I’ve wanted to write this article for some time to chronicle my own journey in design leadership, and some of the issues and adjustments that I’ve faced personally.
Everyone has their own experience working with UX professionals: good, bad or indifferent. Unfortunately, the impact of a negative experience with UX has an exponential effect over time.
Over the last 20+ years of my career in product design, the industry has been in a constant state of change (i.e.; chaos).
Over ten years ago, Nick Campbell summed up the design process as “Move stuff around until it doesn’t look like sh*t.” Of course it’s more complicated than that, but he had a point.
A product manager from a popular brand had a few questions for me on Slack: "How are UX designers and Product Managers connected? Do their duties overlap, if so how do you resolve conflicts?"
There are many times where UX best practice are helpful, useful, and a good guide to follow. A quick Google search shows there is no shortage of sites...
Jared Spool says it's important to focus on the 'comb-shaped' professional, rather than the 'T-shaped' professional when building a skills-based team. Which, simply put, is a generalist. He disputes that notion...
IT consulting is a highly charged, highly competitive landscape. Over the past half-decade or more, IT consulting firms have had a great deal of success positioning user-centered design...
On every team that I've ever worked with, there are hunters and farmers. The terms were originally used in sales to refer to salespeople who would go out and "hunt" new business...
Design sprints are tricky to facilitate when you don't lead them regularly. Invariably, you can forget small details that can have a big impact. One thing I always tell participants is to "trust the process"...