Podcasts by Design Better
Design Better co-hosts Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter explore the intersection of design, technology, and the creative process through conversations with inspiring guests across many creative fields. Whether you’re design curious or a design pro, Design Better is guaranteed to inspire and inform. Episodes are released semi-weekly. Vanity Fair calls Design Better, “sharp, to the point, and full of incredibly valuable information for anyone looking to better understand how to build a more innovative world.”
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Paola Antonelli: How design shapes culture from 2023-11-28T15:10:01
Find show notes, transcripts, and more at https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/paola-antonelli The Museum of Modern Art brings to mind images of Van Gough’s Starry Night, Salvador Dali’s Persistence o...
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Tycho: The soundtrack for creative work from 2023-11-21T09:00
Find the episode transcript and show notes on designbetterpodcast.com Our show starts with a little sample of the music that fuels our creative work. Eli’s been listening to Tycho, aka Scott Hansen...
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Bonus Episode: Gil Gershoni on Dyslexic Design Thinking from 2023-11-17T21:17:01
Find the transcript and episode notes here: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/gil-gershoni#details October is dyslexia awareness month, and we were recently introduced to Gil Gershoni, who is on a ...
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OK Go: Making the impossible possible from 2023-11-08T17:13
Show notes and transcript: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/ok-go Not many bands hire Russian pilots to film a Zero-G video on their cosmonaut training plane, known as the “vomit comet”. But those...
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Announcing something new… from 2023-11-01T15:06:02
Over the seven years doing the show, we noticed a pattern in those who achieve their career goals fastest—they consciously invest in themselves by building skills and knowledge. And one of the best...
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Paula Scher: Pentagram legend on design, persuasion&embracing mistakes from 2023-10-25T14:19
Aarron first met Paula Scher as a grad student in Philadelphia. He worked at the Temple University gallery and was hanging an exhibition of her posters when they first spoke about her work. He didn...
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Bonus Episode: Matt D Smith from Shift Nudge on the elements of a great user interface from 2023-10-19T20:24:13
Show notes and transcript: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/bonus-episode-matt-d-smith#details We’ve got a special bonus episode for you today. Matt D. Smith, better known as MDS, is the founder o...
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Llisa Demetrios: Ray and Charles Eames's granddaughter on their legacy and influence on mid century modern design from 2023-10-10T15:20:43
Show notes and transcript: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/llisa-demetrios#details Mid century modern design aesthetics are enduring and as relevant today as ever. Perhaps no designers influence...
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Bonus Episode: Bayard Winthrop, CEO of American Giant from 2023-10-04T17:22
Hey everybody, we have a special bonus episode for you today. We're having a conversation with Bayard Winthrop, the founder and CEO of American Giant, one of our favorite clothing companies. This e...
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Ed Catmull: Creative lessons from Lucasfilm to Pixar and beyond from 2023-09-27T15:30
Welcome to our second Design Better episode on the creative process. You may not know Ed Catmull’s name, but there’s almost no doubt you’re familiar with his work. As the co-founder of Pixar, he’s ...
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David Sedaris: How observation and prototyping shapes his work from 2023-09-12T08:00
Welcome to the first episode in our Design Better series on the creative process. In this series, we’re going beyond the confines of design to speak with some of the most creative people in the wor...
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Design Better Trailer from 2023-08-24T17:52
Design Better co-hosts Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter explore the intersection of design, technology, and the creative process through conversations with inspiring guests across many creative fields...
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Design Better Trailer from 2023-08-24T17:52
Design Better co-hosts Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter explore the intersection of design, technology, and the creative process through conversations with inspiring guests across many creative fields...
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Design Better's New Adventure: Exciting changes to the show from 2023-08-22T08:00
We recently hit our 100th episode, and we have a big announcement to share. If you haven't already subscribed to our Substack at https://designbetterpodcast.com/ head over there so you can stay up...
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Bonus Episode with Don Norman: Panel discussion on designing a better world from 2023-08-19T10:35:06
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/bonus-episode-with-don-norman-panel In this special bonus episode, renowned scholar and author Don Norman (The Design of Everyday Things, Design for a ...
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Ole Lütjens: The story behind the Disney+ launch from 2023-08-08T15:03
Subscribe for free to our show on Substack to receive episodes a week early, bonus content like post-show discussions, and more: https://designbetterpodcast.com/ Show notes: https://designbetterpod...
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Georg Petschnigg: Product design and storytelling at The New York Times from 2023-07-25T11:00
Subscribe to the Design Better Podcast on Substack to get episodes a week early and other bonus content: https://designbetterpodcast.com/ Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/georg-petsch...
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Eileen Fisher, Rewind: How design principles and systems guide a clothing company from 2023-07-06T16:58
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/rewind-eileen-fisher-embracing-imperfect Hi Folks-We hope that everyone is enjoying their summer so far. We’re taking a few weeks off to be with our fa...
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Donna Lichaw: The leader’s journey from 2023-06-20T11:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/donna-lichaw-the-leaders-journey “Management is a job, whereas leadership is a quality you have to earn,” as we learned way back in Episode 21 from our...
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Robert Brunner: The design giant who hired Jony Ive from 2023-06-06T15:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/robert-brunner-where-art-and-commerce Our guest today, Robert Brunner, once joked that his tombstone will say: “Here lies the guy who hired Jonathan Iv...
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John Maeda: AI + Design from 2023-05-23T11:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/john-maeda-ai-design Today we welcome back John Maeda, who is currently Vice President of Design and Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft. You’re proba...
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Sheena Iyengar: Decision making and innovation myths from 2023-05-09T22:12
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/sheena-iyengar-choose-to-think-bigger We may not think about it all that often, but the choices that we make often end up defining who we become. Dr. S...
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Matt Mullenweg: WordPress, AI, and jazz from 2023-04-25T11:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-ai-and-jazz Matt Mullenweg started out as a jazz saxophonist, and went on to create WordPress, which is the platform behind an...
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Kevin Bethune: Innovation lessons from a nuclear engineer turned Air Jordan designer from 2023-04-11T11:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/kevin-bethune-reimagining-design Not many people can say they’ve gone from being a nuclear engineer to helping design Air Jordans at Nike. But that’s p...
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Tony Fadell: iPhone inventor on how to build the future from 2023-03-28T11:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/tony-fadell-how-to-build-the-future For many of us, being the co-creator of two of the most transformative products of the early 21st century—the iPod ...
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Judy and Daniel Wert: Surviving the tech layoffs from 2023-03-14T11:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/judy-and-daniel-wert-challengingIt’s a challenging time in tech right now. Chances are, if you haven’t been directly affected by the layoffs, you know ...
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Tina Seelig: Constraints drive creativity from 2022-11-17T17:23
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/tina-seelig-constraints-drive-creativity What is the difference between creativity and innovation? What does it take to find your superpowers? How can ...
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Meredith Black: DesignOps has become essential from 2022-10-18T15:49
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/meredith-black-a-new-era-of-designops Design Operations, or “Design Ops,” is entering a new era. No longer the new kid on the block, it’s becoming a re...
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Greg Hoffman: Nike CMO on the role of emotion in design from 2022-08-30T16:19
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/greg-hoffman There is probably no better training ground than Nike to learn about creativity as a team sport, and Greg Hoffman, former Chief Marketing ...
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Felecia Hatcher: Black Ambition CEO on entrepreneurship and working with Pharrell Williams from 2022-08-08T20:20
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/felicia-hatcher Often it’s the little things, and not the flashy technology or slick user interface that make a product or experience memorable. The ha...
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Seth Godin, Rewind: Learning to take risks, be generous, and make a ruckus from 2022-07-06T10:59
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/seth-godin If you don’t know who Seth Godin is, just type “Seth” into Google or DuckDuckGo. The first entry will lead you to his blog, where he writes—...
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Dr. Sian Proctor: SpaceX astronaut on imposter syndrome from 2022-06-21T17:03
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/sian-proctor If you’re looking for an inspiring human being, it would be hard to beat Dr. Sian Proctor. Dr. Proctor is a geoscientist, and also an arti...
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Katrina Alcorn: IBM’s head of design on why partnerships are essential from 2022-06-07T08:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/katrina-alcorn If you lead a team of over 700 people, what skills would you need to bring to the table to help them collaborate effectively? In today’s...
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Nir Eyal: How to be indistractable from 2022-05-24T15:47
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/nir-eyal You’re sitting at your desk, trying to do some deep work—finishing up a presentation, writing some code, sketching out a new interface—and you...
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Detria Williamson: IDEO CMO on making collaboration more inclusive from 2022-05-10T07:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/detria-williamson In an interview with the Wall Street Journal last year, Detria Williamson, former Chief Marketing Officer of IDEO, said that “diversi...
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Guy Kawasaki: Lessons from Apple's early days from 2022-04-26T07:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/guy-kawasaki Guy Kawasaki has certainly had a remarkable career. From gaining popularity as the Chief Evangelist at Apple for the Macintosh computer in...
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Rewind: John Cleese: A cheerful guide to creativity from 2021-12-07T09:00
The Ministry of Silly Walks. The Cheese Shop. French Taunting. If you haven’t seen any of these Monty Python sketches before, do us a favor and go watch one or two of them. You’ll discover—or re...
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John Cleese, Rewind: Monty Python's cheerful guide to creativity from 2021-12-07T09:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/john-cleese The Ministry of Silly Walks. The Cheese Shop. French Taunting. If you haven’t seen any of these Monty Python sketches before, do us a favor...
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Rewind: John Cleese: A cheerful guide to creativity from 2021-12-07T09:00
The Ministry of Silly Walks. The Cheese Shop. French Taunting. If you haven’t seen any of these Monty Python sketches before, do us a favor and go watch one or two of them. You’ll discover—or re...
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Eileen Fisher: How design principles and systems guide a clothing company from 2021-11-09T09:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/rewind-eileen-fisher-embracing-imperfect In his book The Laws of Simplicity, John Maeda says that “simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and add...
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Eileen Fisher: Embracing imperfect newness from 2021-11-09T09:00
In his book The Laws of Simplicity, John Maeda says that “simplicity is abo...
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Robin Petravic: Midcentury modern design principles and Heath Ceramics from 2021-10-26T08:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/robin-petravic If you’re a fan of architecture and design, you’re probably familiar with the mid-century modern movement. It brought a simple, clean ae...
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Vicki Tan: Spotify's design process and finding your purpose from 2021-09-28T08:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/spotifys-vicki-tan-learning-from Vicki Tan has worked at companies that change the way we travel, think about our mental health, and access music from ...
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Spotify’s Vicki Tan: Learning from new voices from 2021-09-28T08:00
Vicki Tan has worked at companies that change the way we travel, think about our mental health, and access music from around the globe. To each of these roles she...
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Judy Wert: Negotiating salary and navigating career changes from 2021-09-14T08:00
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/judy-wert The way that we work has been disrupted by the global pandemic, and for those of us who are fortunate enough to have kept our jobs, it’s also...
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Judy Wert: Navigating career changes from 2021-09-14T08:00
The way that we work has been disrupted by the global pandemic, and for those of us who are fortunate enough to have kept our jobs, it’s also caused many of us to...
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Rewind: Airbnb’s Benjamin Evans on the power of inclusive design from 2021-08-31T17:20:13
Benjamin Evans, Inclusive Design Lead for Airbnb, is part of a new kind of problem s...
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Benjamin Evans, Rewind: Inclusive design at Airbnb from 2021-08-31T17:20
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/benjamin-evans Benjamin Evans, Inclusive Design Lead for Airbnb, is part of a new kind of problem solvers tackling issues like racism, sexism, and bias...
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Scott Berkun: How design makes the world from 2021-08-17T08:00
Do you have a colleague who just doesn’t get what design is all about? Or maybe you’ve tried explaining it to your parents, but they just respond by asking you to...
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Ford’s Sandy Fershee: Driving innovation with human-centered design from 2021-08-03T08:00
The most innovative electric car announced in 2021 was not a Tesla, but a Ford. The new Ford F-150 Lightning, a fully electric version of the best-selling vehicle...
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Astra CEO Chris Kemp: Bringing talent into your orbit from 2021-07-20T08:00
Over 50 years after humans first landed on the moon, it’s still extremely difficult—and expensive—to get anything into orbit. But imagine if there were a more aff...
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Rewind: Julie Zhuo: Learning to manage like a leader from 2021-07-06T08:00
Listen as Julie Zhuo, VP of Product Design at Facebook and author of The Making of a Manager, recalls some of her earliest professional experiences at one of the fastest growing compani...
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RISD President Rosanne Somerson: Transformation through education from 2021-06-22T08:00
In its 144-year history, the Rhode Island School of Design—also known as RISD—has graduated numerous notable designers and creatives, from graphic designers Shepa...
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Sara Seager: Pushing boundaries through collaboration from 2021-06-08T08:00
If you’re lucky enough to look up into a clear night sky and see the thousands of stars visible to the naked eye, it’s hard not to wonder, “are there other planet...
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Dan Pink: Creating meaningful connections from 2021-05-25T08:00
To Sell is Human. That’s the title of one of Dan Pink’s books, and also the foundational concept for his recent Ma...
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Netflix's Steve Johnson and Rochelle King: Making great stories accessible from 2021-02-23T21:51:10
If you’re anything like us, you’ve been watching more than your fair share of Netflix this past year. And with such great original content, from Listen
Apple TV+ Home’s Doug Pray and Matt Weaver: Designing spaces that change behavior and create opportunity from 2021-02-09T09:00
Of the designed objects we interact with on a daily basis, our homes are probably the most influential on the way we live our lives. In Apple’s new series ...
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Logitech's Jason Mayden: Leading with curiosity and humility from 2021-01-12T09:00
As we head into a new year—and leave behind a year that was challenging for just about everyone on the planet, with the hope that this year will be better for all...
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Airbnb’s Brian Chesky: Designing for trust from 2020-12-15T09:00
It all started with a box of cereal. Well, that’s not exactly the beginning, but when Brian Chesky and his roommates had maxed out their credit cards while starti...
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Google’s Annie Jean Baptiste: Building better products for everyone from 2020-12-08T16:26:44
As designers and design leaders, most of us understand the ethical importance of making our products accessible and inclusive for all the people who use them. But...
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Author Bill Burnett: Designing Your Work Life from 2020-11-24T09:00
In the wake of a worldwide pandemic and economic catastrophe, many of our friends and colleagues in the world of digital product design are fortunate to have kept...
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Debbie Millman: Revealing what matters the most to designers and creatives from 2020-11-10T09:00
We’re not ashamed to admit that, when we booked Debbie Millman for our show, we were a little intimidated. Not by Debbie herself, who always comes across as kind,...
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John Maeda: Working at the intersection of design, business, and technology from 2020-10-27T08:00
| Over the arc of his career, John Maeda has been many things: a professor at MIT, president at the Rhode Isla... Listen
Seth Godin: Learning to take risks, be generous, and make a ruckus from 2020-10-13T08:00If you don’t know who Seth Godin is, just type “Seth” into Google or DuckDuckGo. The first entry will lead you to his blog, where he writes— Listen
Designing for Diversity: Project Inkblot’s Jahan Mantin and Boyuan Gao from 2020-06-11T03:55:44In today’s episode, we talk with Boyuan Gao and Jahan Mantin—the founders of Project Inkblot—who have built a practical framework that can help everyone design fo... Listen
Silicon Valley Product Group’s Marty Cagan: Why product management is misunderstood from 2020-06-02T00:18:45Are you on a product team or a feature team? After you listen to our interview with Marty Cagan, legendary product management guru, author, and partner at Silicon V...
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Atlassian’s Stephen Deasy: How designers and engineers unite the possible with the probable from 2020-05-12T20:55:29“Designers are about possibilities. Engineers are about probabilities.” This quote, from Stephen Deasy, Head of Cloud Engineering at Atlassian, is just one example ...
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Author Joshua Seiden: Measuring work and rethinking goal setting from 2020-05-05T23:07:29*** We’re nominated for a Webby 2020! Vote here: dbtr.co/webby2020 *** Love it or hate it, the agile approach to s... Listen
NASA’s Steve Rader: Redefining the moonshot with diverse teams from 2020-04-28T21:48:50There’s a lot of talk in the tech world about moonshots, and what it takes to build a team capable of achieving them. We thought it might be helpful to speak with s...
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Why business thinking for designers matters more than ever from 2020-04-21T16:04:49We’ve just published a new book on DesignBetter.com Listen
Remote Work for Design Teams: Lessons in leadership, collaboration, and culture from 2020-04-07T04:05:01We’ve just published a new book on DesignBetter.com called Remote Wo... Listen
How to run remote design sprints and design reviews: Richard Banfield and Alison Rand from 2020-03-31T06:34In this bonus episode, we’re once more focused on remote teams, and more specifically on best practices for facilitating remote design sprints, building trust bet... Listen
Making remote teams work from 2020-03-23T23:49:22In this bonus episode, we chat about balancing personal and professional demands in a remote environment, especially during these challenging times. Join special ... Listen
VMWare’s Jehad Affoneh: Be a business leader, not a design leader from 2020-03-17T04:41:51In this episode, we speak with VMWare’s Head of Design Jehad Affoneh about how he measures the business impact of design, and aligns design goals with engineering goals. We learn why he thinks i... Listen
Amazon’s Joanna Peña-Bickley: Bringing more diversity into leadership from 2020-03-09T19:00:42Joanna Peña-Bickley has had an amazing arc to her design leadership career: from Chief Creative Officer at Matter Worldwide and IBM, to her current role as Head o... Listen
The New York Times’ Natalya Shelburne: Bridging the designer and developer divide by building trust from 2020-03-02T19:31:55Natalya Shelburne, Tech Lead for Design Engineering at The New York Times, sits at a fascinating crossroad of design and developmentListen
IBM’s Kristin Wisnewski: Rise of an authentic leader from 2020-02-24T23:16:15In the tech world, it's rare these days to spend more than a few years at one company. So we were curious to learn more about Kristin Wisnewski after hearing she’... Listen
Nancy Douyon: Listening is the best hiring skill from 2020-02-17T22:03:40Nancy Douyon has a remarkable story that lead her into a career in technology. From her childhood in Haiti, to moving to Boston and taking part in an MIT program ... Listen
Season 4 Preview Episode from 2020-02-12T03:21:22Next week we'll be launching our fourth season of the Design Better Podcast by InVision. Listen now for a special preview of the new season and get ready for new ... Listen
Stephen Gates on hiring and retaining the best design talent from 2019-12-19T00:44:57
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