7. Philip Hartley. Designer at top firms including Frog, Jump, Smart Design, and Fjord

Philip Hartley is a design director at Fjord in Washington, D.C. He worked as a design engineer before transitioning to innovation strategy, and he has also been a boat builder in Australia where he built and repaired wooden boats ranging from 5-foot to 50-foot sailboats, dinghies, and river cruisers. You can reach out to Philip through email at philiprhartley@gmail.com.

Key points include:

07:58: Examples of design strategy

17:03: How career training shaped day-to-day thinking

26:12: How design training influences being a dad

40:24: What would most surprise his college self