Ben Holliday

This is my blog where I’ve been writing for 20 years. You will find posts about digital transformation, design and leadership. You can also find me on Bluesky and LinkedIn. In 2022 I published a book for TPXimpact, Multiplied.

Agile

The gentle art of stopping

Content design for service design

Why it’s important to think differently about content formats and content ownership when designing a service. Read more

Learning to enjoy the size of the problem

Having fun doesn’t mean we don’t take the problem we’re working on seriously, it just means we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Read more

Scaling user-centred design

The weight of starting

Why I don’t think you need more evidence before getting started. It’s about a learning mindset. Read more

Good management is (still) a thing

As a manager, this is what I’ve learned so far. Read more

Everyone wants to solve the problem

What failing organisations have in common? Read more

Start with one thing

Start with one thing is a design approach I really like. It makes you focus on what’s really important. Read more

Asking the right questions to frame the problem

This is something that many teams struggle with. These 5 questions will get you started. Read more

Design principles for better iteration

Introducing 4 design principles for how you can approach iteration when designing products and services. Read more

Everything is hypothesis driven design

Everything can be seen as hypothesis-driven design. How to write down and test assumptions. Read more

Design feedback with feeling

Why designers need to give feedback based on how things feel. Read more

Tell the user story

In agile we talk a lot about user stories but we don’t spend enough time telling the stories of our users. Read more

Thinking about iteration