Inspiring Teams

Randy Hunt: Notion and Etsy design leader on why the best design teams stay small

Episode 194 of the Design Better Podcast

Oct 7 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

37:42

The Roundup: How to defeat jargon, win over a pushy PM, and fix the collaboration gap

What we learned from Blain Billingsley, staff designer at OpenAI

Sep 26 • Eli Woolery

Blaine Billingsley: OpenAI designer on the collaboration problem AI hasn't solved yet

Episode 192 of the Design Better Podcast

Sep 23 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

47:59

The Roundup: Why some of Google's best designers spent time as PMs

Google let designer Niyati Gupta try being a PM and she became a better designer for it.

Sep 14 • Aarron Walter

Federico Casalegno: Samsung EVP on how 20,000 years of creativity shapes design today

Episode 190 of the Design Better Podcast

Sep 10 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

41:43

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

The Roundup: Constraints, craft, and the difference between design and style

What we learned from Rivian's Chief Design Officer, Jeff Hammoud

Aug 7 • Eli Woolery

Jeff Hammoud: Chief Design Officer of Rivian on constraints, color, and what separates designers from stylists

A bonus episode of the Design Better Podcast

Aug 5 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

43:22

The Roundup (in depth): Google's 3 design strategies shaping their most popular products

We go deep into YouTube, Gemini, and Search design strategy

Mar 6

Jae Park: Designing a new generation of vehicles at Ford, and why friction matters in the creative process

Episode 148 of the Design Better Podcast

Sep 17, 2025 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

44:17

Astro Teller & Ivo Stivoric: Why moonshots require unlearning everything you know

Episode 147 of the Design Better Podcast

Sep 10, 2025 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

49:07

Henry Modisett: Perplexity’s VP of Design on embracing ambiguity and leading with curiosity

Episode 146 of the Design Better Podcast

Sep 3, 2025 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

44:32

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