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Jenny Wen

Jenny was head of design for Claude, is now leading design for Claude Co-work. Prior to that, she was director of design at Figma

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“Today's guest is Jenny Wen. Jenny was head of design for Claude, is now leading design for Claude Co-work.”

Speaker: Lenny Rachitsky▶ Watch at ~1:00approx.

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Point an AI agent at a folder of your own notes to surface criteria you hold implicitly and turn them into a rubric.

Ship an honest 'research preview' early, then visibly iterate on feedback so speed builds trust instead of eroding it.

Choose the nitty-gritty tasks 'anyone could do' — because when a senior leader does them, they become high leverage.

Hunt for illegible ideas — the ones with real energy that nobody can quite articulate yet — and translate them.

Let the team feel safe enough to roast you, then apply high standards without fear — safety makes rigor easier.

Split your time between supporting engineers' execution and setting a 3-6 month vision, not polishing mocks.

Hire for one of three profiles — block-shaped generalist, deep-T specialist, or the crack new grad.

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