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 to a business leader.

Connect with Conor

LinkedIn, Twitter

Selected links from the episode

BT's Medium Design blog

Shook's model

Marty Cagan, Inspired

Eric Ries, The Lean Startup

Jeff Gothelf & Josh Seiden, Sense and Respond

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 designers who are just starting out.

Connect with Jane

LinkedIn

Selected links from the episode

Jane's Medium articles

The Intrapreneurs Club

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 be more transparent about our work. 

Connect with Rochelle

Website, LinkedIn, Twitter

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 long game.

Connect with Olivier

LinkedIn

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 looking for in a portfolio when he's hiring.

Connect with Tommy

Website, LinkedIn, Medium, Cuckoo

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.

Connect with Cassius

Website, LinkedIn

Selected links from the episode

Mark Channon - The Memory Workbook

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.

Connect with Rick

Website, LinkedIn, Medium

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 organisations and sectors.

Connect with Rafa
LinkedIn, Website

Selected links from the episode
Your Digital Rights

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, traps designers fall into when they test prototypes, and about the progression from coming out of school to becoming an entrepreneur-designer.

Connect with Jiri

LinkedIn, Twitter

Selected links from the episode
Eric Ries, The Lean Start-up
Art Lebedev AI-designer
Design at Intuit

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 teams is inevitable, and why understanding the value systems of a company you're interviewing for is important before saying ‘yes’ to an offer.

Connect with Austin

Website, LinkedIn, Twitter

The UX & Growth Podcast

Austin's newsletter

Selected links from the episode

Austin's UX Design Process

Lean UX, by Jeff Gothelf

The podcast episode with Dan Patiño

Indonesia's top healthcare app