Ted Boda is currently a Product Design Manager on the Well-Being team at Instagram. He is also a former Director of Design at Udacity, former Senior Designer at Nest Labs, former Lead Mobile Designer at Netflix and a former Lead UI Designer for Keynote at Apple (where, interestingly enough, he worked on some of the slides used for Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth). With all that experience to draw on, we loved having Ted on the show — for a second time — to hear what he's been up to and gain some insight into how design management is done at one of the largest social media platforms on earth.
We cover:
Guesswork at the beginning of design leadershipDesign leadership at InstagramDesign tools at Instagram and FacebookThe Well-being team at Instagram and what they doWhat an average week looks like for Ted.His "cameo" on NetflixQualities to look for in Design ManagersTed's childhood interestsHustle: Purpose Over Paycheck: The Emotional Operations of an Ad Agency (Guigo Sanchez, THIRD EAR)
Hustle: From "this is a career?" to Product Designer in One Year (Thomas Ewart, Funsize)
Hustle: The No-Win Design Problem (with Desiree Garcia, Automattic)
Hustle: Personal Values and Their Effect on Leadership (Mike Trozzo, Tide University Laundry)
Hustle: Goal-Setting for Growth (Brian Peterson, Funsize)
Hustle: What Are You Gonna Say Yes To? (with Joel Beukelman)
Hustle: So You Want to be a Manager (with Jen Dary)
Hustle: Great Things Come From Great Diverse Teams (with Katie Dill)
Hustle: Banter: Connecting People with Awesome Stories (with James Reggio and Steve Krenzel)
Hustle: This Is The Right Problem to Solve (with Eric Bollman)
Hustle: The Trust Tree (with Ryan Wilson)
Hustle: Holidays In The United States (with Esteban Marquez)
Hustle: Thank God Design is Here to Make This Right (with Greg Storey)
Hustle: The Four Archetypes of the Complete Design Leader (with Peter Merholz)
Hustle: Designing a Design Team and a Culture of Trust (with Anthony and Natalie Armendariz)
Hustle: The Intersection of Passions (with Greyson MacAlpine)
Hustle: Virtually Real Experiences (with Gabriel Valdivia)
Hustle: Doing Small Things Well & Empowering Your Team (with Matt Faulk)
Hustle: Imagine an Army of Friend Bots (with Chris Messina)
Hustle: Happiness Is a State of Mind (with Marc Hemeon)
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