19: Are the designers at Facebook bad people? (+Instagram Buttwave!)

#5: When is a product really "ready"? Jason Fried tweet storm special.: 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 too! Until next time, happy listening! by Jake and Jonathan

32 min listen

#4 Creativity as a process: How to structure your creative process to maximise output: 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. by Jake and Jonathan

62 min listen

#10: The War on Design Thinking Continues...: 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) by Jake and Jonathan

50 min listen

#7 Bonusode: DESIGN SPRINT OVERLOAD - Live from the AJ&Smart office: 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. by Jake and Jonathan

78 min listen

35: How to Scale Design Sprints in Organisations: Jonathan does another lonely cast today, Jake couldn't join us unfortunately. Jonathan talks about how he scales design sprints across multiple big companies he's working with and when or not you might not need to. He also concludes his summary of Ryan Holiday's book The Obstacle Is The Way. Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Podcast editing by Jason Sanderson: PodcastTech.com Show Notes (fan made): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial by Jake and Jonathan

27 min listen

25: Friday Funcast - Soy Sauce Splash!: 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 by Jake and Jonathan

10 min listen

28: How To Deal With Doubt: 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 by Jake and Jonathan

40 min listen

#12: How to Build a Crazy-Successful Design Business with Chris Do: 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 by Jake and Jonathan

49 min listen

26: Sarah Cooper - How to Quit Google (Interview): 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 by Jake and Jonathan

27 min listen

#2 What makes a good Design Leader and why are Apple still so relevant in the design world?: 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 have teamed up to discuss things like product design, innovation and productivity. Welcome to episode 2 of the Product Breakfast club podcast from AJ&Smart. This time Jon’s co-founder (the Smart in AJ&Smart) Michael Smart joins in on the action. The gang discuss the iPhone bubble so many of us are still caught in, the importance of leadership in innovative companies & what happens after a Desig by Jake and Jonathan

84 min listen

#1 Innovation Fetish: Why the definition of Innovation needs to change: 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"). The difference between business and the startup scene in Europe vs. the United States (Silicon Valley more specifically. They also explore why good execution of a bad idea can beat bad execution of a great idea. If you like what you hear, give us a like and subscribe for our next episodes! by Jake and Jonathan

74 min listen

16: From Selling Fish in Ireland to Starting a Design Agency - FOUNDERCAST: 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 by Jake and Jonathan

68 min listen

#3 Why relying on user research will slow the growth of your products: 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! by Jake and Jonathan

24 min listen

#X: Jason Fried gives us SAVAGE Product Advice: 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 us sub-humans. That's it! Do people actually read this bit? Follow us on social media: Jason- Twitter: @jasonfried Jake -Twitter : @jakek Jonathan - Instagram: @jicecream by Jake and Jonathan

55 min listen

24: "Alexa, open my burns": 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 by Jake and Jonathan

38 min listen

13: Juicy Design Sprint Updates for 2018 - Live Q&A: 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 by Jake and Jonathan

71 min listen

#11: Why Most Design Conferences Suck + Nintendo Labo!: 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-life-immediately-1b2a98c355a7 by Jake and Jonathan

56 min listen

36: Is User Research Important?: During the recording of one of our masterclass workshops, we thought we'd address a really important question that pops up time and time again in our Facebook group and at our workshops; Is user research important when designing a product... let's find out in this minisode! Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Podcast editing by Jason Sanderson: PodcastTech.com Show Notes (fan made): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial by Jake and Jonathan

11 min listen

21: What's so special about Silicon Valley?: 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 by Jake and Jonathan

28 min listen

#8: How to Make Better Decisions, Faster: 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 (Buy Sprint! Did you buy Sprint yet?) and Jonathan's having some growing pains while running AJ&Smart. by Jake and Jonathan

52 min listen

#6 Best of Everything: 2017 Edition: 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! by Jake and Jonathan

115 min listen

15: INNOVATION! What Really Matters?: 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 by Jake and Jonathan

13 min listen

22: GMAIL REDESIGN LEAK + Can popular products really take risks?: 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 by Jake and Jonathan

49 min listen

19: Are the designers at Facebook bad people? (+Instagram Buttwave!): 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 by Jake and Jonathan

19 min listen

14: The Golden Age of UX is Over - Being a Product Designer in 2018: 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 by Jake and Jonathan

18 min listen

27: The Best Career Advice 2018: 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 by Jake and Jonathan

15 min listen

30: Google Beats Apple to Digital Well Being: 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 by Jake and Jonathan

30 min listen

33: This Episode is Free!: Jonathan is back from vacation and happy that it's gaming conference season. He and Jake chat about monetisation of apps and when or not it's important to release free stuff, also a few book recommendations for your vacation read list! Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Podcast editing by Jason Sanderson: PodcastTech.com Show Notes (fan made): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial by Jake and Jonathan

44 min listen

34: Should I Go To College?: Jonathan and Jake answer a listeners question about the value of formal education, while exploring what good and bad things they took away from going to college. Is it even necessary these days and will they be sending their kids off to college? We'll find out! Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com Podcast editing by Jason Sanderson: PodcastTech.com Show Notes (fan made): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial by Jake and Jonathan

22 min listen

23: FRIDAY FUNCAST - Jon & Jake's Emoji Showdown: 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 by Jake and Jonathan

10 min listen

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