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Jake and Jonathan

Jake Knapp & Jonathan Courtney

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.

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  • 20 episodes
  • Updated Oct 5, 2020
  • Explicit

Episodes20

Newest first
  • Sep 28, 2020 · 1 hr 15 min

    Inside LEGO with design leader Tara Wike - Episode Rewind!

    Jonathan is still away on vacation for another week and Jake forgot to record a show, so today it's time for a rewind episode of one our favourite interviews, with one of our favourite companies. Jakes interviews Tara Wike, Senior Design Manager at LEGO, the wooden toys company, and manages LEGO Ideas. Jakes asks Tara about her move to Denmark. Learning Danish. æ ø å. Eating a hot dog & drinking chocolate milk. Applying for jobs. Odd jobs. Designing minifigs. And some sage advice at the end!

  • Sep 21, 2020 · 32 min

    147: Dangling String VERSUS Ditch Witch

    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..?! 🤑

  • Sep 14, 2020 · 55 min

    146: Boy Meets Frog

    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 💡

  • Aug 31, 2020 · 43 min

    144: Boatloads of Trucks Full of Money

    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. 🎙

  • Aug 24, 2020 · 1 hr 3 min

    143: Fortnite vs Apple vs JOHN ZERATSKY

    The App Store woes hit John. 🎭 Epic Fortnite drama. 🕺 Make Time app coming…?! ⏰ Can Sprint be too SLOW at times..?! 😱

  • Aug 17, 2020 · 37 min

    142: Jonathan’s FINALLY Going On Vacation!

    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. 🏃‍♂️

  • Aug 10, 2020 · 39 min

    141: Building Your Bigness

    Hand condoms. 🧤 Torso condoms. 👕 Jake’s dancing bootcamp. 🕺 Jonathan spends 30k on a secret weapon to build his bigness. 🧠

  • Aug 3, 2020 · 40 min

    140: American toilets are STILL a problem

    (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! 📚

  • Jul 27, 2020 · 25 min

    139: Welcome to the Weather Show!

    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!! 🧸

  • Jul 6, 2020 · 41 min

    136: Facebook Boycott, Hey.com and Mental Health

    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. 🛋

  • Jun 29, 2020 · 53 min

    135: The Apple Event, Playstation 5, The River Man…

    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. 🗞

  • Jun 15, 2020 · 54 min

    133: So, is Coronavirus done now?

    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. 👽