Beyond UX Design

Did I Lose My Identity? // What Survives E04

Somebody tells me the thing we shipped is amazing, and a voice in my head says I didn’t make it. In episode four, I take on Chris’s question: did I lose my identity as a

Illusion of Transparency: Why Your Design Rationale Isn’t as Obvious as You Think

If your disagreement feels obvious to you, why does everyone keep walking out of the meeting thinking you’re on board? A Stanford researcher once had people tap out fami

Was It Worth It? // What Survives E03

When my team moved from Figma to Cursor, we gave things up on purpose. In this episode, I walk through the real ledger: lost visual history, the comment threads that held

Belief Bias: Why Good Ideas Get Grilled and Bad Ones Sail Through

This week we dig into belief bias, the reason your team grills the research it doesn’t like and waves through the stuff it already agrees with. Same evidence, two complet

We Cut Figma. Here's Why. // What Survives E02

It’s a regular Thursday sync until my manager cuts our Figma license and hands the whole product team one month to go fully AI. In this one I walk through who made that c

Not Invented Here: When “We’re Different” Is Just an Excuse to Ignore Outside Work

Ever notice an idea gets a cold reception the moment it comes from another team? That’s Not Invented Here. This week I dig into why our brains treat “not ours” as “not go

When Figma Was Just How We Worked // What Survives E01

A late-night DM from a listener named Chris asked me something I couldn’t answer: did I lose my identity as a designer? My team just went one hundred percent Cursor, no m

Source Confusion: Why Your Ideas Get Remembered Under Someone Else’s Name

We remember what we learned but lose track of where it came from. I dig into source confusion, the memory quirk that quietly decides who gets credit on your team, whose r

What Survives: When AI Comes for Your Design Work (Season 1 Trailer)

At the end of April, my design team dropped Figma. As of May first, we've been one hundred percent in Cursor. Then a friend asked me if I'd lost my identity as a designer

Anchoring Effect: Stop Letting the First Draft Define the Whole Project

Whoever puts the first number, the first draft, or the first design in front of the team quietly decides where everyone else ends up. This week I dig into why anchoring b

What Reinventing Your Career (Twice) Actually Looks Like with Chris Nguyen

Jeremy catches up with friend of the show, Chris Nguyen, who’s rebuilt his business twice since his last appearance. They talk about why designers can’t count on job secu

Ambiguity Effect: The Hidden Reason Your Roadmap Keeps Playing It Safe

Your team isn’t just avoiding risk, they’re avoiding the unknown. In this episode of the Cognition Catalog, I break down the ambiguity effect: the cognitive bias that mak

Build a Career That Outlasts Your Next Layoff with Frank Bach

Your nine-to-five pays the bills, but it doesn’t define your career, and if you think it does, that might be the thing holding you back. This week, I sit down with a lead

Illusory Correlation: The Bias That Turns Coincidence Into Conviction

Your brain is wired to find patterns. That's mostly a good thing... until it's not. This episode breaks down illusory correlation: why your team sees connections that are

You're Not the Center of the Corporate Universe with Andy Vitale

There's a gap between how designers see themselves and how everyone else sees them, and that gap has consequences. In this episode, a seasoned design executive shares wha

Social Desirability: Everyone Knew. Nobody Said It.

We've all been in that meeting: the one where everyone nods along and nobody says the thing they're actually thinking. That's not a personality flaw. It's a bias. This ep

Yes, And... Now What? Improv Lessons for Navigating the Actual Job with Nikki Anderson

Your tools are solid. Your process is tight. But when a stakeholder pushes back, a workshop goes sideways, or a PM challenges your work, none of that matters. What matter

The Frequency Illusion: You Just Noticed It, but it Was Always There

Your brain doesn't show you everything around you — it shows you what it's been told to look for. In this episode of the Cognition Catalog, we break down the frequency il

The Execution Trap Nobody Warns You About with Cat Lo

Cat Lo spent 20 years learning that execution excellence can actually hold you back. After burning out at Amazon doing beautiful work that nobody noticed, she distilled h

Survivorship Bias: Success Theater and the Data You Never See

We've built our careers on case studies, portfolios, and success stories, but what if we're only ever seeing a fraction of the full picture? This week, we dig into surviv