Google get’s ahead of Apple by releasing SOME... (probably should be more) digital health clean-ups. We talk GDPR and more while Jonathan dies of man-flu. Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Show Notes (fan made): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial
Jun 04, 2018•30 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast We missed a mainline episode this week due to bad planning BUT DO NOT FEAR because here's a Friday Funcast! Also, Jake messed up the audio. Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Show Notes (fan made): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial
Jun 01, 2018•7 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast How do you know if you're on the right path in your career? What do you do when you start to doubt yourself or feel like you're on the wrong path? Jake and Jonathan discuss this AND MORE in this week's HORRIBLY RECORDED (sorry) PBC Podcast. Sorry for the 2 day delay! Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Show Notes (fan made): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial...
May 23, 2018•40 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast What's the best possible career advice I can give you in May 2018? Well, here it is! Lemme know if you liked it on social! (@jicecream) Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Show Notes (fan made): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial Tickets to our next live event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ajsmart-design-sprint-bootcamp-with-jake-knapp-tickets-44400525166 CODE: pbcmay...
May 14, 2018•15 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast An interview with the amazing Sarah Cooper, an ex-Google Docs design lead and super talented comedian! Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Sarah Cooper: @sarahcpr Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write in to the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Show Notes (fan made): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial
May 07, 2018•27 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Uploading this episode in Copenhagen airport, laughing to myself like an idiot. Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Show Notes (fan made): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial
May 04, 2018•10 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast It's a day late, but you know what they say: Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Show Notes (fan made): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial
Apr 30, 2018•38 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast THIS IS IT. YOU FINALLY HAVE AN ANSWER TO THE MOST COMMON EXISTENTIAL QUESTION.... we're so sorry about these Friday Funcasts... Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Show Notes (fan made): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial
Apr 27, 2018•10 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Product breakfast club, product breakfast club! This week we dive deep and dirty into Google I/O leaks. I/O is only 20 days away and already we're knee-deep in freaky, leaky-love. Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Show Notes (fan made): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial
Apr 23, 2018•49 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast The title kinda says it all here. Jake and Jonathan discuss their first trips to Silicon Valley and chat about some misconceptions and stuff, probably. Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Show Notes (fan made): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial Tickets for Jake in Berlin: http://learndesignsprints.com/event-jun-27/ discount code: pbcapril...
Apr 16, 2018•28 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Jonathan had a little accident and apparently you need to hear about it asap. Regular programming returns Monday. Follow Jake on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com
Apr 13, 2018•6 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast British accents, Instagram butts and more deep-cut innovation topics. (Oh, and we talk about design products to be addictive). PLEASE... please.... if you like the podcast, give it a 5 Star rating on itunes/Apple podcasts. Show notes: https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial/pbc-19-are-the-designers-at-facebook-bad-people-instagram-buttwave-cd17d4feb509 Follow Jake on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com...
Apr 09, 2018•19 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Workshop Offer-code in description below McKinsey, one of the largest, most important consulting firms on the planet, announce that they're going to start selling Concept Sprints. Jake and Jonathan discuss this OUTRAGE. Follow Jake on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Master the art of running your own Design Sprint: Join Jake and Jonathan for a 2-day Design Sprint Bootcamp in Berlin this June. Use Offer code "pbcapri...
Apr 02, 2018•14 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Ever wondered if Design Sprints would work in a large-scale corporation? Wonder no more! Seriously, stop, please!!!!! This week Jonathan had the pleasure of interviewing Eik Brandsgård who's been at LEGO for over a decade. In this episode you'll learn how LEGO's internal agency bet everything on the Design Sprint and succeeded. Follow Jake on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Find Eik on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eik-thyrsted-brandsg%C3%A5rd-a866543/...
Mar 26, 2018•54 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Jake interviews Jonathan on how he went from being a guy selling fish in Ireland to running a succesful design agency. I know, I know... you want links in the show notes... maybe in episode 17? Follow Jake on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com
Mar 19, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Our shortest episode ever! Recorded Live in Stockholm, Sweden after a Design Sprint Workshop. Have a listen in on our only slightly drunken rant about Innovation and Leadership. Let us know if you like it!!! And please give it a review. Jonathan on Twitter or Instagram: @Jicecream Jake on Twitter: @Jakek Email us: pbc@ajsmart.com
Mar 02, 2018•13 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast The Golden Age of UX is over, so what can designers do to stay valuable while supply reaches demand levels? What should companies hiring designer be looking for? Also, what's this?? A short episode?! Jonathan on Instagram and Twitter: @jicecream Jake on Twitter: @jakek
Feb 23, 2018•18 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Jake and Jon jump on a Youtube Live to answer anything people had to ask about Design Sprints. If you're interested in how the Design Sprint has evolved over the last 2 years, then this is the Big Juicy Carrot for you! Be sure to subscribe to the AJ&Smart Youtube channel for more Live Streams! Follow Jake on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan on Instagram: @jicecream
Feb 19, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Chris Do, the Emmy Award winning designer and CEO of 2 successful design companies came on the PBC podcast! No idea why but it was great! Chris and Jonathan discuss building design agencies from scratch, money, cars, youtube and much more! Chris Do on Twitter: @TheChrisDo Jonathan on Instagram: @jicecream Jake on Twitter: @jakek
Feb 08, 2018•49 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast What's this??! The audio doesn't suck in this episode?! We're like NPR or something! This episode is all about why Jonathan and Jake think Design Conferences mostly suck. If you thought this episode didn't suck then please give us a 5 star rating in iTunes so that we can feed our fragile egos :) Say hi to us on social media! Jake on Twitter: @jakek Jonathan on Instagram: @jicecream Link to Shortcut-O-Matic: https://medium.com/@jicecream/shortcut-o-matic-a-simple-exercise-that-will-improve-your-l...
Feb 04, 2018•56 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast If the last episode was "Episode X" then how can this be "Episode 10?!". Well... ask apple! Oh man... we messed up the audio in this one again but next week it'll be amazing. Does anyone read this? (Lemme know @jicecream on instagram) Jake on twitter: jakek €100 off our nordic workshops: PBCPODCAST10 (you can find the events on the AJ&Smart FB page)
Jan 25, 2018•50 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast We've decided to take a leaf from Apple's book and skip the number "9" for this momentous episode! Jason Fried gives amazing product advice to sub-humans Jonathan and Jake. That's it! Do people actually read this bit? Follow us on social media: Jason- Twitter: @jasonfried Jake -Twitter : @jakek Jonathan - Instagram: @jicecream
Jan 18, 2018•55 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Having systems for making decisions is one of the best ways to make sure your team or business doesn't end up arguing over which chairs to buy when they should be innovating. In other news, Jake is trying to make money because he's super greedy and Jonathan's having some growing pains while running AJ&Smart. Jonathan on Instagram: @jicecream - Jake on Twitter: @jakek
Jan 08, 2018•52 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Rancid Audio Warning! It's the day before 2018 and we're here to hit you with a BONUS episode of the PBC podcast!!! This one is an amazing, deep-dive into all things Design Sprint. The (terrible) audio is taken from a fireside chat FB live stream we held at the AJ&Smart offices in June. It includes some fantastic questions from the audience. Beware, the audio is DAMN bad, but the content is oh so juicy.
Dec 30, 2017•1 hr 18 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Product Breakfast Club, Jake and Jon talk about how to get the most out of what you read, Jon's return to UI design (it's been a while!) & the big changes in design in 2017! Don’t forget to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review too! Until next time, happy listening!
Dec 21, 2017•2 hr 55 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Product Breakfast Club, Jake and Jon talk about the Design Sprint! But more specifically the process of iterating a product, what it means, and when you should do it. The episode stemmed from a recent twitter craze: Jason Fried recently tweeted that you cannot iterate on a product before releasing it to the public. Jake and Jon discuss the anger that the online community felt after reading this very ALARMING tweet. Don’t forget to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review...
Dec 14, 2017•32 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast The guys are back for another Product Breakfast Club! The Design Sprint duo discuss Jon’s recent “career highlight” trip to San Francisco, techniques for not swearing during high level business presentations & the need for structure in any creative process. Don’t forget to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
Dec 04, 2017•1 hr 2 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Hello & welcome to The Product Breakfast Club podcast by AJ&Smart. It’s episode 3! This episode Jake & Jon get right into it discussing some of the misconceptions people have about the Design Sprint touching upon the recent online controversy on how it deals with user research. You can check out past episodes wherever you listen to podcasts & don’t forget to subscribe!
Dec 04, 2017•24 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast What is The Product Breakfast Club? The Product Breakfast Club is a behind the scenes look at how some of the best companies in the world design their products. Jake Knapp, NY Times best-selling author of “Sprint”, has helped companies like Slack, Nest and 23andMe build successful products. Jonathan Courtney, co-founder of AJ&Smart, has worked with companies like RedBull, eBay and the United Nations, to help them build better products faster. In this new, exciting podcast, the two of them ha...
Dec 04, 2017•1 hr 24 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast In the first ever episode of The Product Breakfast Club, with Jonathan Courtney, co-founder of AJ&Smart and Jake Knapp, NY Times best-selling author of "Sprint", we dive into some pretty heavy product design territory! In this episode, Jon and Jake discuss the power of designing products with a focus on creating exceptional experiences for the user and the difference it can make for the success of a product. (Inspired by the book their both reading called, "Power of Moments&qu...
Nov 30, 2017•1 hr 14 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast