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Another guest! In this episode, we cover Cap Watkins' "The Sliding Scale of Giving A F*ck" with designer Daniel Casey. This episode is all about a framework of how engineering and design can work together when everyone cares about the end product. It's a great listen for anyone wanting to learn how to have productive disagreements. Listen through to the end for some spicy AI takes...Daniel has been a principal designer at CVS, a senior director at Ticket Master, and is currently a principal designer at Proximity Lab. Check out his profile!
Joao Pedro and Isak replacements, the hard decision to go Vardy or DCL over Wood and Watkins v Salah for captain. 00:00 Haaland 02:15 Rico 04:35 Pedro Isak replacements 23:15 Midfielders 37:15 Captain
We're launching season 3 together with Nate Langley (Monzo), talking about how constraints breed creativity, the five pillars you want to touch on in interviews, and the importance of an integrated brand experience.Timestamps:00:00 – Intro03:38 – How Nate started out05:50 – On confidence and how to build it14:17 – Best ways to start out in Design21:09 – Individual Contributor vs. Manager track28:45 – How to do well in interviews40:26 – On how constraints breed creativity 45:58 – End of show questionsConnect with NateLinkedIn, ADPlistSelected links from the episodePeak, by Anders Ericsson & Robert PoolThe Rebalancing of Design Management, by Cap Watkins
We're back after a decent week when everyone returned to discuss selling someone who's just scored 3 goals in 5 days and plays Man United, while captaining a striker who isn't on penalties. Enjoy. (00:25) GW9 Thoughts (03:58) Haaland or Salah (08:50) Son & Maddo or Haaland (19:20) Jordan Henderson Tribute (20:10) Watkins (27:10) Douglas Luiz (29:50) Gordon Neto Palmer (37:00) Mitoma Adingra Bowen (43:30) Trippier (48:40) Tsimikas (52:20) Martinelli Saka Jesus (57:30) Captain If you liked the Pod, follow us on Twitter at FPL_Banger and give us 5 STARS on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! It really helps more people to find the Pod. Get those green arrows!
Cap Watkins is CXO at Primary, where he's responsible for Design, Product, People and engineering (oh my!). In the recent past, he was a professional leadership coach and organizational consultant at Practical Works, helping senior contributors, first-time managers and managers-of-managers grow and evolve in their roles. Previously, he was VP of Design at BuzzFeed, where he managed Product Design. While at Buzzfeed Cap also created one of the most popular design frameworks on progression.fyi – https://www.progression.fyi/f/buzzfeed, which he then blogged about warning people not to use it directly. We talked about that along with several of his blog posts, including: https://capwatkins.com/blog/skip-the-shortcuts https://capwatkins.com/blog/two-questions I'd been following and nagging Cap for an interview for months, so it's funny that it then took me six months to get the resulting interview out. It's a great and very much evergreen interview though, so lots to dig into. Find cap on: https://capwatkins.com/ https://twitter.com/cap Who else should we be speaking to? Be on the pod! Tell us about someone great! Just email podcast@progressionapp.com and tell us more. Our lovely sponsor: Deliveroo Our wonderful sponsor Deliveroo is looking for loads of designers, researchers, writers as well as leaders and managers. Go check them out at https://deliveroo.design Join the waitlist We’re aiming to launch soon, but if you want to jump the gun or just be in the loop, get involved in our waitlist. progressionapp.com Rate us! It really helps if you rate us on iTunes. You can do that right here. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/progression-podcast/id1435509539
As the founder of the leadership consultancy Practical Works (and former VP of Design at Buzzfeed, to boot), Cap shares what he wishes he would’ve learned earlier about our reliance on instincts instead of tools as a leader, and how being “people first” can actually be a pitfall. Every few weeks as part of The… Read the full article
Cap Watkins, the former VP of Design at Buzzfeed and the founder of Practical Works, spoke with me about the future of work, learning to be a good manager, the story behind Practical Works, ethics (or the lack of them) in tech, tech leaders taking responsibility for collateral damage, and more.
Cap Watkins is the VP of Design at Buzzfeed. In this episode, he explains how to apply design to any business challenge, what managers can do to create a more productive environment, and how companies can create a culture that empowers their best people. FOLLOW US Twitter: http://twitter.com/highrespodcast Facebook: http://facebook.com/highrespodcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/highresitunes Google Play: http://bit.ly/highresgoogle Get early access to the next episode: http://highresolution.design/early-access THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IBM – IBM's mission is simple: put the user at the center of our products. If you are a passionate problem-solver, able to empathize with users and turn that empathy into design insight, we want you to join us in creating exceptional experiences that span our vast product portfolio. Learn about the team! http://bit.ly/ibmsponsor InVision – InVision is the world's leading product design platform, powering the future of digital product design through our deep understanding of the dynamics of collaboration. Teams that build digital products are at a serious advantage when they use InVision's suite of prototyping tools. They're a great way of getting everyone on board. Get 3 full months on InVision FREE http://bit.ly/invisionpartner Searle Video – Searle Video is a creative studio based out of Portland, Oregon. They've helped the creative community tell stories for over 10 years. They've done advertisements, behind the scenes stories, and documentaries for companies like Slack, Intel, Adobe, Google and the XOXO festival. http://bit.ly/searlesponsor
Cap Watkins is the VP of Design at Buzzfeed. In this preview, he shares how you can circumvent red-tape and make decisions without being a rebel. He also shares why your personal happiness at work is your responsibility while shining light on where managers can help.
Matt and Andy are joined by Kristy Tillman and new contributor Cap Watkins to discuss design management. We learn about some of the traits of bad managers and discuss how to advocate for design within an organization. Should design work be diversified and spread throughout a company, or is specialization valuabale? Links The Seed of this EpisodeSoceity of GrownupsSkunk WorksManaging Humans by Michael LoppGeorge CostanzaSabrina MajeedIDEO“Stand-Up”Design ThinkingSonic Drive-InHigh-Resolution PodcastThink Wrong“Head Count”“Growth Marketing”Jared Spool’s Tweet about Everyone being DesignersFollow-up Thread to Jared Spool’s TweetBuzzFeed SolidTechnological SingularityLifestyle Business
This week on Byte into IT:Alice Glenn of 'No lights, no Lycra' is in the studio talking about their new app 'Dance Break' and Laura is talking with Cap Watkins from Buzzfeed for Web Directions.Presented by Warren Davies, Dan Salmon and Simon Brown. Keep up with all things Byte on Twitter, Facebook, and G+
In this second part of my interview with Cap Watkins, we discuss the coexistence of specialization and generalization. This episode is brought to you by Spec.fm! Check out http://Spec.fm for a ton of content made specifically for developers and designers!
In today's episode, I had a chance to talk with Cap Watkins, the VP of Design at Buzzfeed, about quite a few things - most importantly, collaboration. Today's episode is brought to you by Spec.fm! Head over to Spec.fm for tons of amazing content, created specifically for developers and designers looking to take their career to the next level. Don't forget to subscribe, and leave a review in iTunes!
Last week Kim and Cap were in SF for the week and dropped by to record another fun episode of Design Details! We chat about what it's like to be married to a designer, how to hire designers and how to overcome the biggest challenges design managers face.
Cap Watkins, VP of Design at BuzzFeed, talks with us about how they're trying to bridge the design and communication gap between the many departments of BuzzFeed, from the editorial side to marketing, branding, social, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we caught up with Cap Watkins, the recently-appointed VP of design at BuzzFeed. We picked Cap's brain about hiring designers, A/B testing, beard-growing, East Coast design and more. Oh, and robo-horses!