So out of curiosity, I asked Claude: "Based on all my past chats with you... What do you think motivates me a product designer?"
Peering into the black box...
Claude's response:
Innovation & Emerging Technology – Your excitement around AI and agentic systems is palpable. You've mentioned "rekindled joy" in AI-assisted prototyping and are actively building experimental prototypes to validate concepts faster. You're energised by being at the cutting edge, exploring how AI changes mental models and interaction patterns.Strategic Impact Over Tactical Execution – You're consistently pushing beyond feature-level work towards systems thinking. Whether it's advocating for innovation processes, aligning product strategy with business goals, or thinking about how your work could expand beyond your projects, you want to shape direction, not just execute it.
Evidence-Based Advocacy – A recurring theme is frustration when existing evidence or user research is ignored or overlooked. You're motivated by using data to drive decisions and having the autonomy to influence outcomes. You want your voice to matter.
Growth Through Complexity – You actively seek challenging problems that stretch your capabilities. Your interest in AI product design patterns, behavioural research methodologies, and cross-functional orchestration shows you're drawn to complexity that requires new skills.
Enabling Others – Your continued interest in process improvement, helping others, and design quality control suggests you're motivated by multiplying your impact through others.
The through-line I see is you moving towards strategic, high-autonomy roles where you can shape direction rather than just respond to it, particularly at the intersection of AI and product design. You're energised by novel problems that don't have established playbooks yet.