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.
Creative Work & Career Growth
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.
Creative Work & Career Growth
027 Four Roles We Play in Workplace Conflict
Nikhil Wadhera joins Metsy and J to explore four workplace conflict roles and how product and UX professionals can turn silence, tension, disagreement, and directness into healthier collaboration.
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.
Creative Work & Career Growth
022 Workmares: Workplace Culture Follows You Home
Metsy and J share real “workmares” from their careers and explore what happens when workplace stress follows you home. We examine how the culture employees actually experience can matter far more than the values a company claims to have.
Creative Work & Career Growth
020 Remote, Hybrid, or Office: What Actually Works?
Anita Barraco joins us to explore the realities of remote work, return-to-office expectations, and hybrid teams. This is a thoughtful conversation about designing work around how people actually function.
Creative Work & Career Growth
018 Burnout After Layoffs: The Cost of Staying
Layoffs do not eliminate work. Explore survivor burnout, AI-era job anxiety, unequal cognitive load, and the hidden human cost for product and UX teams.
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.
Creative Work & Career Growth
016 Networking in the AI Job Market
Shane Ward, Manager of Product Design at Storable, joins us to explore AI-era hiring, life after a layoff, authentic networking, and why trusted communities can advocate for product and design professionals in ways AI cannot.
Creative Work & Career Growth
013 Build Your Network Before You Need It
Metsy Rose, J Schuh, and Brian Sullivan explore authentic networking, community building, introversion, career resilience, and why product, design, research, and strategy professionals need to get out of their bubbles.
Modern Work
010 Unicorns, Humans, and the Future of Creative Work
Metsy Rose, J Schuh, and Kirsten Rourke explore the myth of the “unicorn” professional, the rise of AI in product management and UX design, and why deeply human skills remain essential for creative leadership and collaboration.
Modern Work
009 When the Plan Breaks: Trust, Pivots, and Real Leadership
What happens when good ideas hit organizational resistance? Metsy Rose, J Schuh, and Kirsten Rourke explore authenticity, emotional intelligence, trust, and leadership in product management and UX design.