Podcast Episodes

Design “handoff” is changing forever 💡

How do designers from today’s top teams collaborate with engineers?

After many interviews I'm starting to notice a trend…

The highest functioning produ…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Chris Abad - Storytelling tactics for senior designers

Episode 93

This week's episode is with Chris Abad who has led design teams at companies like Google, Square and Dropbox so needless to say he's given a lot of d…

1 year, 2 months ago

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How to be great at systems thinking 💡

Systems thinking is often mentioned as the #1 trait teams are looking for in designers.

But what does it look like to be great at it?

This episode answ…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Anthony Menecola - Insights from a staff designer at Shopify

Episode 92

This week's episode is with Anthony Menecola who is a longtime staff product designer at Shopify so we’re going to do a deep dive into ways you can m…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Making big ideas happen with design 💡

When I say high stakes design project, what comes to mind?

How about Ryan Scott redesigning the Airbnb checkout flow right before a  $3.5 billion IPO?…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Balint Orosz - What it takes to design an award-winning product

Episode 91

What does it take to create a product worthy of winning Mac app of the year?

I interviewed the founder of Craft Docs, Balint Orosz, to find out…

So thi…

1 year, 3 months ago

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How to increase your influence as a designer 💡

I’ve interviewed a lot of staff designers to figure out what it takes to have real influence at companies like Shopify, Github, Airbnb, etc.

One thing…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Catt Small - How to influence and lead as a staff designer

Episode 90

How do the best staff designers influence and lead as individual contributors?

I interviewed Catt Small to answer that question and it turned into one…

1 year, 3 months ago

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How to get hired by the best teams 💡

What are the best teams looking for in design candidates?

That’s become one of my favorite questions to ask so this episode shines a light on some of …

1 year, 3 months ago

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Tyler Angert - The rise of spontaneous software

Episode 89

This week’s episode is with Tyler Angert who was the first design hire at Replit. So we get a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like designing for …

1 year, 3 months ago

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