The Way of Product with Caden Damiano

Audio Essay on Winning CompaniesIf you get any value out of this show, or if it has helped you in any way, please subscribe to “Thinking Out Loud About Design” for free to get the distilled learnings on being a staff-level individual contributor. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wayofproduct.com

An audio essay on critical thinkingIf you get any value out of this show, or if it has helped you in any way, please subscribe to “Thinking Out Loud About Design” for free to get the distilled learnings on being a staff-level individual contributor. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wayofproduct.com

Why product work is about making complex things complicated. If you get any value out of this show, or if it has helped you in any way, please subscribe to “Thinking Out Loud About Design” for free to get the distilled learnings on being a staff-level individual contributor. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wayofproduct.com

In this episode I interviewed Terell Cobb, design leader at Microsoft and active leader in the Black UX community about diversity in design.He eloquently reframed the diversity argument in a way that really resonated with and made sense to me:"Its about exposing future designers to successful people that look like them, so they know what's possible in their career"Connect with Terrell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terellcobb/If you get any value out of this show, or if it has helped you in any way, please subscribe to “Thinking Out Loud About Design” for free to get the distilled learnings on being a staff-level individual contributor. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wayofproduct.com

In this episode, I chat with Patricia Dwyer, about designing for ecosystems. Patricia is a content designer on Intuit's Platform Design team, and shares what the design challenges are in a platform environment. Anyone interested in how design contributes to huge architectural efforts should give this a listen. Connect with Patricia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciabdwyer/If you get any value out of this show, or if it has helped you in any way, please subscribe to “Thinking Out Loud About Design” for free to get the distilled learnings on being a staff-level individual contributor. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wayofproduct.com

Let's talk about the next iteration of the internet. Web 3.0.In this episode, I chat with Tian Zhao about what kind of products and experiences will be possible with mass adoption of distributed computing. Connect with Tian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tntyzhao/If you get any value out of this show, or if it has helped you in any way, please subscribe to “Thinking Out Loud About Design” for free to get the distilled learnings on being a staff-level individual contributor. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wayofproduct.com

Drew Bridewell is the head of design and product at GrowthDay. and is the CEO and Founder of Next Level UX an education company designed to help designers level up their, planning, systems thinking, and soft skills so they can be a better contributor to their teams and be high performing UX designer overall. We talk about what it takes to actually solve complex problems, how to map complex problems and how to effectively plan your work for maximum impact. Find next level UX here: https://www.nextlevelux.me/Connect with Drew:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/abridewell/If you get any value out of this show, or if it has helped you in any way, please subscribe to “Thinking Out Loud About Design” for free to get the distilled learnings on being a staff-level individual contributor. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wayofproduct.com

In this episode, I get together with Johnathan Shariat, author of "Tragic Design", cohost of the "Design Review" podcast, and interaction designer at Google.We chat about the concept of his book "Tragic Design" and the consequences, big and small, poor design brings to people. Connect Johnathan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanshariat/Buy Tragic Design: https://www.tragicdesign.com/If you get any value out of this show, or if it has helped you in any way, please subscribe to “Thinking Out Loud About Design” for free to get the distilled learnings on being a staff-level individual contributor. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wayofproduct.com

In this interview I chat with Tait Wayland about how the industry evaluates designers. Tait recently wrote an article that resonated with a lot of people, including me,  called, "Stop Evaluating Product Designers like we’re Visual Designers"on how hiring managers give preferential treatment to visual design over other disciplines like interaction design and systems thinking. Find the Article here: https://uxdesign.cc/stop-evaluating-product-designers-like-were-visual-designers-a470cff49990Connect with Tait: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taitwayland/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wayofproduct.com

Aaron Moncur is the owner of Pipeline Design and Engineering. A physical product design shop.In this episode we talk about physical product design, the Parallels it has with the digital world,and picking what kind of work you do depending on your interests. If you get any value out of this show, or if it has helped you in any way, please subscribe to “Thinking Out Loud About Design” for free to get the distilled learnings on being a staff-level individual contributor. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wayofproduct.com