The Progression Blog

Our New Dog Food: the Progression Co-founder Skills Framework

Neil Cameron on January 20, 2020

How we use Progression to be better co-founders

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

Introducing check-ins 2.0

Neil Cameron on August 30, 2019

We're excited to unveil a new version of our check-in process.

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