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• 47. The Future of Human–AI Creativity [Dr. Maya Ackerman]

  AI is threatening creativity, but that's because we're giving too much control to the machine to think on our behalf.In this episode, Dr. Maya Ackerman — AI-creativity researcher, professor, and author of Creative Machines: AI, Art & Us — explains why the danger isn’t AI itself, but the way we’re designing AI products. She breaks down how today’s tools are unintentionally flattening originality, how “Oracle-mode” models limit imagination, and why we must shift toward building systems that expand human creativity rather than automate it away.For designers, product managers, and builders, this conversation is a blueprint for developing AI tools that inspire exploration, push users beyond predictable patterns, and create space for genuine ingenuity. If you design tools for creative work, this episode reframes what it means to build technology that actually elevates the human mind rather than quietly replacing it.➤ Why most AI products suppress creativityHow over-alignment and “correctness” kill imaginative output, and what to do instead.➤ How hallucinations can fuel originalityWhy they’re not failures, but essential sparks for new creative directions.➤ How AI is reshaping cultural expectations of music, art, and designAnd what this means for teams building creative platforms today.➤ How to design “Humble Creative Machines”AI that enhances a creator’s skill and taste instead of taking over the process.➤ How to build incentives that reward curiosity and explorationShifting product strategy away from speed and efficiency toward human ingenuity.Creative Machines: AI, Art & Us — Dr. Ackerman’s bookhttps://maya-ackerman.com/creative-machines-bookLyricStudio — AI-powered lyric writinghttps://lyricstudio.net“Humble Creative Machines: Creating AI to Elevate You”https://www.theaioptimist.com/p/humble-creative-machines-creatingThis is Episode 47 of the Design of AI Podcast.If you found this conversation valuable, please rate and share the show — your support shapes what we explore next.For more AI strategy, creative research, and product insight, subscribe to https://designofai.substack.com.Hosted by Arpy Dragffy Guerrero https://www.linkedin.com/in/adragffy/Brought to you by PH1, a strategy consultancy specializing in prototyping the future of your products and business.https://ph1.ca-----It’s time for our year-end survey: Professional Success in the era of AI 2026So many of you that we speak to confide in us that you’re worried about your jobs and how to stay relevant as AI is rapidly evolving.You’ll also help us shape next year’s podcast topics. https://tally.so/r/Y5D2Q5You can participate at   – it will only take 5 minutes of your time.

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• 46. The AI Commercialization Playbook: Stop Selling Tech, Start Delivering Value [Jessica Randazza Pade, Neurable]

  The hardest part of building an AI product isn’t the model, it’s the market.Jessica Randazza Pade, one of today’s leading experts in AI commercialization and Head of Brand Activation & Commercialization at Neurable, joins us to share why most AI products fail and how to build ones that don’t.She explains how to close the gap between engineering and adoption, why “AI” is not a value proposition, and how making technology invisible can become your biggest competitive advantage. Her core message: you have to deliver real value if you want to keep your customers tomorrow.What you’ll learn:➤ Why “AI” isn’t a value prop and how to build for outcomes, not hype.➤ The three traits every product that actually sells has in common.➤ How to align engineering and marketing through user feedback loops.➤ Why “cheaper, faster, better” is a trap and empathy is the real moat.➤ The next frontier in AI health and personalization.This is episode 46 of the Design of AI Podcast.Please rate the show if you find it valuable, as your ratings and comments shape future topics.For more AI strategy and research, subscribe to our newsletter: designofai.substack.comThis episode was hosted byArpy Dragffy Guerrero — https://linkedin.com/in/adragffy Brought to you by PH1 Research, a strategy consultancy specializing in mapping the future of your business and product.Jessica leads the team driving brand activation and commercialization at Neurable. Named one of Campaign US’s 40 Over 40 and Elle Magazine’s 40 Under 40, Jessica is an award-winning global digital marketer, business leader, and storyteller. With a proven track record of helping both Fortune 100 companies and startups achieve explosive growth through data-driven, real-time marketing, she has built and sold successful companies and led high-performing teams at IDEO, Danone, and DigitasLBi across the U.S., EMEA, and Greater China.Follow her on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jessicarandazzaLearn more about Neurable and their pioneering brain-computer interface https://www.neurable.com/ It’s time for our year-end survey: Professional Success in the era of AI 2026So many of you that we speak to confide in us that you’re worried about your jobs and how to stay relevant as AI is rapidly evolving.You’ll also help us shape next year’s podcast topics. You can participate at  https://tally.so/r/Y5D2Q5 – it will only take 5 minutes of your time.

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• 45. Agentics: Rebuilding How We Think, Work, and Create with AI [Kwame Nyanning, Author of Agentic]

  The next revolution in AI isn’t another tool, it’s a reconstruction of how organizations think, act, and create meaning. Strategist and designer Kwame Nyanning (Partner & Chief Design Officer at EY Seren) argues that the companies who win the agentic era won’t be the fastest to automate — they’ll be the first to redesign their ontology: the invisible system of goals, relationships, and decisions that define value. His book Agentics, How to design AI agents for impact, growth & innovations reframes AI not as a tool, but as a design medium for intent, alignment, and emergence. What you’ll learn:➤ How agentic systems blur the line between user, product, and enterprise—and what it means to lead in that new reality.➤ Why design is shifting from pixel-perfect outputs to intent-perfect systems, where meaning and business-redefining ontology drives performance.➤ Why the real risk of automation isn’t lost jobs but lost meaning, and how friction, constraint, and emotion become the new luxury.➤ How agencies and teams can thrive by trading efficiency for proof of alignment and outcomes that matter.—-------This is episode 45 of the Design of AI Podcast. And please make sure to rate this podcast if you find it valuable. Your podcast ratings and comments are the best way to influence which topics we cover in future episodes. And if you want more AI strategy & research content, subscribe to our substack newsletter at ⁠https://designofai.substack.com/⁠ Our next AI Product Strategy workshop is happening on November 20.In this 3-hour online workshop you’ll leverage our framework for discovering and pressure-testing disruptive AI product ideas. Get more info at designof.ai/workshop —----------This episode was hosted by:Arpy Dragffy Guerrero ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/adragffy/⁠ Brittany Hobbs  ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanyhobbs/⁠This episode is brought to you by PH1 Research, a research & strategy consultancy specialized in mapping the future of your business & product. Get more info at ⁠PH1.ca⁠—--------Kwame Nyanning is a strategist, designer, and thought leader working at the intersection of AI, enterprise transformation, and human-centered design. Formerly with McKinsey, Frog, and Infosys, and now embedded in EY Saren, Kwame’s work explores how organizations must move beyond incremental automation and instead reimagine their very ontology — the foundational logic of how value and meaning are created.Follow him on Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kwamenyanning Buy his must-read book here Available in paperback or Kindle.Follow Design of AI podcast here:⁠⁠Spotify⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/3O11vQKPpKI5ZlJhdRGwnf⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠ ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/design-of-ai-product-strategy-innovation-career-growth/id1734499859⁠  ⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@DesignofAI⁠

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• 44. AI Won’t Save Your Product—Discovery Will [Teresa Torres - Product Talk]

  Product teams are moving fast on AI—but speed without discovery is a trap. Teresa Torres—author of Continuous Discovery Habits and one of the most trusted voices in modern product thinking—reveals why teams that skip real customer contact are building faster and failing faster.In this episode, you’ll learn how to:Avoid the AI discovery trap: Don’t fall for synthetic users, fake insights, and “discovery theater.” Teresa shows how to ground AI-assisted research in real human context so your data actually leads to defensible products.Use AI to think deeper, not cheaper: Learn the high-leverage ways AI can supercharge synthesis, spot patterns across thousands of signals, and accelerate prototyping—without replacing the empathy and nuance only humans can see.Turn discovery into your moat: Discover why first-hand customer contact is still the ultimate competitive edge—and how teams using AI to augment discovery (not outsource it) are finding opportunities their competitors miss.—-------This is episode 44 of the Design of AI Podcast.If this conversation helps you build smarter, rate the podcast and leave a comment—your feedback shapes the next topics we explore.Want to go deeper? Subscribe to our Substack newsletter for AI strategy & research insights.Our next AI Product Strategy Workshop is on November 20. In this 3-hour online session, you’ll learn our framework for discovering and pressure-testing disruptive AI product ideas. Get details at https://designof.ai/workshop.—----------This episode was hosted by:Arpy Dragffy Guerrero (Founder & Principal Strategist PH1 Research) ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/adragffy/⁠ Brittany Hobbs https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanyhobbs/ And if you want more AI strategy & research content, subscribe to our substack newsletter at ⁠https://designofai.substack.com/⁠ This episode is brought to you by PH1 Research, a research & strategy consultancy specialized in mapping the future of your business & product. Get more info at ⁠PH1.ca⁠ Follow us here:⁠⁠Spotify⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/3O11vQKPpKI5ZlJhdRGwnf⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠ ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/design-of-ai-product-strategy-innovation-career-growth/id1734499859⁠  ⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@DesignofAI⁠—------Teresa Torres is a globally recognized product discovery coach and author of Continuous Discovery Habits. Through her company, Product Talk, she’s helped thousands of teams build the habits that make products succeed: weekly customer conversations, continuous assumption testing, and opportunity mapping that ties directly to outcomes.She also hosts two podcasts—All Things Product (with Petra Wille) and Just Now Possible, where she interviews product teams building the next generation of AI-driven experiences.Links:Blog: ⁠ProductTalk.org⁠Community: ⁠Members.ProductTalk.org⁠Product Talk Academy: ⁠Learn.ProductTalk.org⁠Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/ttorres⁠Linkedin: ⁠http://linkedin.com/in/teresatorres/⁠YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/ProductTalkVideos⁠

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• 43. Play Unlocks the Next Billion‑Dollar AI Market [Michelle Lee, IDEO]

  Product teams and founders are under pressure, stuck in incremental roadmaps and burning out on short‑term wins. Michelle Lee—Partner & Executive Managing Director of IDEO’s Play Lab—shows why play is the hidden driver of markets that reshape industries. In this episode you’ll learn how to:Break the trap of incremental roadmaps: discover how playful divergence helps teams and founders uncover bolder product bets instead of chasing competitors.Spark breakthroughs your competitors miss: use playful tools like postcards from the future and sandboxing to unlock the next market‑shaping idea.Measure what drives loyalty and growth: move past vanity metrics to attitudinal loyalty and “time well spent” so your product earns deep, lasting adoption.—-------This is episode 43 of the Design of AI Podcast. And please make sure to rate this podcast if you find it valuable. Your podcast ratings and comments are the best way to influence which topics we cover in future episodes. And if you want more AI strategy & research content, subscribe to our substack newsletter at ⁠https://designofai.substack.com/⁠ Our next AI Product Strategy workshop is happening on October 30.In this 3-hour online workshop you’ll leverage our framework for discovering and pressure-testing disruptive AI product ideas. Get more info at https://designof.ai/workshop —----------This episode was hosted by:Arpy Dragffy Guerrero ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/adragffy/⁠ Brittany Hobbs  ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanyhobbs/⁠This episode is brought to you by PH1 Research, a research & strategy consultancy specialized in mapping the future of your business & product. Get more info at ⁠PH1.ca⁠ —------As a Partner and Executive Managing Director, Michelle leads IDEO's Play Lab, an interdisciplinary team of designers and researchers who build upon 30+ years of toy invention to bring engaging, interactive, and playful experiences to market. She believes that play is essential across all ages.Immersed in a globally recognized human-centered design firm, the Play Lab leverages play as a mindset and approach that enables organizations to engage diverse stakeholders, imagine new possibilities, and spark action to transform behaviors, environments and systems. They've brought play to address diverse challenges from enhancing workplace culture to championing responsible digital design, inspiring underrepresented students to pursue careers in STEM, supporting organizations as they've adopted practices in line with a circular economy, and designing impactful products and services across industries, including education, consumer products, health, finance and workplace culture. Michelle regularly speaks and writes about her passion for play, including presentations at SXSW, The Delight Conference, The Culture Summit, Circularity 23, and educational institutions and organizations around the world, inviting audiences to reimagine the power of play in shaping meaningful futures.Learn more about her work:https://ideoplaylab.comhttps://linkedin.com/in/michellesklee 

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