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Seniority in Design: feedback loops
Why you’re only as good as your feedback loops. Read more
Seniority in Design: leading sideways
How you can lead from the side, not just from the front. Read more
A house without windows
The windows we build into our work are about giving ourselves a way to see the world outside, as well as letting the world see us. Read more
Types of design focus
Some working definitions. Why the language we use and what we mean when we’re using a design-led or based approach is important. Read more
Comparing service design and business design
How service design can bring a new set of approaches and focus to organisations. Read more
The importance of frameworks and first principles in service design
Why the importance of frameworks is that you focus on a smaller set of things, because you can’t focus on everything. Read more
Hypotheses in user research and discovery
Formats for working with hypotheses in Discovery as part of user research. Read more
The horizon and the next steps
In a design process there are two immediate things that matter: the horizon (immediate goal), and the next steps (immediate steps towards that goal). Read more
Learning to prototype is more important than learning to code
Why prototyping doesn’t mean that you have to write code or build software. Read more
What’s on my bookshelf this winter/spring (2019)
This is what I’ve been reading over the past few months (stretching back to the end of 2018). The rest of this list is books I’m planning to read over the next few months. Read more
A design state of mind
What it means to move to a design mindset. Read more