Jonny Burch

Progression is joining the career.io family

Jonny Burch on October 8, 2024

We're joining Careerminds to form a crucial part of their career experience platform.

#29 Jackie Bavaro (Asana, Google) on having impact and cracking a PM career

Jonny Burch on January 25, 2023

In this episode we talk about Jackie's growth as a PM at Asana, defining impact in role, working with founders, navigating feedback and her 'Do, Try, Consider' framework which we've now implemented at Progression.

5 Hard lessons from my feedback journey as a founder

Jonny Burch on November 16, 2022

Feedback. We all want and need it, but rarely seek it out. So it’s rarely given well. Our founder Jonny shares his journey giving feedback, and what he’s learnt so far.

Podcast #26: Brian Lovin (Github, Spectrum, Design Details) on the rise of the senior IC

Jonny Burch on June 23, 2021

Jonny chats with Brian about the rise of the very senior IC (Individual Contributor) - a subject close to our heart at Progression.

Your first framework will be wrong - that’s okay!

Jonny Burch on June 2, 2021

How trying to build the perfect framework is harming your team's career progression.

Diversity, equity and inclusion at Progression: an update

Jonny Burch on May 27, 2021

How have we done since we pledged to make diversity and inclusion a priority last July?

#24: Jessie Hayes (Whereby, Box) on treating people like a product and keeping frameworks light

Jonny Burch on May 12, 2021

Jonny chats to Jessie, VP People and Talent at Whereby, who having attempted progression frameworks 4 or 5 times, is thinking about people and progression in a new way as Whereby grows to 160+ in the next year

Introducing our 'quick-start' frameworks

Jonny Burch on May 10, 2021

Get going quickly with Progression without the big unwieldy upfront framework build

Podcast #22: Inside Progression Episode 2

Jonny Burch on June 10, 2020

Another catch-up between Jonny and Neil. This time we talk launch strategies, what we're seeing in the product and get another biscuit review

When should I add more hierarchy to my team?

Jonny Burch on May 20, 2020

There comes a time in any team's life when the flat structure just stops working. Jonny goes into more detail about when that might be and what you should be doing about it.

What are parallel tracks, and do we need them?

Jonny Burch on May 13, 2020

What are parallel tracks, and should we use them? Jonny goes into more detail about the concept and how it can be a powerful way to retain and engage your team.

Podcast #21: Cap Watkins (Primary, Buzzfeed) on helping new managers and the problem with taking other people's career ladders

Jonny Burch on March 11, 2020

An interview with the design leader and coach.

Podcast #20: Irene Au (Khosla Ventures, Google) on scaling design teams and practices, scaling yourself and finding your why

Jonny Burch on January 28, 2020

An interview with the design veteran and partner.

Podcast #19: Ryan Carson (CEO, Treehouse) on a winding journey to training 100,000 new software engineers

Jonny Burch on January 7, 2020

An interview with the founder and advocate for learning to code.

Podcast #18: Anne-Laure Le Cunff on mindfulness, burnout, writing every day and building a business

Jonny Burch on December 18, 2019

An interview with the amazing writer, community-builder and maker polymath.

Podcast #17: Kara DeFrias on changing careers, curing cancer and being a sponsor

Jonny Burch on December 6, 2019

An interview with instructional designer turned design leader.

Podcast #16: Dave Malouf on Design Ops and the power of speaking on stage

Jonny Burch on November 8, 2019

An interview with the Design Ops expert, speaker and industry veteran

Jonny at Jam London on progression and personal growth

Jonny Burch on October 30, 2019

Jonny spoke at Jam London in October about how to think about career progression within your company

Podcast #15: Inside Progression with Jonny and Neil – teamwork, a new feature and biscuit reviews

Jonny Burch on September 19, 2019

Having a break from interviews with some founder chat

Adventures in theming

Jonny Burch on August 30, 2019

What happens when you allow teams to create their own colour schemes?

5 tips for getting started with your Progression Framework

Jonny Burch on July 11, 2019

Starting your progression framework can feel overwhelming. Here are some quick things to think about.

Podcast #14: Todd Zaki Warfel (Leadership coach, Design Career Index report) on frameworks and job satisfaction

Jonny Burch on July 9, 2019

An interview with designer and author of a survey of over 800 design teams globally with a focus on career growth and team health.

Podcast #13: Sana Rao (Twitter, Deliveroo) on life changes, sponsorship and scaling design teams through change

Jonny Burch on June 13, 2019

An interview with designer, poet and thinker. We talk about twitter abuse, diversity and her crazy design career journey.

Podcast #12: Peter Merholz (Adaptive Path, Org Design for Design Orgs) on org design and ethics

Jonny Burch on May 28, 2019

An interview with long time speaker and blogger on design scaling and co-author of Org Design for Design Orgs (2016).

Podcast #11: Braden Kowitz (Google Ventures, Range) on co-creating the Design Sprint, becoming a founder and his design journey

Jonny Burch on May 7, 2019

An interview with founder and co-author of the Design Sprint book.

Podcast #10: Jasmine Friedl (Intercom) on having a deliberate career and overcoming challenges

Jonny Burch on April 24, 2019

An interview with design leader and writer.

Podcast #9: Kevin Goldsmith on the Spotify model and rolling out progression at scale

Jonny Burch on April 19, 2019

An interview with a veteran of building engineering teams.

Podcast #8: Mills (UsTwo) on having to change to stay the same

Jonny Burch on February 26, 2019

An interview with a legend of the London product and agency scene.

Podcast #6: Jason Mesut on Online Mistakes and Designer Shapes

Jonny Burch on December 5, 2018

An interview with Jason, London designer and mapper of design skills

Progression update: From pilot to alpha

Jonny Burch on December 3, 2018

Podcast #5: Lauren Currie and Bud Caddell on making work fair

Jonny Burch on November 14, 2018

An interview with the Lauren, social advocate and Budd, CEO of of NOBL

Podcast #3: Jen Dary on Becoming a Manager and Taking a Break

Jonny Burch on October 1, 2018

Leadership coach, workshop organiser, writer and card-maker from California.

Podcast #2: Andy Budd on Ownership and UX titles

Jonny Burch on October 1, 2018

Founder of design agency Clearleft, outspoken social media presence and organiser of several design conferences here in the UK.

Building Progression: The importance of design principles

Jonny Burch on August 3, 2018