If you’re a design leader, I bet you’ve had moments where you’ve questioned your role and impact. You’re not alone. Many UX professionals, including myself, have found themselves in leadership positions with high expectations but little clarity on how to navigate their responsibilities. This disconnect can lead to frustration, ineffective design efforts, and missed opportunities… Continue reading Taking Control of Your Design Leadership Role: A Comprehensive Guide
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The extended designer, and the design machine
The Extended Designer spends less time making products, and more time making progress. The Extended Designer spends less time making products, and more time making progress. 2023 has been Generative AI’s breakout year, but that has been greeted by some fairly mixed responses, particularly from Designers. As the terrain we all live on reconfigures around… Continue reading The extended designer, and the design machine
The age of Agile must end
30 years ago the technology industry attempted to import Lean practices — it failed. Instead of “continuous improvement,” progress halted. Agile is incompatible with UX research, design, and scalable development. It always will be. It’s time to create a new operational standard. Changing of the guards. Photo by Micah Kunkle on Unsplash As startups refocus on “operational efficiency,”… Continue reading The age of Agile must end
10 powerful habits for Product Managers — your first 30 days and beyond
Source In part fifteen of this series, I want to provide an effective framework to help you navigate your first 30 days as a Product Manager — these are strategies that will help you throughout your career, at any company. Here is the previous post from this series. “If you get one percent better each… Continue reading 10 powerful habits for Product Managers — your first 30 days and beyond
The best Slack groups for UX designers
Tons of companies are using Slack to organize and facilitate how their employees communicate on a daily basis. Slack has now more than 5 million daily active users and more than 60,000 teams around the world. But whether the company you work for use Slack or not, you can still use the tool to connect… Continue reading The best Slack groups for UX designers