Finding Our Way Podcast

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Jesse James Garrett and Peter Merholz
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UX design pioneers and Adaptive Path co-founders Peter Merholz and Jesse James Garrett discuss the evolving challenges and opportunities for design leaders.

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Peter Merholz Jesse James Garrett

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John Gleason
Design and business consultant with experience from P&G's design initiatives, specializing in design beyond digital products and across various industries.
Amy Lokey
Amy Lokey is the Chief Experience Officer at ServiceNow, an enterprise software platform. With a strong background in design leadership, she focuses on integrating product and customer experiences. Amy is dedicated to defining meaningful experience metrics and is committed to her personal growth as a leader in the design field. Her insights into the implications of AI for digital product design are highly regarded in the industry.
Sara Beckman

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Todd Wilkens
Todd Wilkens is a seasoned leader in the fields of design and product development. He was part of the leadership team at Adaptive Path, where he transitioned from design leadership to product leadership, ultimately embracing a fully integrated approach that encompasses design, product, and technology. With a holistic view of product development, Todd has a deep understanding of the dynamics within organizations and the strategic conversations that occur at the executive level.

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design digital products consumer packaged goods industry parallels design leadership AI UX design value proposition prompt control organizational expectations Chief Experience Officer product experience customer experience experience metrics AI in design product management design thinking metrics education business Maker Mindset Product Development Design Leadership Product Leadership Technology Integration C Suite

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0:00 53:19

59: Design Isn’t Dead, But It’s Seen Better Days (ft. John Gleason)

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John Gleason
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design digital products consumer packaged goods industry parallels design leadership
Peter and Jesse are joined by design and business consultant John Gleason. Coming up through P&G's famous design initiative, we get his perspective on design beyond digital products, such as consumer packaged goods, we explore some significant parallels across industries and design domains with important lessons on the pitfalls that lead to diminishing influence for design leaders, and share what they should advocate in order to break the downward spiral.
0:00 52:20

58: AI is a Stress Test for Your UX: What Cracks Will It Show?

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AI UX design design leadership value proposition prompt control organizational expectations
Jesse and Peter explore how AI is revealing the true value proposition of design teams. They discuss why "whoever controls the prompt controls the product" and why design leaders must understand their organization's expectations before embracing AI. The more things change, the more they stay the same—AI may be new, but the fundamentals of design leadership remain critical.
0:00 53:30

57: On Being a Chief Experience Officer (ft. Amy Lokey)

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Amy Lokey
Keywords
Chief Experience Officer design leadership product experience customer experience experience metrics AI in design
Joining Peter and Jesse to talk about what's next for design is Amy Lokey, Chief Experience Officer for the enterprise software platform, ServiceNow. We'll be talking about building a team that unifies product experience with customer experience, defining experience metrics that actually matter, investing in her own growth as a leader, and the real implications of AI for digital product design.
0:00 57:46

56: Design’s Role in the Evolution of Product Management (ft. Sara Beckman)

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Sara Beckman
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design product management design thinking metrics education business
Joining Peter and Jesse to talk about what's next for design is Dr. Sara Beckman, Professor at Berkeley's Haas School of Business and longtime observer and commentator of the dynamic between design and business. We'll be talking more about the legacy and impact, for better or worse, of design thinking, how design leaders should talk about metrics and how they shouldn't, and what she's learning from educating the next generation of product managers.
0:00 53:54

55: The Maker Mindset Connecting Product, Design, and Engineering (ft. Todd Wilkens)

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Todd Wilkens
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Maker Mindset Product Development Design Leadership Product Leadership Technology Integration C Suite
Joining Peter and Jesse to talk about what's next for design is Todd Wilkens, part of our leadership at Adaptive Path years ago, who has gone from design leadership to product leadership to fully integrated leadership of design, product, and technology. He'll talk with us about his increasingly holistic view of product development and leadership, the signs that an organization is right for him as a leader, and what the C suite really talks about behind closed doors.

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4.8 rating 54 reviews

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4.8 ratings 30 reviews

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4.9 ratings 9 reviews

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