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Future of UX | Your Design, Tech and User Experience Podcast | AI Design

Future of UX | Your Design, Tech and User Experience Podcast | AI Design

The Quarterly: My 24h Work week and What I'm Actually Working On (And What I Got Wrong)

Aug 13, 2026 · 19 min · 13 segments

In this first quarterly update I talk about the private company cohorts I'm building, the free Adobe Firefly workshop series, and three shifts I saw in the field over the last three months. Plus the…

In this first quarterly update I talk about the private company cohorts I'm building, the free Adobe Firefly workshop series, and three shifts I saw in the field over the last three months. Plus the honest version of how I actually work: three days a week, what that constraint did to my business, and the one thing I got wrong and waited far too long to fix. **IN THIS EPISODE** - Why Claude Code stopped being a developer tool and turned into a research interface - How documentation moved from hygiene to infrastructure, and why designers are well positioned for that shift - What changes in your design work the moment an AI feature acts instead of suggests - Why being an expert in everything is no longer the goal, and what replaces it - How working three days a week made my business sharper instead of smaller - Why design teams rarely struggle with tool knowledge and almost always struggle with agreement - The thing I waited six months too long to fix **RESOURCES** Work with me: if you're self-employed and open to collaborating at some point, fill out this short survey. Completely non-binding, takes two minutes. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSef6hsir1t5StSir8yPVA-0T6YsojyCmfR8X4kidDb8f7wJXw/viewform **AI for Designers**: 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening September → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up for the ⁠waiting list⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ **👉 0€** Training: Build your first **Claude Skill in 10 min 👈** → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Build your first Claude skill in 10 min⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💌 **Newsletter** → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ **Follow the Future of UX:** 🎨 Linkedin: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Future of UX Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Future of UX Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍏 Apple Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Future of UX⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💚 Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Future of UX⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In this first quarterly update I talk about the private company cohorts I'm building, the free Adobe Firefly workshop series, and three shifts I saw in the field over the last three months. Plus the…

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Speakers: Patricia ReinersHost

Top entities: Adobe Firefly×4 Adobe×4 Artificial intelligence×6 Newsletter Switzerland×2

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalPopularityPopulartop 10%Audience≈4k followers

Building Private Company Cohorts1:55 – 3:15

Patricia ReinersHost

1:55

Part number one, what I've been building.

Patricia ReinersHost

1:57

So the biggest thing I've been working on this quarter is something I haven't really talked about publicly.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:04

I've been building private company cohorts.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:07

So basically, the AI for Designers program, but fully customized for one company and their design team.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:14

It runs through four to five weeks, has live elements, pre-recorded, uh, video assignments, everything.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:22

And I have to say that I find this extremely cool.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:24

Well, it's honestly, yeah, a super fun project that I'm working on right now because it's a completely different problem than the open cohort that I'm working on.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:34

When you teach an open cohort like the AI for Designers Bootcamp, you're teaching individuals who each go back to their own context.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:43

And when you work with one design team inside one company, you're not just teaching the tools, you're really changing how the team works together.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:51

So there's a lot of alignment.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:53

You look at their actual design system, their actual research process, their actual handoff, and then you build the program.

Patricia ReinersHost

3:01

Yeah.

Patricia ReinersHost

3:01

Many of those private company cohorts start in autumn, and I'm deep in the planning right now, so I'm very, very excited.

Patricia ReinersHost

3:07

By the way, if that's interesting for your team, you know where to find me.

Patricia ReinersHost

3:10

[chuckles] Going to pitch it here.

Patricia ReinersHost

3:11

I just wanted to share, yeah, what I'm really, really excited about at the moment.

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Building Private Company Cohorts1:55 – 3:15

Patricia ReinersHost

1:55

Part number one, what I've been building.

Patricia ReinersHost

1:57

So the biggest thing I've been working on this quarter is something I haven't really talked about publicly.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:04

I've been building private company cohorts.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:07

So basically, the AI for Designers program, but fully customized for one company and their design team.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:14

It runs through four to five weeks, has live elements, pre-recorded, uh, video assignments, everything.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:22

And I have to say that I find this extremely cool.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:24

Well, it's honestly, yeah, a super fun project that I'm working on right now because it's a completely different problem than the open cohort that I'm working on.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:34

When you teach an open cohort like the AI for Designers Bootcamp, you're teaching individuals who each go back to their own context.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:43

And when you work with one design team inside one company, you're not just teaching the tools, you're really changing how the team works together.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:51

So there's a lot of alignment.

Patricia ReinersHost

2:53

You look at their actual design system, their actual research process, their actual handoff, and then you build the program.

Patricia ReinersHost

3:01

Yeah.

Patricia ReinersHost

3:01

Many of those private company cohorts start in autumn, and I'm deep in the planning right now, so I'm very, very excited.

Patricia ReinersHost

3:07

By the way, if that's interesting for your team, you know where to find me.

Patricia ReinersHost

3:10

[chuckles] Going to pitch it here.

Patricia ReinersHost

3:11

I just wanted to share, yeah, what I'm really, really excited about at the moment.

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