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Designer & DesignerAuthor: Brian Fling, Joe Alterio
Designer & Designer is a podcast about design. Each episode dives into a design topic with candor and humor, exposing the rarely talked about challenges that designers face, and what it takes to create great design. Language: en Genres: Arts, Design, Visual Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Growth
Episode 50
Friday, 25 April, 2025
MentionedMedium’s Snowflake Growth Tool (original GitHub repo) Stanford Product Design Rubric (Stanford Design Program)I, X and T shaped DesignersBook: Radical Candor by Kim ScottBook: The Visual MBA (or Creative MBA — verify the exact title)Short Story: The Swimmer by John CheeverNewsletter: Good Work by Joe Alterio – goodwork.isTopics Discussed Growth ladders: how to define and measure designer growth Craft vs. Influence vs. Ownership vs. Communication vs. Engagement Developing fair, non-linear growth frameworks (including a Medium-inspired "Snowflake Tool") Challenges of upper-level design leadership (craft ≠ promotion criteria) Managing biases and subjectivity in design career advancement Importance of presence and communication (even on Slack!) Transitioning from craft-focused design to diplomacy, storytelling, and team leadership Reflection on the potential "end of an era" for traditional product design careers Life reflections: parenting, aging, mortality, and evolving beyond professional identity🎬 Sneak peek: Next season’s theme — Top 10 Design Films exploration!Pull Quotes"At the upper levels, it's not about pixels anymore — it's about affecting change within other human beings." — Joe"Presence matters. Even in Slack. It’s visibility, engagement, and political capital." — Brian"We’ve reached the end of something... but the beginning of something else." — Brian"Growth isn’t just learning new tools — it’s learning how to move people and systems." — Joe📣 Shout-outsTo everyone who has listened across these 50 episodes — thank you for helping us grow. To our future selves: onward to new creative adventures (and maybe even bagel making).Connect with Joe & BrianWebsite: designer.fmEmail: designer@designer.fmPlease like, subscribe, and give us any feedback!Outro music: Bridge to Hawaii by Tacocat Got something to say to us, good, bad or ugly? You can always email us at designer@designer.fm
