Podcast Episodes

85- The Power of Compounding: Building Wealth as a Designer (w Akshan Ish of Spotify)

Curious how to make your money work for you as a designer or creative?

Well, you've come to the right place! In this episode, Alen and his guest, Aks…

3 years, 5 months ago

84- Negotiation and Business Design: Creating Value for All Parties Involved

Does the thought of negotiating make you break out in a cold sweat, fellow designer?

Join Alen and our special guest Jo as they explore the ins and o…

3 years, 6 months ago

83- The Business Design Agony Uncles: Influencing Biz Strategy, Making Metrics Fun, Can I AI-proof my career?

Are you a faced with a business-related question, but don’t know who to ask for help?

Facing challenges at work as you build your business confidence…

3 years, 6 months ago

82- Could AI make designers redundant? (w Franz Blach of Pinterest)

Seen enough AI tool renderings of fantasy avatars, futuristic skyline designs, or unicorns playing tennis? Franz Blach certainly has.

As tools like C…

3 years, 6 months ago

81- To bundle or unbundle your product… That is the question!

Jim Barksdale, a former CEO of Netscape, once famously proclaimed there are “only two ways to make money in business: one is to bundle; the other is …

3 years, 7 months ago

80- Who wants to be a…. Businessaire?

For our latest episode we put our new business school quiz to the test, with our unsuspecting producer Tom Prior in the hot-seat.

When it comes to un…

3 years, 7 months ago

79- Taking the fight to Figma

Sept 15th, 2022.

The day Adobe announced its intention to acquire Figma for an eyewatering $20Bn was also a day of mourning for much of the design co…

3 years, 7 months ago

78- Pricing is UX

Discounting and Tesla are two words you never hear together.

Elon Musk famously wrote in an email to Tesla staff that “There can never – and I mean n…

3 years, 8 months ago

77- How will AI affect designers?

In this episode of the d.MBA podcast, we explore the exciting and rapidly-evolving field of artificial intelligence and its potential impacts on the …

3 years, 10 months ago

76- Are employee-owned companies the future of business?

How can we best align the goals of employees and owners?

It’s an age-old problem of a principal-agent relationship. But there is a promising trend th…

3 years, 10 months ago