Design To Be

What does it mean – to you – to be an impactful designer? Has your understanding of impact changed over time?

We chat about why designers struggle to build end-to-end experiences, why many organizations ship their org structure, the ways to avoid this, and ways you can think this through. Head to designtobeconversation.com to check out this final episode! Thanks all for listening 😊

@jaffoneh is a design and product leader who's led design, product, and engineering teams most recently at VMware and Splunk. He is currently Chief Design Officer at @toasttab, leading the product, customer, and end-to-end experience.

After 65 episodes, today’s show is the last episode of our podcast, Design To Be Conversation. There are big shifts happening behind the scenes with Design To Be and closing the chapter allows us to take the necessary next steps. Now, for our final episode!

I recently had a fun conversation with @racheldweissman on the @design_tobe podcast about scaling your Design team. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6PJhj7…

Our new podcast episode is with @andyvitale, the EVP of Design at @RocketCompanies. Take a listen to this episode if you're looking to scale and grow your team. Thanks, Andy for joining the show! Head to designtobeconversation.com to listen.

We have a new podcast episode with @amythibodeau, Chief Design Officer at @GustoHQ. If you're looking at how to balance speed and quality to achieve optimal velocity, this episode is for you! Take a listen at designtobe.com/conversation

@renn joins the podcast this week to share the most important lessons he’s learned throughout his career, how he has evolved from a designer to an executive, to investing, and even the most transformational experience of his life. Listen at designtobeconversation.com!

Great convo to tune into with @thoughtspot's @ThisIsBobBaxley and @design_tobe on his motivation to continue designing, how he’s adapted throughout his career, what’s going on with the design industry, and why he’s inspired for what’s next. pbynd.co/mjx7w

Great convo to tune into with @thoughtspot's @ThisIsBobBaxley and @design_tobe on his motivation to continue designing, how he’s adapted throughout his career, what’s going on with the design industry, and why he’s inspired for what’s next. pbynd.co/cmd4q

"As a designer we have a very strong moral obligation and ethical duty to think through the ways we are telling our users to think." @ThisIsBobBaxley on @design_tobe about how his disenchantment with Silicon Valley motivated him to keep designing designtobe.com/conversation

New podcast episode! This week, @ThisIsBobBaxley joins the show. We dive into his motivation to continue designing, how he’s adapted throughout his career, what’s going on with the design industry, and why he’s inspired for what’s next. Listen at designtobeconversation.com!

Parameswaran Venkataraman, Head of Nx Labs, joins the podcast today. Him and @racheldweissman dive into how the more you progress in your career, the more inward you need to look. Take a listen at designtobeconversation.com!

In this week's episode, @jjg joins us to share how authenticity and relationships are the keys to leadership. Head to designtobeconversation.com to listen!

New episode up on the pod! @racheldweissman chats with @timallendesign, Global Head of Design at @Instacart. They chat about how Tim has made his ceiling his floor throughout his career. Head to designtobeconversation.com to listen!

@nlevin @figma Appreciate you joining the show, @nlevin !

Pretty happy w/ how this turned out! We chat about some of our unique processes @figma in hiring, culture, and more I'm a big believer in rethinking common practices, and we have a lot of fun leveraging our own tools (esp. FigJam) to do that Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/53gi9h…

Today, we have a new podcast episode with @nlevin, Senior Product Design Director at @figma! @racheldweissman and Noah chat about how the team at Figma innovates stale practices, how he goes about learning from others, & who he learns from. Listen here: designtobeconversation.com

12 user interviews over the next 2 days. let’s go 💪🏼

Designers – I'm looking to chat with folks who are currently (or have previously been) a Founding Designer at a startup to inform what we're building at @design_tobe. If you're open for a 30min chat, please reply to this post or reach out! Thanks all!

We have a new podcast episode live with @SamKap, Senior Product Designer at @Netlify, on how to create inclusive spaces within the design community! Take a listen! designtobeconversation.com

Kicked off a research project for @design_tobe with @paminthelab's Emotional Design students at @PrattInstitute today. Super excited to partner with these amazing students!