Design Meets Business

We're launching season 3 together with Nate Langley (Monzo), talking about how constraints breed creativity, the five pillars you want to touch on in interviews, and the importance of an integrated brand experience.

Timestamps:

• 00:00 – Intro
• 03:38 – How Nate started out
• 05:50 – On confidence and how to build it
• 14:17 – Best ways to start out in Design
• 21:09 – Individual Contributor vs. Manager track
• 28:45 – How to do well in interviews
• 40:26 – On how constraints breed creativity 
• 45:58 – End of show questions

Connect with Nate

LinkedIn, ADPlist

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Peak, by Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool
The Rebalancing of Design Management, by Cap Watkins

Jamie shares with us his thoughts on the evolution of the design role, the need to be a good storyteller, and about staying an individual contributor vs. moving into management.

Connect with Jamie

LinkedIn, ADPlist

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 how to frame design at the C-level.

Connect with Alex

LinkedIn, Website, Medium

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The value of design at the C-level

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 building and collaboration.

Connect with Dean

LinkedIn, Instagram

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.

Connect with Ioana

LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Mento Design Academy, Honest UX Talks Podcast, TikTok

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UX Rescue

Democracy Lab

Roger shares with us the value framework his team uses to quantify design and talks about the 'invisible' work of a design leader.

Connect with Roger

LinkedIn

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Brian Pagan

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.

Connect with Leonardo

LinkedIn, Instagram, Website, ADPlist

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99% Invisible Podcast

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.

Connect with Megan

LinkedIn, Website, Twitter, ADPlist

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Dovetail

Ed talks about the behind-the-scenes work of a design leader, ways of building relationships, and his thoughts on design education.

Connect with Ed

LinkedIn, Website, Medium, ADPlist

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Undercover User Experience Design

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Daring Greatly

The Coaching Habit

The Heart Tree Start framework

The People Paradox: Human Nature's Impact on Digital Transformation

Shape Up by Basecamp

Google's HEART framework

UXClub.com
Spotify's Failed #SquadGoals

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 ask in interviews.

Connect with Nati

LinkedIn, Website, Medium

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Things I wish UX candidates would ask me during interviews

Knowing the business: A must skill for young designers