While there are tons of articles out there about remote work, I haven’t seen any get really specific and practical. …

Because everything can be designed ;) — It feels very like a tired trope to add yet another article on leadership and team design to the internet, but I’m reminded that the more perspectives we can learn from the better. Transformational Philosophy I was having a conversation with a CEO of a design agency when he shared with me…

But, I wonder if that struggle helps me — I’ve taken StrengthFinders a few times, and Empathy has never made my Top 10. Actually, to be more accurate, it’s in my bottom 10 😅 Empathy described: You can sense the emotions of those around you. You can feel what they are feeling as though their feelings are your own. …

*Gasp* this is not an article about learning to code — Disclaimer: I still think designers should learn to code, but I’m more convinced that databases should become a core part of a designer’s education even before code. …

How do you learn the history behind it? — There’s nothing worse than being the new person (especially when you’re new to an organization) that enthusiastically starts on a project, throws an idea out, and gets it smashed. You clearly triggered something but you don’t know what. It’s not your fault- you don’t know enough background, history, and context…

The intersection of design and change — We have a lot of fancy definitions for design– rendering of intent, thoughtfulness, making a detailed drawing, etc. and those definitions are great. But if I’m really being honest, drawing boxes and arrows, arranging objects, etc— if what I make stops there, while I made a design, what I’ve also…

UX is a mindset and lifestyle, not a job title in a specific field. — Several years ago, I wrote an article about my observations about “being a UX designer”. I reflected on how I wasn’t really a UX Designer, I could be more accurately called a Content Designer. In some ways I was wrong, in other ways, I was right. You might be a Content Designer — not a UX Designer and why that means UX Design is not an entry level job.medium.com

Shifting from reactive help to proactive help — One principle I like to follow as a designer is, “Let humans do what humans do best, and let computers do what computers do best.” I’m typically suspicious of trying to hand too much to digital solutions, especially for soul care that I would have theorized need a human touch. …

Creating a digital and analog experience — This is a project that has literally been a decade in the making with lots of stops and starts. Some of the hold-up was a lack of a student database. …