Explore our interview series! We feature diverse perspectives from Design & Product leaders across an array of industries. Check out our Design Leader Insights and Where Product Meets Design podcast episodes below.
Design Leader Insights - Basel Fakhoury on Co-Founding User Interviews
On this Design Leader Insights episode, Alex Smith interviews Basel Fakhoury, Co-founder of User Interviews. Basel shares the founding journey of User Interviews, and the pivotal moment when they discovered the importance of user research.
Design Leader Insights - Casey Hudetz on Integrating New Generative AI Models
On this Design Leader Insights episode, Alex Smith interviews Casey Hudetz, Senior Product Design Manager at DocuSign, exploring Casey's decade-long journey in design. Casey delves into the transformative impact of AI on the design process.
Design Leader Insights - Gretchen Kambe Gelke on Product-Led Growth in UX
On this episode of Design Leader Insights, Alex chats with Gretchen Kambe Gelke, VP of UX at JumpCloud, about her journey in UX and UX research, highlighting her transition from academia to government and eventually to industry.
Design Leader Insights - Femke van Schoonhoven on Product Strategy
On this episode of Design Leader Insights, Alex chats with Femke van Schoonhoven, Head of Design, Members at Gusto and founder of www.femke.design, about her journey in the design world and her insights on product strategy for designers.
Design Leader Insights - Dan Winer's Approach to Effective Communication in the Workplace
On this episode of Design Leader Insights, Alex chats with Dan Winer, Head of Design at Smile.io, about providing context to get helpful feedback, how to be a successful manager, what mindset to have to truly enjoy your role.
Design Leader Insights - Sam Anderson on Customer Centric Designs
On this episode of Design Leader Insights, Alex chats with Sam Anderson, Director of Design at Intuit, about bringing prosperity for both consumers and small business owners, integrating AI, and how it is all about the customers.
Design Leader Insights - Omar Javier Lyles on Realizing the Potential of your Impact in Business
On this episode of Design Leader Insights, Alex chats with Omar Javier Lyles, Vice President, Head of Small & Mid-market Business Design at Capital One, about customer needs versus the business objectives, measuring your impact, and finding what fuels you.
Design Leader Insights - Donnie D'Amato on Config and Design System Updates
On this episode of Design Leader Insights, Alex chats with Donnie D'Amato, Principal, UX Platform - GoDaddy, about new changes in Figma as seen at Config, where the design industry is heading, and his design system advice.
Design Leader Insights - Subhasree Chatterjee on Designer and Data Analytics Partnership
On this episode of Design Leader Insights, Alex chats with Subhasree Chatterjee, Lead Data Analyst at LexisNexis, about eliminating a transactional relationship between designers and data analysts, tips for designers on how to approach data analytics, and more.
Design Leader Insights - Alex Wilson on Successful Design Systems
On this episode of Design Leader Insights, Alex chats with Alex Wilson, AVP, Design System Engineering Lead at T. Rowe Price, about empowering designers to use design systems, collaborating in teams, and the future of design systems.
Design Leader Insights - Ryan Leffel on UX in the Travel Industry
On this episode of Design Leader Insights, Alex chats with Ryan Leffel, Head of Design at Priceline, about design nuances in the travel industry, advice for new designers, and what he has learned from starting a business from the ground up.
Where Product Meets Design - James Jordan on the Evolution of the Product Manager
On this episode of Where Product Meets Design, Alex chats with James Jordan, Founder of Producto, about the current state of the product market, how to successfully collaborate between product and design, and key attributes product managers need to lead a team successfully.
Where Product Meets Design - Teresa Cain on the Many Roles of a Product Manager
On this episode of Where Product Meets Design, Alex chats with Teresa Cain, Director of Product Management UX and Design at TreviPay, about how to take critical feedback on your product, building a structure to support the different areas of product, and advice for PMs.
Design Leader Insights - Kevin Hawkins on Design at a Global Scale
On this episode of Design Leader Insights, Alex chats with Kevin Hawkins, about applying research to a global audience, collaborating at a large scale company, and how to get and keep a job in UX today.
Design Leader Insights - Bob Baxley on the Medium of Software
On this episode of Design Leader Insights, Alex chats with Bob Baxley, SVP of Design at Thoughtspot, about reengaging in your work, what his advice would be to new designers today, and more insights about the medium of software.
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