I lead teams at the intersection of strategy and design. Autodidact. Polymath. Barbecue acolyte. I start fires (the good kind).
A mentor can be a huge boon to your career development, but you’ll need to come prepared Photo: Toa Heftiba via Unsplash, modified by Alex When you’re trying to land your first job or looking to make a big leap, it’s helpful to talk to someone who… Read more →
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… 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 →
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.
This looks handy…
A handy list of user-submitted ideas, projects, formulas etc. for Notion.
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.
