Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
Diego Rodriguez has had a career spanning business, design, and technology. He served as Intuit’s Chief Product & Design Officer, a Senior Partner at IDEO, and as a member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers. He is a founding faculty member of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford (aka "the d.school"). Over the last several years he has been an investor, advisor, and member of several corporate, startup, and nonprofit boards. He earned bachelor’s degrees in engineering and humanities with honors from Stanford University, and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. Among Diego’s accolades is a Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award. Fortune named him one of “The Smartest People in Tech” and Fast Company called his writing “a must-read for anyone who wants to incorporate design thinking into their work.” He holds multiple patents.
Twitter: twitter.com/metacool
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/diegorodriguez
Website: metacool.com
TOOLS:
01:48 - Timber Mountain Bike Bell: mtbbell.com/store/p1/TIMBER_Quick-Release_Model_.html
06:10 - InstantPot: instanthome.com/product/instant-pot/duo-plus/8-quart-pressure-cooker-V3
11:14 - Fiskars Pruning Stick: fiskars.com/en-us/gardening-and-yard-care/products/tree-pruners/pruning-stik-tree-pruner-5-392341-1005
19:01 - Selmer Mark VI saxophone (aka, his axe) from 1968: bettersax.com/the-best-saxophone-in-the-world-selmer-mark-vi
For show notes and transcript visit: kk.org/cooltools/diego-rodriguez-former-cpo-at-intuit
If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: geni.us/fourfavoritetools
Diego Rodriguez has had a career spanning business, design, and technology. He served as Intuit’s Chief Product & Design Officer, a Senior Partner at IDEO, and as a member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers. He is a founding faculty member of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford (aka "the d.school"). Over the last several years he has been an investor, advisor, and member of several corporate, startup, and nonprofit boards. He earned bachelor’s degrees in engineering and humanities with honors from Stanford University, and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. Among Diego’s accolades is a Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award. Fortune named him one of “The Smartest People in Tech” and Fast Company called his writing “a must-read for anyone who wants to incorporate design thinking into their work.” He holds multiple patents.
Twitter: twitter.com/metacool
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/diegorodriguez
Website: metacool.com
TOOLS:
01:48 - Timber Mountain Bike Bell: mtbbell.com/store/p1/TIMBER_Quick-Release_Model_.html
06:10 - InstantPot: instanthome.com/product/instant-pot/duo-plus/8-quart-pressure-cooker-V3
11:14 - Fiskars Pruning Stick: fiskars.com/en-us/gardening-and-yard-care/products/tree-pruners/pruning-stik-tree-pruner-5-392341-1005
19:01 - Selmer Mark VI saxophone (aka, his axe) from 1968: bettersax.com/the-best-saxophone-in-the-world-selmer-mark-vi
For show notes and transcript visit: kk.org/cooltools/diego-rodriguez-former-cpo-at-intuit
If you're enjoying the Cool Tools podcast, check out our paperback book Four Favorite Tools: Fantastic tools by 150 notable creators, available in both Color or B&W on Amazon: geni.us/fourfavoritetools
