About this episode
In the second Executive Function episode, Brett sits down with Ryan Lucas, VP of Design at Rippling. Before Rippling, Ryan led design at Retool and co-founded multiple startups, bringing a rare founder's perspective to design leadership. A trained industrial designer, Ryan traces the roots of modern software design back 2,000 years to make the case that products must be useful, usable, and desirable - and above all, used.
In today's episode, we discuss:
Why design leaders who stop designing stop leading
The four pillars every design manager must master
How to delegate when you're a perfectionist
Why leaders need strong opinions
How to scale good judgment
What Rippling's operating system teaches about speed and commitments
References:
Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/
Apple: https://www.apple.com/
Asana: https://www.asana.com/
Brian Chesky: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianchesky/
CrossFit: https://www.crossfit.com/
Figma: https://www.figma.com/
Honeywell: https://www.honeywell.com/
Liz Sanders: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandersliz/
Nest: https://store.google.com/category/google_nest
Notion: https://www.notion.so/
Parker Conrad: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parkerconrad/
Patrick Collison: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickcollison/
Retool: https://retool.com/
Rippling: https://www.rippling.com/
Stripe: https://www.stripe.com/
Where to find Ryan:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanwlucas/
Where to find Brett:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-berson-9986094/
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/brettberson
Where to find First Round Capital:
Website: https://firstround.com/
