004. Jake Knapp: How the Design Sprint Was Born

TODAY’S GUEST Jake Knapp is one of the most influential product designers living today. Formerly a product designer at Microsoft, Google, and Google Ventures, he’s the creator of the Design Sprint process, which transformed the way hundreds of enterprises and thousands of designers around the world approach new product design. He is also a bestselling author of two books, Sprint, and Make Time.   EPISODE SUMMARY In this audio conversation we discuss: Surviving covid and chaos Finding positivity in hard things Jake’s childhood and the sense of possibility What is Design? Problem-solving or gooey rainbows? What’s broken with how companies approach new products? How did the idea of the Design Sprint come about? How to explain Design Sprints to an unsuspecting person Writing a science-fiction novel, resistance And more! * You can watch the full, unedited video conversation on the Remake Podcast Members community. We also discuss: Dogs, Spiders in Thailand, Quotes on the Internet, US Presidential History, the ReMarkable Tablet, and more.   EPISODE LINKS Jake Knapp’s Links 🌍 JakeKnapp.com 🌍 TheSprintBook.com 🌍 Jake on Medium 📘 Sprint: Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just 5 Days 📔 Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day Other Things Discussed 📙  37Signals Getting Real 📘 Getting Things Done 📕 Brain Rules 📗 Decisive 🍿 Amadeus (Film) 📘 On Writing, by Stephen King 📕 The War of Art   ABOUT US Remake Podcast: Visit us: RemakePodcast.org 🙏🏻 Rate the show on iTunes 🙏🏻 Support us! Join the Podcast Member community 💌 Share your thoughts: [email protected] 👉 Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts・Google Podcasts・RadioPublic・Overcast・Stitcher・PocketCasts・Castro・SoundCloud・Spotify・YouTube・Deezer Remake Labs:  RemakeLabs.com・Medium・LinkedIn・Community・Twitter・Facebook・Instagram Eran Dror:  EranDror.com・LinkedIn・Twitter・Medium