Flexxible By Design

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Flexxible By Design is the official podcast of Flexxi Design where creativity meets strategy and bold ideas shape the future. Hosted by founder Allie Vogel, each episode dives into the minds of visionary designers, product thinkers, and founders redefining what great design looks like in today’s fast-evolving world. From candid conversations about building teams and scaling products to the intersections of AI, user experience, and business value, Flexxible By Design is your backstage pass to the stories and strategies behind impactful innovation. Whether you're a design leader, startup found

  1. 4d ago

    EP. 27 The Return to Craft in AI Design Leadership

    Design leaders are going back to making things themselves. In this episode, David Hoang explains why that matters more than ever. Allie met with David, Head of Design at Atlassian, to talk about how AI is changing design careers and leadership. For leaders, his point is direct: when the tools change this fast, the ones who stay hands-on are the ones who can guide their teams. For early and mid career designers, the advice is just as practical. Strong craft still matters, AI-native skills matter too, and personal projects are one of the clearest ways to show both. The tools are changing fast, but designers can meet the moment by staying close to the work, experimenting often, and developing a point of view of their own. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhoang2/ https://www.atlassian.com

    EP. 27 The Return to Craft in AI Design Leadership

  2. Sep 23

    EP. 26 Perspective Over Expertise in the AI Era

    Searched the web "Less about the how, more about the why." That's how Itamar Rotem sums up product management today. Allie Vogel sat down with Itamar, CPO at Faddom, for episode 26 of Flexxible by Design. His path into product was not the typical one. He started in intelligence in the IDF, moved into technical pre-sales at Verint, and eventually made the jump to product management without an engineering background. Today he's part of Faddom's founding team, where he co-leads R&D alongside the CTO. In this conversation, Allie and Itamar talk about why product management requires perspective, and why that perspective takes time to build. They get into sales as an underrated career skill, what juniors actually bring to the table, and a deal that was lost and then closed six months later when the prospect changed companies. They also dig into how roles are blurring across product, design, and development. Designers are being asked to think like product managers, developers are being asked about the why instead of only the how, and as the tools get faster, the work that matters moves back to judgment about what should be built at all. Connect with Itamar Rotem on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itamar-rotem/ Learn more about Faddom: https://faddom.com/ Learn more about Flexxi Studio: https://flexxi.studio

    EP. 26 Perspective Over Expertise in the AI Era

  3. Sep 9

    EP. 25 The Biggest AI Mistake Product Teams Are Making Right Now

    Every AI conversation right now starts with speed. This one doesn't stay there. Allie sat down with Cody Rogers, CPO of Hubstaff, to talk about what AI is doing to product development and the way teams work. Instead of the usual replacement argument, Cody makes the case for AI helping people do better work, not fewer people doing it. His example: a technical CEO submitted three pull requests over a weekend with AI. Fast, obviously. But nobody had asked for the feature, and the team still had to review it, support it, and explain it to customers. That's the difference between writing code and building a product. Cody's take: when execution gets cheap, judgment, taste, strategy and domain knowledge get more expensive. Not less. The teams that get the most out of AI won't be the ones producing more. They'll be the ones who know what deserves to be produced at all. Eight plus years of industry experience, and a real question about where all of this is actually going. Full episode out now! Episode Resources: Cody's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/codyrogers/ Hubstaff page: https://hubstaff.com

    EP. 25 The Biggest AI Mistake Product Teams Are Making Right Now

  4. Aug 26

    Ep 24. Why Research Must Evolve With AI

    Compliance training is the last place you would expect a conversation about craft, which is exactly why this one goes where it does. Allie sits down with Hannelore McElheny, VP of Design at Ethena, the compliance platform behind teams at Airbnb, Figma and Notion. Hannelore's argument: the faster design gets, the more valuable research becomes. AI makes polished output cheap, so the differentiator moves to whether you actually understand the person you're designing for. We get into: How Hannelore gets more out of one customer success call than most teams get out of a formal studyWhy research came back into the design role instead of leaving it. What she hires for now that the tooling changes every few monthsHow her team works with Cursor, Claude Code and Figma MCP in day to day product work. What happened when Ethena's marketing team picked up the same toolsDesign as a strategic advantage inside enterprise compliance, a category not known for it. Enjoy! Episode resources: Ethena Site: ⁠https://www.goethena.com Ethena's LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/ethena/ Hannelore's LinkedIn: ⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannelore-mcelheny-b34b8724/

    Ep 24. Why Research Must Evolve With AI

  5. Aug 12

    Ep 23. AI Won’t Take Your Job — But Ignoring It Will

    Episode 23: AI Won't Take Your Job — But Ignoring It Will. Allie, Founder of Flexxi Studio sits down with Brooke Weinbaum, VP of Product at Copyleaks, the company built to answer one question: is this real, or is it AI? They get into how AI fraud is already hitting insurance claims, and how marketplace sellers are passing off recreated goods as the real thing. They also talk about how Brooke's team leans on tools like Claude and Gemini inside their own design process, and where roles like AI prompters are already showing up on job titles that didn't exist two years ago. What they discovered together: the real risk was never AI taking your job. It's ignoring it while everyone around you learns to use it. New episode of Flexxible by Design is live now, enjoy! Episode resources: CopyLeaks Site: https://copyleaks.com/ai-detector  Copyleak's LinkedIn:   / copyleaks    Brooke's LinkedIn:   / brookeweinbaum

    Ep 23. AI Won’t Take Your Job — But Ignoring It Will

  6. Jul 29

    EP. 22 AI Won't Replace Your Instinct: Tal Herman, CPO at Orchid Security

    Tal Herman wears two hats most people would never combine: Product and Marketing at Orchid Security. In this episode of Flexxible by Design, she joins Allie to unpack what happens when the person building the product is also the one telling its story, and why that dual role has made her sharper at both. Allie and Tal dig into identity security, from enterprise access to the everyday accounts most people never think twice about, and why breaches and digital trust issues have made this space more urgent than ever. AI runs through the whole conversation, but not the way you'd expect. Tal calls it an implementation choice rather than the future itself, and makes the case that the real challenge isn't adopting AI. It's whether teams actually understand the problem they're trying to solve. For founders, product leads, and marketers building something people should trust, this one's worth the full listen.

    EP. 22 AI Won't Replace Your Instinct: Tal Herman, CPO at Orchid Security

  7. Jul 15

    EP. 21 From Figma Specs to Fast Prototypes: Sébastien Gendreau, VP Product at Agorapulse

    Product development doesn't look like it did six months ago, and Sébastien Gendreau is living proof. In this episode, Allie sits down with the VP Product at Agorapulse, who's spent 15 years watching the company evolve from an early Facebook contest tool into a full social media platform used by agencies, universities, and global brands. They get into why developers are now moving five to ten times faster than traditional product workflows can handle, and how Agorapulse is shifting from detailed Figma specs to fast, AI-assisted prototyping, including a custom design skill built in Claude Code that generates interfaces aligned to their design system. This isn't a conversation about AI hype. It's about what actually happens inside a product org when the speed changes and the roles you've always known start to blur, from team reactions to Sébastien's honest advice for founders: understand the problem, build for one real user, and stop waiting for perfect before you ship.

    EP. 21 From Figma Specs to Fast Prototypes: Sébastien Gendreau, VP Product at Agorapulse

  8. Jul 2

    EP. 20 AI That Makes People Feel Seen: Ry Sullivan, Chief Product Officer at Snappy

    Most companies are getting AI wrong, they're automating everything and losing the human connection in the process. In this episode, Ry Sullivan, Chief Product Officer at Snappy, breaks down how his team built an AI-powered gifting and recognition platform that creates real emotional impact at enterprise scale. We cover his path from Wall Street finance to product innovation, and why emotional intelligence is now a core product strategy…not just a soft skill. You'll learn how to balance automation with authenticity, why strong design systems drive both productivity and brand consistency, and where AI-powered personalization is headed in the marketplace landscape. Whether you're a founder, product leader, or marketer navigating the future of tech, this conversation will challenge how you think about building products that actually matter.

    EP. 20 AI That Makes People Feel Seen: Ry Sullivan, Chief Product Officer at Snappy
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Flexxible By Design is the official podcast of Flexxi Design where creativity meets strategy and bold ideas shape the future. Hosted by founder Allie Vogel, each episode dives into the minds of visionary designers, product thinkers, and founders redefining what great design looks like in today’s fast-evolving world. From candid conversations about building teams and scaling products to the intersections of AI, user experience, and business value, Flexxible By Design is your backstage pass to the stories and strategies behind impactful innovation. Whether you're a design leader, startup found

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    2026
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