Design Better
Episodes
Rewind: David Kelley, Founder of IDEO and the Stanford d.school, on Creative Confidence and Aligning Teams
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/david-kelley-creative-confidence To celebrate 1 million listens to the Design Better Podcast, we're rewi...
Stephen Gates: Hiring and retaining the best design talent
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/stephen-gates InVision is starting a new series of quarterly reports on design trends. The first in the ...
Lessons from Season 3
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/season3recap The third season of the Design Better Podcast recently wrapped up, where we explored the co...
Jina Anne: Getting clarity on the components and maintenance of design systems
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/jina-anne If you’re engaged in any sort of community surrounding Design Systems, whether it’s the De...
Diego Rodriguez: How Intuit built design culture into the business
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/diego-rodriguez Diego Rodriguez has had a remarkable career at the intersection of design, business, and...
Journey into the connected workflow
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As we prepare for the last episode of Season 3, take a look back at some of the stories that have inspired us. In this short update episode, hear from...
Che Douglas: Transforming design at The Wall Street Journal and Booking.com
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/che-douglas Che Douglas led the transformation of the design team at The Wall Street Journal, from a ser...
Lori Kaplan: Atlassian's playbook for team collaboration
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/lori-kaplan Lori Kaplan is a veteran design leader, whose pioneering work includes authorship of the ori...
Quinton Larson: How Indeed kicks off projects the right way
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/quinton-larson Quinton Larson is a design leader who has consistently brought thoughtful leadership into...
Bob Baxley: How Apple ran design like the Saturday Night Live writer's room
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/bob-baxley What do Yahoo, Apple, and Pinterest have in common? Silicon Valley design vet Bob Baxley. Wi...
Josh Ulm: Wells Fargo’s VP of Design on how design should be influencing business
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/josh-ulm Josh Ulm has quite the CV—Adobe Design Lead, Vodafone Head of UX, Oracle VP of Design, and no...
Brad Frost and Dan Mall: Rethinking Agile and how designers collaborate with developers
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/brad-frost-dan-mall Enter design system pros Brad Frost and Dan Mall, long-time collaborators known for ...
Benjamin Evans: How Airbnb uses inclusive design to create a successful business
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/benjamin-evans Benjamin Evans, Inclusive Design Lead for Airbnb, is part of a new kind of problem solver...
Abigail Hart Gray: Google's Director of UX explains design to non-designers with numbers
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/abigail-gray Abigail Hart Gray, Director of UX at Google, is one of the most inspiring design leaders we...
Julie Zhuo: Facebook's former VP of Product Design on what she got right and wrong as a leader
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/julie-zhuo Listen as Julie Zhuo, VP of Product Design at Facebook and author of The Making of a Manager,...
Bonus Episode: Leah Buley and the New Frontier of Design Maturity
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could unlock the full potential for business impact in design? On today's episode we are joined by Leah Buley, InVision's Director of Desi...
Season 3 Special Preview
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The next season of the Design Better podcast is nearly here. Listen to a special preview of the upcoming season which focuses on the impact and challe...
Jake Knapp: The guy who brought us the design sprint wants us to rethink time management
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/jake-knapp-make-time What if you could set aside a distraction-free space to accomplish one meaningful t...
Margaret Stewart: Facebook's VP of Product Design on what unifies big teams
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/margaret-gould-stewart As organizations grow, they tend to think in terms of processes and data, and alt...
Kim Williams: How Indeed's design system inspires collaboration
23 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/kim-williams A design system helps deliver a unified experience for the end user, no matter what the med...
Rewind: Irene Au explains the secrets to scaling design teams at Google
09 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/irene-au For many years, Google’s engineering-led culture cherished efficiency over user experience. I...
Vas Natarajan: Hallmarks of a healthy team and better designer/developer partnerships
25 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/vas-natarajan There isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to scaling design, but there are similarities b...
Maria Giudice: The origin of DesignOps and how to make Agile not suck for designers
11 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/maria-giudice Rallying around a shared vision is one of the biggest challenges for design teams operatin...
Megan Quinn: A venture capitalist's views on how to scale a team
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/megan-quinn Do you ever wonder what it’s like to be part of fast-growing, design-led companies like Sl...
Meriah Garrett: Secrets to leading big design teams
15 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/meriah-garrett When companies start scaling design, the emphasis is sometimes on getting more shipped—...
TS Balaji: Thinking and acting like a business leader
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/ts-balaji Design leaders spend a lot of energy trying to get a seat at the table. It’s an ongoing proc...
Diana Mounter: Building efficient design systems at Github
16 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/diana-mounter Design systems give product designers and developers reusable, interchangeable components ...
Meredith Black: building DesignOps dream teams
01 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/meredith-black A lot of companies are investing more in design. As they do, the organization scales. As ...
Lynsey Thornton: Inside Shopify’s growth, re-organization, and design system
18 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/lynsey-thornton Over the last 10 years, Shopify has grown from a scrappy 5-person startup to a team of m...
Mia Blume: Are you ready to shift from team member to team leader?
29 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/mia-blume “Will I lose my creativity? Will I be stuck in meetings all day?” Those are common concern...
Christian Madsbjerg: How ethnography leads to a deeper understanding of users
15 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/christian-madsbjerg In today’s tech-driven economy, it seems like it can be hard to justify the value ...
Jake Knapp: Lessons from running 150+ design sprints at Google Ventures
01 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/jake-knapp-design-sprint If we asked you to name a recent book that’s really changed how product teams...
Laura Martini: So your boss doesn't believe in design research
17 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/007-laura-martini-getting-to-the-right-finish-line If there’s anyone we’ve interviewed on the Design...
Michael Leon: How skateboarding prepared him for Nike, Patagonia, and Sonos
03 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/michael-leon How do you go from being a self-professed skate punk, to a design director at Nike, creativ...
Alex Schleifer: Airbnb's hasty Super Bowl decision guided by a clear mission
20 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/alex-schleifer Airbnb’s mission is both simple and powerful: to help create a world where you can belo...
Albert Lee: Learning UX from Frank Gehry, IDEO, and Chez Panisse
21 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/albert-lee Albert Lee has had an amazing arc to his career. From his beginnings as a wine-steward at Che...
Dan Winger: The evolution of LEGO from simple bricks to interactive storytelling
21 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/dan-winger If you’re anything like us, playing with LEGOs was a foundational part of your childhood, a...
David Kelley: The birth of design thinking and what he's most proud of
20 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/david-kelley-creative-confidence David Kelley doesn’t like to claim to have come up with the term des...
Irene Au: How Larry Page's view on aesthetics changed Google
20 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/irene-au-scaling-design-at-google Google could now be considered a product driven company, but it wasn’...