57: Inside LEGO with design leader Tara Wike

Jonathan has moved on. Jakes interviews [tara wike](https://medium.com/u/8d602f68bd49), Senior Design Manager at LEGO, the wooden toys company, and manages [LEGO Ideas](https://ideas.lego.com). Jakes asks Tara about her move to Denmark. Learning Danish. æ ø å. Eating a hot dog & drinking chocolate milk. Applying for jobs. Odd jobs. Designing minifigs. And some sage advice at the end! **Links:** [Microsoft Encarta (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encarta) [LEGO](https://www.lego.com) [LEGO Ideas](https://ideas.lego.com) [LEGO Idea (formerly Cuusoo) (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Ideas) [LEGO minifigure (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_minifigure) [Rhino](https://www.rhino3d.com/) [LEGO Voltron](https://shop.lego.com/Voltron) [LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V](https://shop.lego.com/LEGO-NASA-Apollo-Saturn-V-21309) [DK LEGO Books](https://www.dk.com/uk/category/lego/) [LEGO Women of NASA](https://shop.lego.com/en-CA/Women-of-NASA-21312) [**AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass**:](https://ajsmart.com/masterclass)[ajsmart.com/masterclass](https://ajsmart.com/masterclass) 👀 [Buy Sprint!](https://www.thesprintbook.com/buy/) 📘 [Buy Make Time!](https://maketimebook.com/buy/) 📗 **Your Hosts:** * Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: [@jakek](https://twitter.com/jakek) * Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: [@jicecream](https://www.instagram.com/jicecream/) * Write into the podcast: [pbc@ajsmart.com](mailto:pbc@ajsmart.com) * Podcast editing by Jason Sanderson: [PodcastTech.com](https://PodcastTech.com) Show Notes (fan made by [@amrkhalifeh](https://www.instagram.com/amrkhalifeh/)): https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial

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Jake and Jonathan (formally Product Breakfast Club) is a behind the scenes look at how some of the best companies in the world design their products. Jake Knapp, NY Times best-selling author of "Sprint", has helped companies like Slack, Nest and 23andMe build successful products. Jonathan Courtney, co-founder of AJ&Smart, has worked with companies like RedBull, eBay and the United Nations, to help them build better products faster. In this new, exciting podcast, the two of them have teamed up to discuss things like product design, innovation and productivity.