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Years ago, I distinctly remembered thinking that being hired for a Senior Design leadership…
At Second Wave Dive, I mentor and teach design leaders and teams every day. As opposed to teaching traditional design or business skills, I teach Business Thinking. Business Thinking is a collection of methodologies to build trust and confidence with business partners, empowering designers to do great work. …
Design Twitter is at it again. The debate over who is or isn’t a designer is in full force. “We’re all designers.” “Only designers are designers.” “There are no designers.”
Hi all. Today is an exciting day for me professionally. I’m not sure where to start, so I suppose starting with where I am today is as good a place as any. After 15 years living the corporate life, I’m excited to announce the formation of Second Wave Dive, a…
Design systems are all the rage, as they should be. People like jina anne, Nathan Curtis, Charlotte Jackson, Dave Cronin, Anna, Alex Schleifer, Diana Mounter, and Andrew Couldwell are sharing wonderful information with the community at large. Teams like Salesforce, GE, AirBnb, WeWork, Google, Atlassian, and IBM are redefining how…
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My life began when I was born at approximately [birth time ] on [birth date]. I was born in [birth city] at [hospital in city]. At birth, I weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces and was 19 inches in length. I had dark blue eyes and light brown hair.
Some…
My fellow Americans,
Today is a historical day. History is a narrative of events which have occurred and in our history, today is the 44th time a transfer of executive power will take place. …
I’ve spent the last 10+ years setting up design practices inside of cost centers. It’s my job to build product design teams, develop the practice of design, and integrate those teams into existing cultures within organizations where resources (headcount, money, etc.) are very limited. My experience has been inside enterprise…
TEDxLausanne 2016 explored the nature of growth in all its forms: organisms, data, personal, business, society and environment. My talk, The Cobbler’s Children Go Barefoot, was presented for the first time. This entry is an adaptation of my talk.
Update: Video of the talk now included
Blank. I’ve got nothing. I’m fooling myself. Surely I can short-cut this. I’ve made the time and now have nothing. I can’t believe this is going to happen the same way it…
Stop.
Today will be different. Today is different. I continue to type. It doesn’t matter what the words…
