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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
Leading by Design
Good, solid leadership is in short supply, but you can step up and be one of those leaders. Here are three of my top-ten character traits of an effective design leader.
Designy Digest / 004
The product design AI headlines keep amping up the skill fear, you already have what you need to succeed, and don’t stop learning to hone those design instincts.
The Daily Sprint
Essential Skills Beyond the Tools
Product design tools are changing every week, but today we’re talking about the top 5 product design skills you need that go beyond the tools you use.
Designy Digest
Designy Digest / 003
The buzz on product design genAI demos is wide but not deep, I offer my own demo, GTPZero has an in-page LinkedIn detector, and a new course from Designy Academy.
The Daily Sprint
When Design Decisions Matter
Today we’re talking about the thinking that drives design decisions. What happens when you turn your design decisions over to AI?
Designy Digest
Designy Digest / 002
There's a tool for easily detecting AI generated content, the old design process is no longer valuable, and you really should never say you’re sorry (in design).
The Daily Sprint
Design is Dead Final, Final
Design is dead (again) and AI does all the heavy thinking for you—is that true? Yet, there is a fundamental framework that applies to any design process regardless the tool.
The Daily Sprint
When AI Reviews Design
There’s a world of AI generated design support out there, but what happens when you use them to review your design, and are there any alternatives?
Designy Digest
Designy Digest / 001
Why isn’t Ai creating order in our software, should product designers adopt Ai design tools, and are you replacing Ai help for strategy?
The Daily Sprint
Making Messy Design Clear
Not all stakeholders understand the value of design because it seems messy. Designers want a step by step process. Both are extremes, but the Designy Framework is a clear approach.
The Daily Sprint
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?
The Daily Sprint
Grow Your Influence as a Designer
What kind of influence do you have as a Product Designer? It’s more than you might expect.
The Daily Sprint
What is the Daily Sprint?
A podcast answering: how do you stretch your thinking, push new ideas, and deliver design excellence into your products?
Lead with Design
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.