I lead teams at the intersection of strategy and design. Autodidact. Polymath. Barbecue acolyte. I start fires (the good kind).
You can’t manage someone’s performance; you can only help them manage it themselves Dealing with someone who isn’t performing at the level they should be is frustrating. It’s stressful. And honestly, it can be scary when it escalates to the point of needing to let… Read more →
To be a good design leader, encourage your team to challenge your decisions Over the last couple of years, I’ve had the privilege to lead… Read more →
A lesson on the importance of using established patterns, courtesy of my frustration today with Amazon. I’ve been lucky enough to work in the realm… Read more →
Being in charge is an alluring idea. You get to make the important decisions, and well, you know what you’re doing, so you’ve got that… Read more →
Instead, build an environment where they actively take responsibility. Many books about management and countless leadership coaches exhort us to “give people permission to act”… Read more →
Some topics that I find interesting: Design & User Experience, Leading Teams, Product Management, Development, Business, History & Food & Drink. There are many more subjects in the archives.
Test tech job posts for issues with sexism, culture, expectations, and recruiter fails.
Fascinating and a bit scary
An open and collaborative resource for understanding the complex economic, social, and cultural factors shaping the design practice today in the United States.
“six core needs researchers find are most important for humans at work”
an open source tool for developing UI components in isolation for React, Vue, and Angular. It makes building stunning UIs organized and efficient.
For those looking for their next design leadership role…
A curated list of the best analogue and digital toolboxes and methods from companies, institutions and thinkers.
Meant to serve as a “a pragmatic and actionable guide for founders and employees for companies of all sizes within the tech industry”
A plugin for Sketch and Adobe XD CC to populate your design mockups with meaningful data.
A set of guiding principles and exercises to help designers address skewed perspectives in order to create thoughtful, inclusive work. Created by Airbnb Design & News Deeply.
A “stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models that go beyond the clichés”
