AI in Product & Design
032 AI, Originality, and the Value of Expertise
Adobe's A.J. Wood joins Metsy and J to discuss originality, copyright, AI-powered workflows, and why human judgment still matters for designers and product professionals.
AI in Product & Design
AI in Product & Design
030 Who's Responsible for AI Upskilling?
Brandy Schade joins Metsy and J to explore AI uncertainty, strengths-based learning, and why building AI capabilities requires more than individual effort. What can leaders do to help entire product and design teams adapt?
AI in Product & Design
029 The Design Skills AI Can't Shortcut: Why Productive Friction Matters
Dallas College educators Lisa Gabriel and Sandy Harris join us to explore what happens when technology makes it easy to skip the difficult parts of learning.
AI in Product & Design
028 You Can’t Learn This in Isolation
Dallas College educators Lisa Gabriel and Sandy Harris join Metsy and J to explore what tutorials, online courses, and AI can’t fully replicate: critique, collaboration, productive friction, and the human skills product and UX professionals need.
UX Research & Product Strategy
023 Product Strategy: Are You Allowed to Ask Why?
We explored Frederic Laloux’s culture framework as a different way to evaluate workplace culture: observe it the same way you would observe a product experience. The culture around your team can either fuel great product strategy or get in its way.
AI in Product & Design
019 Burnout, Belonging, and Better Work
Dana “DeltaDana” Akins-Adeyemi joins us to explore burnout prevention and recovery. We also examine how bias, exclusion, and toxic environments intensify burnout for marginalized professionals, making supportive communities, allies, and workplaces where people genuinely belong even more important.
Creative Work & Career Growth
017 When Everything Is Priority One
Explore how unclear priorities, constant realignment, context switching, and AI-driven urgency contribute to burnout in product management and UX design.
AI in Product & Design
015 The Rise of AI Builders
Metsy and J sit down with Shane Ward, Manager of Product Design at Storable, to explore AI builders, product design roles, decision-making, quality, and why human judgment still matters as AI accelerates product and UX work.
UX Research & Product Strategy
012 UX Research to Product Strategy in the AI Era
Metsy Rose, J Schuh, and Brian Sullivan explore stakeholder empathy, UX research, product strategy, and why AI can surface signals, but human judgment still drives meaningful product decisions.
AI in Product & Design
007 Signal Over Noise: Designing with Intention in an AI World
Metsy Rose and J Schuh explore AI in product management, UX design, product strategy, and human-centered design, examining how thoughtful leaders can cut through AI hype and build meaningful customer experiences.
AI in Product & Design
006 Don’t Let AI Do Your Thinking
This episode offers a thoughtful and practical conversation about AI fluency, professional pressure, and why human-centered thinking still matters more than ever.
AI in Product & Design
005 Designing at the Speed of AI: Part 2
Metsy Rose, J Schuh, and Preston McCulley explore practical AI workflows for product managers and UX designers, including automation, iteration, adaptive experiences, and AI-powered product strategy.