Writing
My experiences and thoughts about Product Design and Innovation.
What If the Best Career Move Was Becoming a Parent?
This is a personal reflection I wrote to explore how becoming a father shifted my perspective on ambition, leadership, and product design. I believe great leadership is...
What Makes a Great Startup Design Leader?
I was recently asked by a startup founder what makes a great design leader. I found this question interesting because it resonated deeply with my journey as a design...
Navigating Innovation As a Startup in Times of Austerity
As I write this in the spring of 2024, we find ourselves amidst a recession, grappling with high inflation rates, and witnessing a drying up of the venture capital...
What being a UX Mentor taught me about Product Leadership
Are you a UX manager, mentor, leading a small design team, or taking on more responsibility in your job as a Designer? This advice is for you. I want to share three...
Why Your Career Might Be Stuck
Are you feeling stuck in your career? Many people can make the very easy mistake of focusing more on improving their weaknesses than building their strengths. We get...
How to Help Junior Designers Thrive
New courses like the Google Coursera Google UX Design Certificate course and boot camps like CareerFoundry create an influx of Junior UX Designers in the tech industry....
How to Transfer Your Skills as an Architect Into UX Design
UX Design is one of the best-paying and future-proofed careers you can have right now. The job title UX Designer made it onto the Glassdoor list Best Jobs in America...
How to Get Promoted As a UX Designer
Here are three short principles that helped me get quickly promoted as a UX Designer into a design leadership role. Disclaimer Note Getting promoted as a UX Designer in...
Why Prototyping is The Most Important Communication Tool for A UX Designer
Communicating ideas as a UX designer is a vital skill. Yet sometimes, I find myself struggling with it. Especially discussing design ideas in meetings without...
The B2B Product Dilemma and How to Overcome it
Most UX and Product Management literature and education focuses on B2C products. As a Product Designer in B2B, I am trying to apply the B2C-centric school of thought...
How a UX Guild Can Boost UX Maturity in Your Organization
When my former CTO asked me to create a UX Guild, I was skeptical. Yet another obligation to sink my time. Today my UX Guild is one of my favorite intrapreneurial...
How Designers and Developers Should (Not) Collaborate
One of the best moments in my job is when I can join Sprint Reviews - the Development Team is presenting their production-ready work. It's when you see your designs...