AarronWalter


I’m the co-founder of Design Better and have spent two decades influencing how the tech industry thinks about design—from building the UX practice at Mailchimp to advising the White House, WHO, and hundreds of companies worldwide.

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Design Better explores the intersection of design, technology, and the creative process through conversations with inspiring guests across many creative fields.

Colin Fisher: The lone genius is a myth
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Colin Fisher: The lone genius is a myth

In this conversation with author Colin Fisher, we get into why teams are 6.3 times more likely than individuals to produce breakthrough work, why the sorting hat in Harry Potter is actually the series’ true villain, and why 84% of managers try to coach their way out of team problems when the real fix is structural. We also talk about the dangers of using competition to motivate creative teams, why the ideal team size hovers around 4.5 people, and what it would take to pull our increasingly individualistic world back toward something more collective — without tipping into the other extreme.

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