your Best Foot Forward in Your Job Search
Dean shares with us his thoughts on how you can put your best foot forward during your job search and how you can make design more transparent through relationship bui...
Ioana Teleanu on Design Education and Speaking the Stakeholder's Language
On this episode I talk to Ioana about the importance of speaking your stakeholders' language, how you can learn from her career trajectory, and about design education.
Roger Rohatgi on Value Frameworks and Working as a Global Head of Design for BP
Roger shares with us the value framework his team uses to quantify design and talks about the 'invisible' work of a design leader.
Spotify’s Leonardo de la Rocha on Building Relationships Through Transparency and Being Data-Driven
This is an insights-packed conversation around how to build better relationships at work, how to use data to your advantage, and about design ethics.
Megan Dell of 99designs on UX Research and Designing for a Global Audience
Megan shared how the entire 99designs team is involved in research, the challenges of designing for a global audience, and parallels between sports and work.
Ed Vinicombe of BT on Running a Design Organisation and Building Relationships at Work
Ed talks about the behind-the-scenes work of a design leader, ways of building relationships, and his thoughts on design education.
Salesforce’s Nati Asher: Standing Out During Your Job Search
Our conversation was centered around linking Design with the wider business efforts and round hiring – how to stand out, how to create a better portfolio, and what to ...
Shopify's David Standen: Experimenting Your Way to a Better Product
David shares with us his framework for experimentation and how to build trust with your product team. We also talk about the crossover of skills between entrepreneurs ...
Conor Ward: Culture Change and Enterprise Design
Conor and I talk about how designers can prove their value in larger companies, why working in silos is a thing of the past, and how to transition from a design leader...
Jane Austin: On Design Leadership and the Role of a Designer
Jane and I talk about her opinions of what's the most crucial aspect of being a design leader, quantifying the value of our design work, and what we can do to support ...
Rochelle Dancel: The Importance of Avoiding the God Complex
Rochelle and I talk about why being a designer is a huge responsibility, why it's important to understand what matters to people outside of the design team, and how to...
Olivier Cottin: The Contrast Between Consumer and Enterprise Design
Olivier and I talk about the difference between designing consumer products vs. enterprise software, and how advocating for Design in organisations is supposed to be a...
Tommy Toner: Curiosity & Design in Larger Organisations
On today's show Tommy and I discuss what separates successful designers from the less successful ones, the two viable career choices for creatives, and what he's looki...
Cassius Kiani: Learning How to Learn & the Challenges of Leadership
Cassius and I talk about why it's important to learn how to learn, the challenges of moving into leadership, and why asking questions is key to solving problems.
Rick Veronese: The Journey to Becoming a Success Freelancer
I talk to Rick about his hustle of becoming a designer, how to deal with tricky client situations, and what are the steps to becoming a successful freelancer.
Rafa Prada: Collaboration and Design in Different Organisations
Rafa and I talk about the blind spots of design education, what's the first thing he does when he takes on a new client, and how design is thought of in different orga...
Intuit's Jiri Jerabek: How to Evolve as a Designer
Jiri is a Design Manager at Intuit, the maker of QuickBooks, TurboTax, and Mint.com. In today's episode he talks about doing research when there's not enough time, tra...
Google's Austin Knight: Why Understanding Economics Is Important for Designers
Austin is a designer at Google and previously the first UX Designer at HubSpot. We talk about the importance of economics as a designer, why the change to distributed ...