Category: Podcast
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Information architect and consultant Jorge Arango returns five years later with a pointed question at the center of his practice: when AI can handle the…
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Show Notes About the episode: Dan Saffer—designer, author, and CMU professor—joins Peter and Jesse to take stock of design education at a moment when everything…
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When the ground is shifting and the destination isn’t clear, how do you lead? Peter and Jesse explore the mindset and skills required to navigate…
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When the old ways no longer hold and the new hasn’t taken shape, you’re in a liminal moment. Peter and Jesse explore what it means…
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Stanford professor Christina Wodtke joins Peter and Jesse in exploring the real contradictions of AI in design and product work: revolutionary prototyping speed versus the…
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Peter and Jesse discuss findings from Peter’s survey of 750 UX pracitioners on organizational health. Designers feel good about their work but struggle with quality…
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Product leader, author, and civic tech veteran Christian Crumlish joins Peter and Jesse to discuss his transition from UX to product management and his experimental…
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Figma’s Head of Insights Andrew Hogan joins Peter and Jesse to explore emerging trends in design practice as AI transforms creative workflows. The conversation examines…
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Product Discovery coach, teacher, and author Teresa Torres joins Peter and Jesse to explore the messy reality of organizational change and cross-functional collaboration. She discusses…
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Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel, Dean of Design at OCAD, joins Jesse and Peter to discuss her global journey from Trinidad to Toronto, leading design education through…
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Peter and Jesse are joined by design and business consultant John Gleason. Coming up through P&G’s famous design initiative, we get his perspective on design…
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Jesse and Peter explore how AI is revealing the true value proposition of design teams. They discuss why “whoever controls the prompt controls the product”…
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Joining Peter and Jesse to talk about what’s next for design is Amy Lokey, Chief Experience Officer for the enterprise software platform, ServiceNow. We’ll be…
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Joining Peter and Jesse to talk about what’s next for design is Dr. Sara Beckman, Professor at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and longtime observer…
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Joining Peter and Jesse to talk about what’s next for design is Todd Wilkens, part of our leadership at Adaptive Path years ago, who has…
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Joining Peter and Jesse is business strategist Roger L. Martin, former Dean of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, who advanced the conversation…
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Head of Philips Design, Peter Skillman, joins Peter and Jesse to share lessons from Philips’ century of design innovation, from light bulbs to the compact…
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Joining Peter and Jesse to talk about what’s next for design is veteran Silicon Valley design and product strategy consultant Audrey Crane, who will share…
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On this show, Peter and Jesse are joined by Gaurav Mathur, VP of Design for Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart. He’ll share with us his perspective…
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Joining us to talk about what’s next for digital product design is Leslie Witt, chief product and design officer for mental health care platform Headspace.…
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Joining Peter and Jesse to talk about what’s next for digital product design is John Cutler, veteran product manager and product management consultant. Along the…
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Anne Pascual, VP and Head of Design for European fashion e-commerce giant Zalando, joins Peter and Jesse to talk about driving innovation in a mature…
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Koji Pereira, Chief Design Officer for Brazilian fintech Neon, joins Peter and Jesse to talk about his career journey from Brazil to Silicon Valley and…
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Vuokko Aro, VP of Design for the UK’s popular digital-only bank Monzo, joins Peter and Jesse to talk about shifting your design approach as your…
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Jesse and Peter grapple with the prevailing discourse around design leadership, the shift occurring from what design has been to what it is becoming, the…
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Christina Goldschmidt joins Peter and Jesse to reflect on her first 60 days on the job as the newly appointed VP of product design for…
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LEGO’s Rebecca Nordstrom leads the team designing the software they use to produce those billions of little bricks. She joins us today to talk about…
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Peter and Jesse are joined by Cynthia Savard Saucier, co-author of the book Tragic Design and VP of UX for the Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify.…
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In this episode, “mission critical” takes on a whole new meaning when you’re the Chief Experience Officer for the United States Air Force. The first…
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Hardware design, software design, package design, experience design. Rajat Shail oversees all of it for home automation company Vivint. Rajat joins us to share what…
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In this episode, Peter and Jesse reflect on the conversations they had with senior design leaders, the themes that emerged, the challenges facing design leaders…
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In this episode, Peter and Jesse speak with Tim Allen, Global Head of Design and Research for Instacart, about his craft-forward approach to design leadership,…
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In this episode, Peter and Jesse speak with Che Douglas, who has shifted from VP of Design to VP of Product for Booking.com, the world’s…
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In this episode, Peter and Jesse speak with Jehad Affoneh, Chief Design Officer of Toast, on topics ranging from the what it means to be…
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In this episode, Peter and Jesse speak with Daniela Jorge, Chief Design Officer at PayPal, about vision, delivering on an end-to-end customer experience, growing and…
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In this episode, Jesse and Peter speak with Rachel Kobetz, Global Head of Design for Expedia Group, about how at the core of her role…
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In this episode, Jesse and Peter are joined by Greg Petroff, Chief Design Officer at Cisco Secure, and former design executive at GE, ServiceNow, and…
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Kaaren Hanson, Chief Design Officer at Chase Bank, joins Peter and Jesse to discuss her approach to being a design executive, including what components need…
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In this episode, Katrina Alcorn, General Manager for IBM Design, joins Peter and Jesse to uncover various aspects of being a design executive, including where…
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(This is our last episode for a couple months. Talk to you in August!) In this episode, Jesse and Peter field questions from listeners, which…
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In this episode, Jesse and Peter speak with their friend and former colleague Indi Young on the eve of the release of her forthcoming book,…
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In this episode, Jesse and Peter talk to Tim Kieschnick, who established the UX practice at healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente, and then went on to…
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In which Peter and Jesse are joined by information architect and author Abby Covert, who shares her story of moving from independent consultant, to Etsy’s…
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In which Peter and Jesse chat with Gordon Ching about the emerging role of the Chief Design Officer, design executive effectiveness, the power of brand,…
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In which Peter and Jesse take stock of emerging themes from prior conversations, trying to make sense of the crucial challenges of design and design…
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In which Peter and Jesse chat with Jorge Arango about the state of digital design, his background in architecture, teaching the next generation of designers,…
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In which Peter and Jesse speak with UX researcher, educator, and humanity advocate Vivianne Castillo about what it takes to be truly human-centered, the necessity…
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In which Peter and Jesse talk to Jen Cardello, head of UX Research at Fidelity Investments, about her team’s uncommon organization structure (within an independent…
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In which Peter and Jesse talk to creativity consultant and author (and former front-end developer!) Denise Jacobs about just what is creativity, how to maintain…
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In which Peter and Jesse talk to strategic design and research consultant Erika Hall of Mule Design, learn about how “the business model is the…
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In which Peter and Jesse speak with Billie Mandel, design leader, team coach, and UX educator, and we somehow get from team dynamics to leadership…
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Product management consultant and educator Melissa Perri joins Peter and Jesse to talk about the view of design from the product management side of the…
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In which Peter and Jesse talk to Sally Carson, Head of Product Design at Duo Security (now part of Cisco), about her journey, from bike…
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Jesse and Peter return from their hiatus and dig into a few emerging trends we’ve seen in product design teams, including (00:25) the rise of…
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In which Jesse and Peter answer questions on funding models, shifting from output to impact, demonstrating value, and the challenges of being a design leader…
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In which Peter shares some of his Design Leadership Truisms (inspired by the work of Jenny Holzer), and Jesse reacts. Truisms discussed: (03:29) “People are…
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In which Jesse and Peter discuss their relationship to systemic racism, as individuals, as leaders, and as members of the design and UX communities.
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In which we are joined by Maria Giudice, founder of Hot Studio, former design executive at Facebook and Autodesk, for a whirlwind discussion of her…
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In which we address the how to grow as a design leader when the opportunities thin out, and then take a hard turn and address…
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In which we grapple with the multifarious concept of trust, in light of how important it is for leaders to establish, build, and maintain it…
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In which we continue to grapple with in-house vs design consultancy distinctions, and see promise in the creation of senior strategic design roles within some…
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In which an email from a design leader self-labelled “Consultancy Rat” spurs a wide-ranging discussion on strategic design leadership, product management, and the differences between…
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In which we discuss the challenges of relationship management when leading from home, and then start a potentially promising discussion on the subject of trust.
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In which we break down the components of a team charter, and the ways it helps design leaders, particularly with people matters of recruiting, hiring,…
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In which we look at the purpose behind defining purpose, and discover some unexpectedly useful new frames along the way.
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In which reflections on the coronavirus pandemic spark a freeform conversation ranging from Trump to Jobs on management, leadership, power, uncertainty, and more.
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In which a discussion of David Epstein’s book Range leads to a consideration of craft, practice, and the medium of leadership.
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In which we learn more of Peter’s recent adventures in design leadership, and we reflect on 20 years of Jesse’s Elements of User Experience.
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In which we learn a little of Peter and Jesse, their past history together, and their more recent history apart.