Becoming a creative problem solver - Rich Arnold (Dive Club S5 | E5)

Rich Arnold was the Head of Design at Vine, a design lead on the early Instagram Stories team, and now he works as a design manager at Coinbase. So this episode goes deep into:
- How Rich grew as a storyteller at IG
- Why we cant let data be the designer
- The importance of “zooming out” in your work
- How to grow your creative problem solving muscles
- What it takes to design successful consumer products
- Ian Spalter (Old Head of Design at Instagram) - / ianspalter
- Rus Yusupov (Cofounder of Vine and HQ Trivia) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rus_Yus....
- Lapse (Mobile App) - www.lapse.com/)
Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:11 Going from the studio model to Vine
4:08 Comparing Vine vs. IG design cultures
5:36 Growing as a storyteller at IG
8:23 Getting buy-in for your ideas
13:54 The early days of designing IG Stories
15:08 Don't let data be the designer
21:48 How Rich would build a design team in consumer social today
24:05 What Rich looks for when evaluating product sense
26:05 Growing the muscle of creative problem solving
27:48 Creative problem solvers vs. execution-focused designers
29:49 The importance of zooming out
33:42 How Rich's time at IG changed his perspective on design leadership
35:09 Most impactful feedback Rich has received
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[@sakkybaral5829]

Data doesn't tell you what the problem is, but it shines the light on it - Gold!⭐

[@joindiveclub]

Ya been thinking a lot about this line since he said it :)

[@CarlosAndresVelasquez]

The creativity piece, or solving those problems with out of the box creativity hit me hard.