High Resolution

By Bobby Ghoshal, Jared Erondu

What's High Resolution about?

Bringing clarity to how the best companies approach, communicate, and deploy design. We’ve hand-picked the design industry’s 25 greatest influencers and change-makers to bring you 1000min of deep-dive conversation. Hosted by Bobby Ghoshal and Jared Erondu.

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High Resolution episodes:

01.03.2018
A Talk at AIGA: Designers, make this ONE mindset change in 2018 to drive massive business value
Our co-host, Bobby, was an opening speaker at AIGA Conference 2017. Bobby breaks down why the design industry has lost touch with customers and how specialized roles in design continue to fuel the problem. He also offers a mindset change...
09.17.2017
BONUS EPISODE: How we made High Resolution + other community questions
This bonus episode will officially bring season one of High Resolution to a close. We received a flurry of emails and questions from the community over the past six or so months, we curated twelve questions for this final episode...
07.30.2017
FINALE! #25: This final episode gets fiery with Bobby and Jared as they down 3 Japanese whiskies and go beyond design
Bobby Ghoshal (co-founder of Candid Co.) and Jared Erondu (Design at Lattice) are the co-hosts of High Resolution. In this episode, they turn the cameras—and the questions—on themselves to ask each other 10 questions. From how they both got started as...
07.28.2017
PREVIEW FINALE #25: The 3 P's you should look for in any job + what sucks about the design industry
In this preview, we drew up 10 questions for each other and things got fiery! Bobby explains the 3 P's you should look for in any job and Jared shares what ticks him off about the design industry. This is...
07.23.2017
#24: Buzzfeed’s VP Design, Cap Watkins, on effective management and company culture that empowers
Cap Watkins is the VP of Design at Buzzfeed. In this episode, he explains how to apply design to any business challenge, what managers can do to create a more productive environment, and how companies can create a culture that empowers...
07.21.2017
PREVIEW #24: Making business decisions without being a rebel and why your happiness at work is mostly your responsibility
Cap Watkins is the VP of Design at Buzzfeed. In this preview, he shares how you can circumvent red-tape and make decisions without being a rebel. He also shares why your personal happiness at work is your responsibility while shining...
07.16.2017
#23: How the best design recruiter in the country, Judy Wert, seeks out the top 1% of designers
Judy Wert is the co-founder of Wert & Company, a leading international executive search firm specializing in design – for top tier startups and Fortune 500 corps. In this episode, she shares how she’s been recruiting the best designers for more...
07.14.2017
PREVIEW #23: The two most important areas of focus for your career, also what inexperienced designers should think about
Judy Wert is the co-founder of Wert & Company, a leading international executive search firm specializing in design – for top tier startups and Fortune 500 corps. Here she tells us what the two most important areas of focus should...
07.09.2017
#22: Pinterest Head of Design, August De Los Reyes, on ending disability through better design
August de los Reyes is the Head of Design & Research at Pinterest. In this episode, he shares how a personal life event forever altered his outlook on design, what inclusive design means to him, and why diverse teams have the...
07.06.2017
PREVIEW #22: These awesome innovations stemmed from disability, plus how Pinterest's August de los Reyes sees design
August de los Reyes is the Head of Design & Research at Pinterest. In this preview he shares how disability frames his perspective on design and shows us a lineage of great product innovations that stemmed from disability.
07.02.2017
#21: Designer Fund's Ben Blumenfeld on how designers can become successful founders
Ben Blumenfeld is the co-director of Designer Fund, where he helps designers build businesses with meaningful impact. Before Designer Fund, Ben was the 5th designer at Facebook. In this episode, he explains how designers can become successful founders, how to best...
06.30.2017
PREVIEW #21: Would Designer Fund have invested in Mark Zuckerberg in 2004? Ben Blumenfeld also shares whether the fund is an experiment
Ben Blumenfeld is the co-director of Designer Fund, where he helps designers build businesses with meaningful impact. Before Designer Fund, Ben was the 5th designer at Facebook. In this preview he delves into whether he thinks the fund is an...
06.25.2017
#20: Slack Head of Comms Design, Kristy Tillman, on breaking through the mold and improving diversity
Kristy Tillman is the Head of Communication Design at Slack. In this episode, she talks about what it’s like building a team from scratch and how brand and communication design plays a role in an organization. She also explains why...
06.22.2017
PREVIEW #20: Slack's Kristy Tillman holds our hand through racial biases at work and stereotype threats
Kristy Tillman is the Head of Communication Design at Slack. We asked how managers might navigate racial or cultural biases when making a decision to promote someone. This was a very eye-opening moment in the High Resolution series. Get early access...
06.18.2017
#19: Enter this mega-master's mind – Jared Spool of UIE sharpens our UX thinking within an hour
Jared Spool is a co-founder of Center Centre and the founder of UIE. In 2016, with Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman, he opened Center Centre, a new design school in Chattanooga, TN to create the next generation of industry-ready UX Designers. In this...
06.16.2017
PREVIEW #19: Jared Spool crystalizes the 3 stages of UX design maturity and how we can evolve into them
Jared M. Spool is a co-founder of Center Centre and the founder of UIE. In 2016, with Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman, he opened Center Centre, a new design school in Chattanooga, TN to create the next generation of industry-ready UX Designers. In...
06.11.2017
#18: Autodesk VP of Design, Maria Giudice, on taking your shot and the rise of the Design Executive Officer
Maria Giudice is the VP of Experience Design at Autodesk and co-author of “Rise of the DEO.” In this episode, she shares how artists can become CEOs, explains what a Design Executive Officer is, and speaks on the skills designers can...
06.08.2017
PREVIEW #18: The rise of the Design Executive Officer (DEO)
Maria Giudice is the VP of Experience Design at Autodesk and co-author of "Rise of the DEO." In this preview she discusses the key differences and advantages between behaving like a DEO versus a CEO. Get early access to Maria’s episode...
06.04.2017
#17: Instagram Head of Design, Ian Spalter, on launching Stories and what's next for their product
Ian Spalter is the Head of Design at Instagram. In this episode, he talks about his experiences working with agencies vs. startups, how to build a design team as a company matures, and how a company the size of Instagram...
06.02.2017
PREVIEW #17: How you can get hired into Instagram's design team, with Ian Spalter, Head of Design at Instagram
Ian Spalter is the Head of Design at Instagram. In this preview, we discuss what it takes to become a member of the Instagram design team, how designers can feel empowered and how his agency-background has shaped the way he...
05.28.2017
#16: IDEO's Tom Kelley is Design Thinking's ultimate disciple, hear him make the case for it
Tom Kelley is a Partner at IDEO. He's an author of Creative Confidence, The Art of Innovation, and The Ten Faces of Innovation. In this episode, he explains the true definition of innovation and what it takes to build your...
05.25.2017
PREVIEW #16: IDEO's Tom Kelley on "Vu Ja De" the art of beginner's-mind and losing creativity at a young age
Tom Kelley is a Partner at IDEO. He's an author of Creative Confidence, The Art of Innovation, and The Ten Faces of Innovation. In this preview he shares why developing beginner's-mind is a game-changing skill, plus why we lose our...
05.21.2017
#15: Master communicator, Stephen Gates, on why creativity done properly is blue collar work
Stephen Gates is the Global Head of Design at Citi. In this episode, he explains why creativity is really a blue-collar profession, how to unlock your design process, and defines how a business should really think about "innovation." FOLLOW US Twitter: http://twitter.com/highrespodcast Facebook:...
05.18.2017
PREVIEW #15: A three-time Adobe MAX master speaker, Stephen Gates, shares a blueprint on how to communicate better
Stephen Gates is a master communicator. So much of what we do as designers boils down to our ability to communicate clearly and tailor our message, voice and tone for the "room" we're in. This preview sheds light on the...
05.14.2017
#14: Google Material Design Lead shares origin story of Google's design vision
Rich Fulcher leads Material Design and Engineering at Google. In this episode, he walks us through the story of how Material Design came out, what's involved in building your own design system, and the importance of investing in your design...
05.11.2017
PREVIEW #14: Google's Head of Material Design on how to get hired and promoted at Google Design
Rich Fulcher is leads Google's Material Design UX and Engineering unit. In this preview he shares insights into what Google looks for in their design candidates and what a designer's career ladder at Google looks like. This full episode goes live...
05.07.2017
#13: Microsoft Design Director, Kat Holmes, on the importance of designing for "one-size-fits-one"
Kat Holmes was most recently Microsoft's Principal Director for Inclusive Design. In this episode, we define inclusive design, explore how to apply it to our own work, and learn why designing for the "average" or "normal" person is the old...
05.04.2017
PREVIEW #13: How Microsoft's Kat Holmes and co. convinced CEO, Satya Nadella to re-tool design at Microsoft to be human-centered
Kat Holmes, Dir. Inclusive Design, was part of a core group of designers who paved a new road for Microsoft's products by focusing on human-centered and inclusive design principles. It didn't happen overnight though. Their breakthrough method had to be...
04.30.2017
#12: Gentry Underwood on collective intelligence and building Mailbox into a $100M email app
Gentry Underwood is the co-founder of Mailbox. In this episode, he explains the benefits of design being a “we” vs an “I” issue, how to be your most productive self, and discusses what it took to turn Mailbox into a...
04.27.2017
PREVIEW #12: Mailbox's co-founder shares why playing "devil's advocate" can be lazy and an energy destroyer on creative endeavors
Gentry Underwood was the CEO and co-founder of renowned app "Mailbox." In this preview he shares why playing the "Devil's advocate" is only half the equation and how it can be an energy destroyer. He also walks us through why...
04.23.2017
#11: Behance Founder, Scott Belsky, on maximizing creative output and the role constraints play
Scott Belsky is the co-founder of Behance and investor at Benchmark Capital. In this episode, we discuss how to maximize your creative output, how constraints can – and should – be used to boost productivity, and the patterns most seen...
04.20.2017
PREVIEW #11: Scott Belsky discusses why he believes design agencies are a vestige from the past. Also, what freelancers, agency designers and client-side designers can learn from each other.
Scott Belsky co-founded Behance and has spent years trying to understand how the best designers in the world are able to make meaningful contributions. In this preview he touches on the differences between freelancers, agency designers and client-side designers while...
04.16.2017
#10: Facebook Head of Design, Luke Woods, on design's true impact and creating for 2 billion people
Luke Woods is the Head of Design at Facebook. In this episode, he discusses leading a team that designs for nearly 2 billion users, how he got to his position, and what role he thinks design plays in such a...
04.13.2017
PREVIEW #10: Zuck personally recruits Luke Woods to Facebook, Luke decides to work on "Growth" and shares his early learnings
After Mark Zuckerberg personally recruited Luke Woods from IDEO as a product designer, Luke chose to work on the new "Growth team." There, he discovered the ability to use data to deeply understand people and how to design for the...
04.09.2017
#9: Spotify VP Design and Insights, Rochelle King, on being data aware, debating your ideas, and being heard
Rochelle King is the Global VP of Product Design and Insights at Spotify. In this episode, she discusses the difference between teams being data-informed, data-aware and data-driven, why our "data friends" are a designer's greatest ally, and how she taught her...
04.06.2017
PREVIEW #9: Do your ideas go unheard? The H.I.P.P.O problem might be why! Rochelle King of Spotify shares some advice.
Rochelle King is the Head of Design and Insights at Spotify. In this preview she discusses the H.I.P.P.O (Highest Paid Person's Opinion) problem and how to know if you are a H.I.P.P.O or how to get one to listen to...
04.02.2017
#8: John Maeda on the three types of design, the four quarters of life, and diversity
John Maeda is the Head of Design and Inclusion at Automattic. In this episode, we discuss how he turned RISD into the best design school in the country, why inclusivity is the secret weapon on design teams, and why design...
03.30.2017
PREVIEW #8: Paul Rand imparts sage advice to John Maeda where he urges people not to buy into the “starving artist” myth
John Maeda tells us about the sage advice Paul Rand gave him at the ripe age of 82 about finding what you love to do and how important it is not to buy into the myth of the starving artist. This...
03.26.2017
#7: GV Design Partner, Daniel Burka, on prototyping your way to massive influence
Daniel Burka is a Design Partner at GV. In this episode he discusses how designers can elevate their position in a boardroom, the Google Design Sprint, and why he thinks the sprint is the equivalent of the scientific method for...
03.22.2017
PREVIEW #7: According to Daniel Burka, here's the sneakiest thing designers can do at work and in meetings
Daniel Burka is a design partner at GV and a master of the Google Design Sprint. In this preview he shares the one thing designers can do in meetings and at work to build their influence and essentially become the...
03.19.2017
#6: IBM Head of Design, Phil Gilbert, wields $100M and 1,300 designers to bring design back to IBM's roots
Phil Gilbert is the GM and Head of Design at IBM. In this episode, he discusses creating IBM's proprietary design thinking methodology, their own design school for new graduates, and what he's going to do with the $100 Million that...
03.16.2017
PREVIEW #6: Over 1,300 IBM designers use a lightweight tactic called "hills" to align entire teams and how you can too
IBM's Head of Design, Phil Gilbert, has taught his 1,300+ person design team to use "hills," a lightweight tactic to align entire cross-functional teams on highly complex projects. Hills are a way to clarify what you're going to do...
03.13.2017
#5: Design VP, Kate Aronowitz, on how designers can earn their seat at the business table
Kate Aronowitz was the Design VP at Wealthfront. Before that, she was a Design Director at Facebook where she built their team from 20-200 world class designers under Mark Zuckerberg. In this episode, she discusses her early days building facebook's design...
03.09.2017
PREVIEW #5: 10x-ing Facebook’s design team with Mark Zuckerberg and Chamath Palihapitiya’s insane growth goals
Kate Aronowitz was fundamental to growing Facebook's design team from 20 to over 200 designers, working alongside Mark Zuckerberg himself. She also instrumented their first ever "growth" team with designers who have evolved the way we think about operational speed...
03.06.2017
#4: Ebay's VP Design & Global Creative Director, Dave Lippman, lessons from Apple & Ebay on dancing between data and intuition
Ebay's VP Design and Global Creative Director, Dave Lippman, shares his experience designing at Apple and Ebay, the differences in their approach to data vs. intuition, and how he's learned to dance between the two. FOLLOW US Twitter: http://twitter.com/highrespodcast Facebook: http://facebook.com/highrespodcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/highresitunes Google Play:...
03.02.2017
PREVIEW #4: Design is expensive, designers are a pain, and we're going to take a divot out of your profits
Convincing business leaders to invest in design isn't an easy task, but it's possible. Learn the things that eBay's VP of Design, Dave Lippman, focuses on when having these conversations with stakeholders. This episode goes live on Mar 6th, want access...
02.27.2017
#3: Omada Health’s CMO, Andréa Mallard, on why design is too important to be left to designers
Andréa Mallard, Chief Marketing Officer at Omada Health, explains how design should be looked at as a connective tissue that extends throughout an entire company. FOLLOW US Twitter: http://twitter.com/highrespodcast Facebook: http://facebook.com/highrespodcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/highresitunes Google Play: http://bit.ly/highresgoogle Get early access to the next episode: http://highresolution.design/early-access THANKS TO OUR...
02.23.2017
PREVIEW #3: Pixar, The Wizard of Oz, and the stories we tell ourselves
What do Pixar, The Wizard of Oz, and your app's onboard flow have in common? Storytelling. It's a powerful tool that designers can leverage when creating experiences for customers. But how do you actually do it? Andrea explains... This episode goes...
02.19.2017
#2: Uber’s Director of Design, Didier Hilhorst, on what it took to redesign a global product
Didier Hilhorst, Design Director at Uber, shares how his graduate degree in economics helps mold him as a designer and, in turn, shape how he and his team redesigned Uber from the ground up. FOLLOW US Twitter: http://twitter.com/highrespodcast Facebook: http://facebook.com/highrespodcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/highresitunes Google Play: http://bit.ly/highresgoogle Get...
02.16.2017
PREVIEW #2: How Uber CEO, Travis Kalanick, empowers the design team
Executive buy-in goes a long way for design. Learn how Uber's CEO interacts with the design team on a daily basis, and how that set the stage for a groundbreaking app redesign. This episode goes live on Feb 20th, want access...

What's High Resolution about?

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High Resolution episodes:

A Talk at AIGA: Designers, make this ONE mindset change in 2018 to drive massive business value

BONUS EPISODE: How we made High Resolution + other community questions

FINALE! #25: This final episode gets fiery with Bobby and Jared as they down 3 Japanese whiskies and go beyond design

PREVIEW FINALE #25: The 3 P's you should look for in any job + what sucks about the design industry

#24: Buzzfeed’s VP Design, Cap Watkins, on effective management and company culture that empowers

PREVIEW #24: Making business decisions without being a rebel and why your happiness at work is mostly your responsibility

#23: How the best design recruiter in the country, Judy Wert, seeks out the top 1% of designers

PREVIEW #23: The two most important areas of focus for your career, also what inexperienced designers should think about

#22: Pinterest Head of Design, August De Los Reyes, on ending disability through better design

PREVIEW #22: These awesome innovations stemmed from disability, plus how Pinterest's August de los Reyes sees design

#21: Designer Fund's Ben Blumenfeld on how designers can become successful founders

PREVIEW #21: Would Designer Fund have invested in Mark Zuckerberg in 2004? Ben Blumenfeld also shares whether the fund is an experiment

#20: Slack Head of Comms Design, Kristy Tillman, on breaking through the mold and improving diversity

PREVIEW #20: Slack's Kristy Tillman holds our hand through racial biases at work and stereotype threats

#19: Enter this mega-master's mind – Jared Spool of UIE sharpens our UX thinking within an hour

PREVIEW #19: Jared Spool crystalizes the 3 stages of UX design maturity and how we can evolve into them

#18: Autodesk VP of Design, Maria Giudice, on taking your shot and the rise of the Design Executive Officer

PREVIEW #18: The rise of the Design Executive Officer (DEO)

#17: Instagram Head of Design, Ian Spalter, on launching Stories and what's next for their product

PREVIEW #17: How you can get hired into Instagram's design team, with Ian Spalter, Head of Design at Instagram

#16: IDEO's Tom Kelley is Design Thinking's ultimate disciple, hear him make the case for it

PREVIEW #16: IDEO's Tom Kelley on "Vu Ja De" the art of beginner's-mind and losing creativity at a young age

#15: Master communicator, Stephen Gates, on why creativity done properly is blue collar work

PREVIEW #15: A three-time Adobe MAX master speaker, Stephen Gates, shares a blueprint on how to communicate better

#14: Google Material Design Lead shares origin story of Google's design vision

PREVIEW #14: Google's Head of Material Design on how to get hired and promoted at Google Design

#13: Microsoft Design Director, Kat Holmes, on the importance of designing for "one-size-fits-one"

PREVIEW #13: How Microsoft's Kat Holmes and co. convinced CEO, Satya Nadella to re-tool design at Microsoft to be human-centered

#12: Gentry Underwood on collective intelligence and building Mailbox into a $100M email app

PREVIEW #12: Mailbox's co-founder shares why playing "devil's advocate" can be lazy and an energy destroyer on creative endeavors

#11: Behance Founder, Scott Belsky, on maximizing creative output and the role constraints play

PREVIEW #11: Scott Belsky discusses why he believes design agencies are a vestige from the past. Also, what freelancers, agency designers and client-side designers can learn from each other.

#10: Facebook Head of Design, Luke Woods, on design's true impact and creating for 2 billion people

PREVIEW #10: Zuck personally recruits Luke Woods to Facebook, Luke decides to work on "Growth" and shares his early learnings

#9: Spotify VP Design and Insights, Rochelle King, on being data aware, debating your ideas, and being heard

PREVIEW #9: Do your ideas go unheard? The H.I.P.P.O problem might be why! Rochelle King of Spotify shares some advice.

#8: John Maeda on the three types of design, the four quarters of life, and diversity

PREVIEW #8: Paul Rand imparts sage advice to John Maeda where he urges people not to buy into the “starving artist” myth

#7: GV Design Partner, Daniel Burka, on prototyping your way to massive influence

PREVIEW #7: According to Daniel Burka, here's the sneakiest thing designers can do at work and in meetings

#6: IBM Head of Design, Phil Gilbert, wields $100M and 1,300 designers to bring design back to IBM's roots

PREVIEW #6: Over 1,300 IBM designers use a lightweight tactic called "hills" to align entire teams and how you can too

#5: Design VP, Kate Aronowitz, on how designers can earn their seat at the business table

PREVIEW #5: 10x-ing Facebook’s design team with Mark Zuckerberg and Chamath Palihapitiya’s insane growth goals

#4: Ebay's VP Design & Global Creative Director, Dave Lippman, lessons from Apple & Ebay on dancing between data and intuition

PREVIEW #4: Design is expensive, designers are a pain, and we're going to take a divot out of your profits

#3: Omada Health’s CMO, Andréa Mallard, on why design is too important to be left to designers

PREVIEW #3: Pixar, The Wizard of Oz, and the stories we tell ourselves

#2: Uber’s Director of Design, Didier Hilhorst, on what it took to redesign a global product

PREVIEW #2: How Uber CEO, Travis Kalanick, empowers the design team