Jake and Jonathan
Jake and Jonathan (formally Product Breakfast Club) is a behind the scenes look at how some of the best companies in the world design their products. Jake Knapp, NY Times best-selling author of "Sprint", has helped companies like Slack, Nest and 23andMe build successful products. Jonathan Courtney, co-founder of AJ&Smart, has worked with companies like RedBull, eBay and the United Nations, to help them build better products faster. In this new, exciting podcast, the two of them have teamed up to discuss things like product design, innovation and productivity.
Episodes
Jonathan is back for a final episode. 💦 Season 1 comes to a close. ⛵️ Hot new consoles. 🎮Secret new course..?! 👀
- Microsoft acquires Bethesda Softworks in $7.5B deal
- PlayStation®5 | Play Has No Limits | PlayStation
- The all-new Xbox Series X | Xbox
- The new Xbox Series X and Series S controller: All you need to know
- AJ&Smart Newsletter: Product Design & Innovation straight to your inbox.
- The Boys (Prime)
- The Magicians Trilogy...
Links
- Microsoft Encarta (Wikipedia)
- LEGO
- LEGO Ideas
- LEGO Idea (formerly Cuusoo) (Wikipedia)
- LEGO minifigure (Wikipedia)
- Rhino
- LEGO Voltron
- LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V
- DK LEGO Books
- LEGO Women of NASA
- AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass:ajsmart.com/masterclass 👀
- Buy Sprint! 📘
- Buy Make Time! 📗
The Hosts
Jake’s moving to an Island. 🏝 Digging ditch witches. 🧙♀️ Why don’t schools teach you how to cook? 👨🍳1000 reviews of Sprint! 🔥A $100,000 logo..?! 🤑
- The Cube at 10: Why Apple's eye-catching desktop flopped
- Apple’s latest event
- Book: The Workshopper Playbook ✨
- Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp
- Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp
- Course: AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass
- Course: Make Time Course
Jake & ...
Language pet peeves. 🇺🇸 Why Jake is not a great business partner for John. 📈 How Jake REALLY feels about the Design Sprint Masterclass. 😱 Miro vs Mural vs Google Slides. 🥊 Jake take about a new business idea 💡
John interviews Ruben Flores-Martinez, CEO of CashDrop. 💸 They talk about innovating on business models. 💡 Creating a mission-driven startup. 🧐 Enabling the next wave of eCommerce. 🛍 And the hidden power of LinkedIn. 🧳
Are books really effective in changing behavior and habits? 🐒 What would Jake change about Make Time? 🤔 Should books be evergreen? ☘️What if books weren’t written to be page-turners? 😴 Podcasts are boring. 😩The cash trucks of Malcolm Gladwell. 💰 Podcast ads. 🎙
The App Store woes hit John. 🎭 Epic Fortnite drama. 🕺 Make Time app coming…?! ⏰ Can Sprint be too SLOW at times..?! 😱
- Apple's 1984 ad
- Fortnite's 1984 spoof ad
- TheSprintBook.com
- Send in thoughts to hey@jakeknapp.com
- Book: The Workshopper Playbook ✨
- Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp
- Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp
- Course: AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass
- Course: Make Time Course
Jake & Jonathan
Jake & Jonathan discuss charming men. 👱♂Jonathan will (get in) touch with himself on vacation. 🤏 Jake chases a mystery smell. 💨 Books. 📚 Frodo Saggins. 🧙♂️ Why alcohol is bad for you. 🍷 How to name products. 🤔Brand Sprint. 🏃♂️
Hand condoms. 🧤 Torso condoms. 👕 Jake’s dancing bootcamp. 🕺 Jonathan spends 30k on a secret weapon to build his bigness. 🧠
- Toto Japanese Toilets
- Book: Hyperion
- Book: The Workshopper Playbook ✨
- Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp
- Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp
- Course: AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass
- Course: Make Time Course
Jake & Jonathan
(Recast) Jake and Jonathan finally get the recognition they deserve by the people at InVision! 😎 A designer-y discuss of toilets. 🚽 How hospitality skills and working in a restaurant make you a better designer. 🤵 Farts. 💨 And some boooooooks! 📚
Rats. 🐀 You’ll get eaten by rats if you don’t register for Jake’s upcoming July 29th bootcamp! 🧀 Hobey Blobbins is killing it. 🕺🏻 German TV is dark but also white. 📺 An AI can write better than Jake..?!? 🤖 LEGO & Nintendo CUTENESS!! 🧸
How to manage your energy & time like a BOSS. 🕺 Experimenting with Jake-ier online trainings. 👀 Kettlebells. 🎱 Coffee. ☕️ Alcohol. 🍷 People fun. 🌈
Is Apple DOOMED..?! ☠️ Quarantine month #4. ☢️ A design review of the new macOS icons. 🎨 Something broke in Jonathan’s brain. 🧠 The curse of the entrepreneur. 🧖
Tech politics & big tech. 👻 How AJ&Smart is dealing with the Facebook situation. 🤔Hey vs Superhuman. 🦸♂️ What you should do early in your career vs later. 👨💻Book binging & recommendations. 📚Therapy for dudes. 🛋
Crotchless shorts. 🩳 Jonathan (re)reads Make Time 📖 and buys a new SECRET domain name. 👀 A recommendation for the best books EVER written for making money online. 🔥 A discussion of the news. 🗞
This episode is a replay of an interview from many moons ago, but chances are you haven’t listened to it. Sarah Cooper is an ex-Google Docs design lead and super talented comedian! You should totally Check out Sarah on Twitter — she’s been doing some VERY interesting stuff. 😂
Links
Keyboards. F*#$ racism. Taking time to understand instead of following the crowd. Messages from the future. A special teaser for those who stick to the end. 👽
Links
Jake & Jonathan discuss the current situation in the U.S.
Trump. Gender politics. Super serious. Secret Apple product LEAK. You are Batman. 🦇
Links
- Kevin Rose
- Jason Fried
- Sarah Cooper
- Facebook Says It Will Permanently Shift Tens Of Thousands Of Jobs To Remote Work | The Verge
- Book: The Workshopper Playbook ✨
- Make Time Course
- Make Time Newsletter
- Jake’s newsletter
- Jonathan’s Instagram
- Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp
- Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp
- AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design S...
There’s an ACTUAL topic this week! 💦 Work from home, the good and the bad. 🏡 Benefits of office work. 🏢 Farts. 💨
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