UX Research & Product Strategy
026 Turning Product Conflict Into Productive Friction
Nikhil Wadhera joins us to explore product conflict, roadmap trade-offs, difficult conversations, curiosity, and healthier decisions.
UX Research & Product Strategy
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.
Human-Centered Leadership
021 What Your Team Actually Needs From You
Anita Barraco, UX Manager at Goosehead Insurance, joins Metsy and J to explore what product and UX teams actually need from their leaders. We discuss impactful mindset shifts to help your people do their best work.
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
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.
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.
Human-Centered Leadership
011 Empathy at Work: The Hidden Pressures of Product and Design
Metsy Rose and J Schuh explore empathy in product management and UX design, including trust, emotional intelligence, team systems, design pressure, product playbooks, and cross-functional collaboration.