Upcoming Q&A schedule: Design and product leaders thinking out loud

We’ve been revving up the forum by featuring articles from community leaders who are deep in the work. Design and product leaders, researchers, and thinkers who are asking better questions about workflows, metrics, AI, influence, and decision-making.

I’m excited about the upcoming list of authors, and the Q&A that follows each article has been especially strong. If you have a take, a question, or a challenge you are wrestling with, this is a great place to bring it.

These conversations start at 8am PT on the days they go live

:tear_off_calendar: View the full schedule

Here are a few of the awesome conversations we’ve already wrapped up (feel free to still jump in, we’ve left the threads open):

Scheduled

And check out the longer list, we’re just looking for the right date!

The goal is simple. Let’s slow down just enough to learn together, challenge assumptions, and make sense of the mess we all work in. If you care about how product and design create impact, this is your space… Read the articles. Ask questions. Add your perspective! The community gets better when more people step into the conversation.

We’d love to have you join the discussion.

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Eeeek! So pumped about all these authors. I think this Q&A style does allow us to niche down & ask these heavy (juicier) questions - pumped to watch this list grow & overlap with all of these amazing faces!!! :heart_on_fire:

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Love it.

I’d love more feedback from the community on these conversations. I’ve enjoyed the back and forth with authors. We’ve got an amazing schedule of authors. I host the conversations at 8AM PT on the days we have an author join us.

Today I’ll be chatting with Ian Batterbee on Path Fixation.

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These have been really excellent

We’re having a lot of fun with these Q&As, and the authors are too. The conversations have been thoughtful and energizing, and the feedback has been strong. Now we want to make more people aware of the great discussions happening in the community.

Anything you might want to see in this?

(sorry @mschindler, @Kike_Pena, @ian_batterbee, and @maret_kruve, we’re using your beautiful mugs for these quick layouts :slight_smile: )

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Here are some of the recent Q&A’s

Author Topic Article Post
Ian Batterbee path fixation When innovation gets stuck: Apple, Tesla, and the path fixation trap When does optimization turn into stagnation? (Q&A)
Mehekk Bassi design influence The Best Designers Are Not Talking About Design Anymore How does design earn influence? (Q&A)
Justin Delabar product and design Designers in Product Management Roles: What Changes and What Doesn’t What gives product and design decisions influence? (Q&A)
Nikhil Mahen AI systems thinking Systems Thinking vs Design Thinking — a spectrum misunderstood. Are you designing for people or the system shaping them? (Q&A)
Vadym Grin emotional design Feelings are the new features What feeling does your product create? (Q&A)
Kevin Muldoon shipping design Why Engineers Can Say “This Is Wrong” and Designers Can’t Posting tomorrow!

Got a host of new Q&A’s coming, excited to hear from people!

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A lot of depth here, amazing work. Also taking referrals to amazing content. If you know anyone that is putting out some amazing content….. send em’ this way. We want to yap about it :zany_face:

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Had a great time chatting with @bethanygilleeney about her article today in Where does MCP really help design? (Q&A)

Here are the conversations we have lined up this week at 8:00 AM PT

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