Design Leadership

The Roundup: Designing a better workplace

A design system for organizations.

Aug 29 • Aarron Walter

Clay Parker Jones: author of Hidden Patterns on why your team isn't really a team

Episode 188 of the Design Better Podcast

Aug 26 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

37:19

Angel Steger: Wealthfront's VP of Design on what architecture teaches you about software

Episode 187 of the Design Better Podcast

Aug 20 • Eli Woolery, Aarron Walter, and Angel Steger

49:33

Join us in Sonoma: A two-day gathering for design leaders

A unique creative leadership event • September 28–29, 2026 • The Stavrand, Sonoma, CA

Jul 16 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

Niyati Gupta: Netflix Product Design Lead on what happens when a designer becomes a product manager, and why your influence might not be in…

Episode 182 of the Design Better Podcast

Jun 24 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

41:07

The Roundup: What the founder of Creative Mornings learned about creativity

Creative Mornings founder Tina Roth Eisenberg on measuring "return on friendship," why side projects increase your surface area for luck, and the case…

Jun 12 • Aarron Walter

The Roundup: Who funds the future?

Jessie McGuire on how meaningful design actually gets made.

May 29 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

Jessie McGuire: National Design Award-winning studio leader on design as a civic tool

Episode 178 of the Design Better Podcast

May 27 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

38:19

Colin Fisher: The lone genius is a myth

Episode 177 of the Design Better Podcast

May 20 • Aarron Walter, Eli Woolery, and Colin M. Fisher

53:15

AMA: Bob Baxley

What Apple taught me about design—and what it didn't

Apr 25 • Aarron Walter

Leonardo Giusti: Archetype AI's co-founder on physical AI and the limits of the chatbot

Episode 170 of the Design Better Podcast

Mar 25 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

43:17

Join us for a special online event: How AI is changing confidence in design

A panel discussion with UserTesting

Mar 2 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

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