Catt's Corner: design leadership conversations with senior, staff, and principal designers
Catt SmallCatt's Corner is a podcast for senior and staff designers who are figuring out what this role actually requires, and what comes next. In each episode, Catt Small sits down with a super-senior designer (or a person in their support network) and asks them to get real about what they're navigating: influence without authority, shipping big ideas, protecting their energy, making the business case for ... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 7 | Founded | 2 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | DesignArtsBusinessCareers | |||
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Ever wondered why doing great work still isn't getting you that promo? This episode's for you!
Catt sits down with Sara Kremer, a leadership coach and former design leader who hired Catt into her first staff designer role at Asana back in 2020. Sar... more
This one's for anyone who's ever pitched something five times before it landed, or wondered which things are actually worth catching when you can't catch everything. Catt sits down with Jen Pearce, a staff designer at Mercury who Catt met when she jo... more
This one's for anyone who's ever wondered what it actually takes to get a self-initiated idea across the finish line. Catt catches up with Edwin Morris — a designer she met on a New York City design community panel back in 2023 — to hear what happene... more
Catt reconnects with Theresa Slate, a fellow Staff Designer. Theresa has spent the last two years fighting her way out of playing double duty as both staff designer and de facto design manager. She's finally built an operating model that actually pro... more
Catt reunites with her former Etsy colleague and longtime mentor Jessica Harlee - the designer who helped inspire the book in the first place. Jess gets into what it actually looked like to switch teams internally at Shopify after realizing growth de... more
Catt sits down with Meghan Logan — whose viral product design interview playbook started their whole friendship — to catch up on what's changed since the book came out. Meghan gets real about untangling her self-worth from her design work, what it ac... more
Catt's Corner is a podcast that builds on my Rosenfeld Media book, “The Staff Designer”.
When I wrote the book, I interviewed a ton of incredible staff and principal designers. I also got feedback from many design thinkers. Some of the conversations... more
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Apple Podcasts | #197 |  United Kingdom/Arts/Design |
Apple Podcasts | #224 |  Australia/Arts/Design |
Apple Podcasts | #65 |  Ireland/Arts/Design |
Apple Podcasts | #106 |  Poland/Arts/Design |
Apple Podcasts | #180 |  Taiwan/Arts/Design |
Apple Podcasts | #250 |  Switzerland/Arts/Design |
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What is This Podcast about and what kind of topics does it cover?
Catt Small hosts conversations with super-senior designers and their support networks to uncover what it really takes to lead design without formal authority. Across episodes, topics center on shipping large ideas, protecting energy, building credibility, and aligning design work with business outcomes in a field that continuously shifts—with practical tactics for pitching ideas, managing stakeholders, and sustaining long-horizon initiatives. Notable throughlines include the evolving role of staff and hands-on IC leadership, the impact of AI tooling on design practice, and strategies for internal mobility, governance, and cross-functional collaboration. Listeners are likely designers aiming to rise into senior or staff roles and leaders see... more
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