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The Daily Sprint—Coaching for Product Designers

Darrell Estabrook
Artificial Intelligence
Product Design
Design
Designy
Designee
Design For Value
Stakeholders
User Experience (UX) Design
Jesus Christ
Time
The Daily Sprint
Think. Act. Feel.
Designy Framework
UX Product Design
Leadership
Designy Academy
Trust
Design Process
Education / Masterclass
Explore More

As a UX Product Designer, do you lead well when the perception is good design "just happens"?

We will discuss ways to improve not only your design skills and design leadership wherever you are in the organization, but also how to connect meaningful value with the people and stakeholders around your products, teams, and company.

Hosted by Darrell Estabrook, 30 years of practicing product design whi... more

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Artwork for The Daily Sprint—Coaching for Product Designers

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How do you navigate the stakeholder that seems to always swirl for one reason or another. The times when they changing requirements suddenly, or they don’t seem to be aware of the impact of the requests they make.

Today on the Daily Sprint, we’ll lo... more

What's the single most challenge you're facing today in UX Product Design? Is it an Al overtake? Your stakeholders are confusing? Or how can you deliver with impossible timelines? Whatever you're facing in design, it's time to take a step back and ge... more

Is the AI chat box the best product design solution? If you’re caught up in the “AI helps me design screens faster buzz” you may be distracted from the real challenge of design in an AI world.

I’ll walk through how I designed a product where AI is u... more

How are your design tastebuds? Do you have good taste? Bad taste? Should we even be talking about this thing people call “taste”?

We’ll talk about what it is, and why you need to be concerned with far more than taste.

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I discuss the pressures product designers face of either not being “good enough” or thinking that producing a low bar of quality is “good enough.” and give you three ways to break out of those mindsets.

You’re not alone, and you can start changing t... more

Do you ever want to fast-forward the design process? There’s times you must, but often it’s forced on us by deadlines.

I discuss the ways designers miss out when they don’t consider time in their design process, and three ways you can use the power ... more

Watch the full hour with screen share on YouTube: youtu.be/83c9JVbAWQ8

Is your head spinning with all the AI product design tools out there? Have you tried them? More importantly, where do they fit in the design process?

My guest, Charles F... more

Today we’re talking about how you should be thinking about all the AI design tools flooding the product design space.

Has design disappeared? What does it really mean to lead design if product owners and engineers can create screens themselves? Will... more

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Charles Forman
Designer, founder of Explore More, Overland Designer
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Episode: Tool vs. Process with Guest Charles Forman
Andreea Lotak
Product designer in health insurance sector; facilitator of communication among design, product, stakeholders, users, and business
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Episode: Staying Aligned with Guest Andreea Lotak

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Darrell Estabrook
Host of The Daily Sprint—Coaching for Product Designers

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Staying Aligned with Guest Andreea Lotak
Q: How do you handle misalignment when feedback conflicts and timelines are tight?
Focus on clarifying the problem and outcomes, avoid defending the design, and use curiosity to understand underlying needs, then propose multiple approaches and iterate.
Staying Aligned with Guest Andreea Lotak
Q: What are the main groups you view as stakeholders when aligning on a product?
Stakeholders include product owners with budget and strategy, the business side, leadership, and the engineering/technical team, each contributing different constraints and feedback.

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This show centers on practical design leadership for product designers, exploring how to deliver real value through collaborative, human-centered approaches. Across recent episodes, topics include turning design into a purposeful, ongoing process; integrating AI in a non-disruptive, trustworthy way; balancing speed and craft when using generative tools; and leading teams with clear communication, empathy, and disciplined workflows. The host frequently shares real-world case studies and actionable frameworks—such as rapid critique methods and templates for client discovery and feedback—while promoting practical training resources for designers at various career stages. A notable throughline is aligning design work with broader goals and stak... more

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