The “Good Enough” War of Being a Designer
Whether it’s confronting ability or apathy, I have three ways you can break out of the pressure and design excellently.
Darrell Estabrook
The Daily Sprint
Not Good Enough
You’re facing internal and external pressure to be “good enough” as a designer. I discuss three way to break through it.
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The Design Power of Time
There are times you must fast-forward the design process, but it always adds risk to your results. Here are three ways to use time to design well.
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Tool vs. Process with Guest Charles Forman
Guest designer Charles Forman and I kick the tires on a few AI product design tools to see how they help, hinder, or hide critical parts of the design process.
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Spoiler Alert: Design Wins
Has design disappeared? Will you simply be the “human-in-the-loop” designer reviewing AI’s work? Nope, I’ve got good news.
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What is Your Why?
As designers, we need to define purpose in order to make strong design decisions, but what drives you to be a designer?
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Think. Act. Feel.
What drives your decision making: do you start with thinking or feeling? Each approach has different results but one is the product designer’s super power.
AI & Design
What does it mean UX is transforming into AX?
User Experience (UX) designers will need to become Agentic Experience (AX) designers, but it that the inevitable reality?
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Staying Aligned with Andreea Lotak
My guest Andreea Lotak and I talk about aligning designs with stakeholders, do you have it, do you know when you’ve lost it, and how do you get it back?
Design with Purpose
The one thing that stops designers dead in their tracks
It’s not the lack of inspiration (that’s true). It’s not imposter syndrome (that happens). It’s something we forget to ask for.
The Daily Sprint
Never a Wrong Design
Today we’re talking about those times your design was totally wrong in a stakeholder design review, what went wrong and how to prevent it from happening again.
Lead with Design
10 character traits of an effective design leader
When you’re a leading design, you're in the spotlight by default. Cultivate these traits whether you’re a current or aspiring design leader.