Diogo Valério

Oslo

Product design · Leadership · Teaching

I design productsand build the teamsthat make them.

Thirty years between design and technology. Born in Lisbon, working in Oslo since 2005.

  • VP Product Design, CatalystOneSince 2026
  • Assistant Professor, AHOSince 2016
Practices

Design is the job. Curiosity is the method.

  • Say what it isDirect feedback, early. Problems are cheaper when they are named in week one, not at launch.
  • Teams over heroesGood design leadership shows in what the team does without you in the room. Hire well, give context, get out of the way.
  • Design is a business decisionCraft matters, and so does knowing why a thing is being built and for whom. Both, every time.
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