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.

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The roundup. January (and some of February) 2019

2018 – End of year review

Ambiguity and design

Ambiguity is a key part of design. It points us to the uncomfortable gap between ‘what is’ and ‘what could be’ which is where I believe design adds most value. Read more

The roundup. November 2018

My November round up. Read more

Prompts for design leaders working with product teams

Sharing prompts and questions I use when working with product teams. Read more

For the love of the blog

Ending my experiment with blogging more on Medium. Read more

Shared working definitions

The purpose of defining something is to create a shared understanding of words, ideas, and processes with a wider group of people. Read more

What makes a design education?

There is no digital service design

Why service design will never be effective if it’s only seen as digital or given the remit to work as digital. Read more

Seniority, anxiety and dealing with confidence issues

A short follow up to my blog post about seniority in design. Read more

What’s on my bookshelf this summer (2018)

The roundup. June/July 2018

All design is strategic

All design is strategic unless you just see it as implementation. Read more

It’s not a redesign

I don’t like talking about ‘redesign’. The challenge is to design services all the time. Not to redesign them. Read more

The roundup. May 2018

Service mapping and different types of maps

Understanding maps, why we’re making them, and how they’re useful to service teams. Read more

The roundup. April 2018

The power of being informed and the problem of being uninformed

Bias in design

Thoughts about bias in design. Read more

The consultants fallacy