Alex Cornell - Mastering the art of influence

When you think about storytelling in design... Alex Cornell is often the person that comes to mind. And that's a big reason why he's one of the most requested guests on the show. So this episode is a deep dive into the finer details of communication. We talk about:

• The story behind his startup Cocoon
• How Alex leverages his background in video
• Alex’s precision and obsession with language
• Why Alex left linear to work on generative AI at Meta
• Why getting buy-in for your ideas is kind of like a math proof
• Behind-the-scenes of the wild videos Alex made at Facebook
• Lessons learned designing the Substack and Linear mobile apps
• The mental models Alex uses to construct comp ...