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Geoff Teehan - Navigating change as a designer

September 23, 2026 · 52 min

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This week's episode is with Geoff Teehan—co-founder of the legendary design agency Teehan+Lax, longtime design leader at Facebook, and now Chief Design Officer at Lightspark.

Some highlights:

  • How Geoff has navigated multiple cycles of change
  • What the “parking spot” phase of software looks like
  • Why Geoff plans to only hire 4 designers at Lightspark
  • The design backstory behind Geoff’s viral Dialed game
  • How Geoff brings consumer principles into enterprise design
  • + a lot more

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