So Adam Richardson and I had a chance to chat for about 45 minutes last month. Instead of waiting until I can edit it down or transcribe the conversation, here’s a link to the complete mp3 file. (39mb until I figure out better compression utility). It was a fascinating conversation, and we covered a range [...]

Manuel Saez picks up on the Designer as CEO meme on the FC Blog. And positively, he doesn’t just focus on whether Jonathan Ive would be good for Apple – he looks at the bigger picture and asks if designers *in general* should sit in the C-suites. That’s an important distinction – it separates individual [...]

Thanks to Jared Folkmann for the heads up: my post arguing for Jonathan Ive as Apple’s next CEO got picked up by the London Times in their story on the same topic. The funny thing is, I think it’s a long shot that Ive will be Steve’s successor, though I’d love to see it. Jonathan [...]

I recently had the pleasure to sit down with Brandon Schauer and talk about business, design, and particularly some of the pitfalls of design thinking. As always, Brandon’s opinions are his own and not necessarily those of his employer, etc. Jess McMullin I’m here with Brandon Schauer, who’s at Adaptive Path, a leading user experience [...]

I’ve been enjoying Alex’s presentations on Slideshare. If you don’t already follow his blog, it’s well worth adding to your RSS collection…his Business Design Flickr set is a nice collection too.

Scott Hirsch’s profile in Red Herring is up online. Funny spin that Scott is the ‘brains’ of MIG, which I know he would decline to claim, given the smarts shared between the five partners…but hey, that’s journalism chasing an angle. More importantly, the intersection of business and design is strong enough to warrant a “young [...]