Archive of posts from October 2020

You Only ‘Know’ When You ‘Did’

Ever caught yourself thinking (or worse, saying) “I know that” when someone is speaking or sharing insights with you?

Greatness Goes Stale

Unless it has stewards.

Truth & Confidence

To be confident in your work is to tell the truth:

Revering the Right Things

What do you revere at work?

Good Communication’s Secret Ingredient

What is “good communication”?

When It All Comes Together

It all comes together, in its timing.

Did You Stop Understanding?

Do you understand your target market?

Online Office Problems

Reproducing the office in remote-work-land reproduces it’s problems:

Simple, Complex, Simple

There always seems to be a rhythm with work:

Listening VS Being Clever

Being clever sounds great, until you have a product to sell:

Things That Make Us Blind

These are just a few of them that affect people who work on their work:

The Problem With Being A Startup

…is that folks don’t want to stop being a startup.

A Path VS The Path

It’s rare to solve a problem that previously had no solution at all.

Choosing Your Byproducts

We get to choose the byproducts of our work:

Conversations VS Deliverables

What do designs, business plans and product development plans have in common?

Like Clockwork

I had a beautiful wall clock for my birthday.

The Process VS The Guru

Do you trust the process, or the guru?

On Not Being Amazing

Our egos aren’t going to enjoy this one. Here we go:

Where Great Work Comes From

Designers don’t have the job of experiencing great design. Those they produce designs for have that job. Designers have the job of wrestling subpar design into great design.

ASAP Doesn’t Work In Your Favour

When a customer cries, “ASAP!”, relax.

The Wrong Narrative

You might be telling yourself the wrong story.

Goodwill Blast Radius

You don’t get to place a grenade in your friend’s hand, pull the pin, and expect to walk away in one piece.

The Contribution You Make

Should you be taking credit for that?

Types of Simple

There are different types of simple.

Slow Learning Is Fast Learning

Want to know how to learn something new then forget it again, all in one day?

Teflon Product Design

Companies are desperate for stickier, more addictive designs for their products and services.

The Right Number of Moving Parts

Does your work have the right number of moving parts?

Look At What We Made

When we sign a document, we’re responsible for the contents of that document.

A Different Way Of Doing Things

Do you have one?

Manufacturing Weakness

We wouldn’t manufacture weakness on purpose…would we?

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