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Design for Value

In this podcast we explore how it’s not enough to just design well, and ask: Are you making design decisions which generate value?

Grow Your Influence as a Designer

What kind of influence do you have as a Product Designer? It’s more than you might expect.

What is the Daily Sprint?

A podcast answering: how do you stretch your thinking, push new ideas, and deliver design excellence into your products?

Are you looking to grow in design leadership?

I’ve been a Product Designer for 30 years, working on software teams at places like IBM and Cigna, but today is a great day to level up.

“I don’t like it!” Turn unhelpful comments into actionable design feedback

No one wants to ask people to trample all over their work. Yet, there’s a simple way to get feedback you can use (and enjoy it).

My Why

I’ve built my whole career around refining a purpose-driven approach for design leaders. That’s no accident.

When you use  GenAI for coding, you’re now a  Code Director.

With GenAI in the production seat, you have to take a step back from hands-on and start directing vision.

“Do we need designers for our internal apps?”

UX design is happening on your product with or without a dedicated designer. So, who's making your product’s UX design decisions?

“UX is dead; Long live UX” Why we struggle to define product design

Trying to explain what the product team does is like trying to carry a handful of eggs.

How big is too big? Get valuable design software requirements from large group meetings

Getting useful design requirements from large meetings is about as likely as winning a multi-stage cycling race on an exercise bike.

5 Smart reasons devoted UI UX Designers need a Pro Coach

UX Product design is hard, but collaborating with a real person can cut through the clutter and take your product to the next level.

Work With Me

There's more than one way to design an outcome. Let's work together to discover what you want to improve, and how to get there.

Design with Purpose

The Designy Mission

There's a long road of learning how to design in a business setting that makes you stronger eventually. I'd like to help you get there sooner.

Design with Purpose

(K)no(w) Purpose, (K)no(w) Design.

Go beyond guessing what stakeholders want, hone in on what matters, and make something extraordinary.

AI & Design

The Final Stand

I used the skill of Creative Direction and had ChatGPT write a short story. Is this the future of storytelling?