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Subscribe to YouTube ChannelOn this episode of Design Leader Insights, Alex Smith chats with Michael Riddering, creator of Dive Club and Founding Designer for Maven. Michael shares his journey from founder to designer and back, highlighting the pivotal role of design in startup culture. Michael offers advice for founders and aspiring designers, emphasizing the importance of tackling the right problems and showcasing hands-on experience with launch days. Explore Michael's perspective on the evolving role of designers in startups, the value of competitive research, and the necessity for designers to contribute to higher-level product strategy decisions.
On this episode of Where Product Meets Design, Alex chats with Tim Flood, Sr. Product Manager, about articulating your value and measuring it, common myths of product management, and his advice for new Product Managers entering the field.
In 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, highlighting the integration of generative AI models like GPT into tasks such as information architecture audits, survey creation, and design thinking workshops. He discusses the evolving UX of AI, emphasizing its integration into everyday tools and predicts the emergence of hyper-specialized AI models for specific domains. Casey offers advice for new designers, emphasizing the importance of human-centric skills and a deep understanding of design tools to stand out in the industry.
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. Femke's career started at a small startup, and she later went on to work at Uber and a Canadian FinTech company. She also ventured into sharing her design journey through blogging, newsletters, and YouTube videos. Recently, Femke launched a course on product strategy for designers. Join us as she shares her experiences and advice for designers looking to excel in the field.
In 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. He explains the platform's two main products, Recruit and Research Hub, emphasizing their role in participant recruitment and user research management. Basel discusses the growth trajectory, user demographics, and the concept of democratizing research, allowing non-research professionals to engage in user studies. The conversation touches on the future of research, addressing concerns about AI replacing human participants. Basel concludes with valuable advice for entrepreneurs, emphasizing the significance of iterative validation and the journey of building a venture.
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.
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 the industry, where she gained experience in various areas such as B2B, consumer, software, and hardware.
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.
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.
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.