Product manager moves: The art of the servant CEO
Popular advice encourages PMs to lead like a CEO. It’s more important to be a servant leader.Photo by The Lazy Artist Gallery from PexelsThe Product Manager as CEO — what is it?The premise of the Product Manager as CEO boils down to this: the PM must hold themselves responsible for all parts of the ..
The interface effect
An interface is not something projected on a screen, it is a mediation technique between interrelated levels and layers.No one knows for sure, how Gyges came to the throne of Lydia (680 BC), which led to countless stories and legends about it. At that time, Lydia was ruled by Candaules, a man who ac..
Decolonizing design, NFTs, designing your love life — and more this week
Decolonizing design, NFTs, designing your love life — and more this weekWeekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.“Turning designers into managers is almost like taking stellar surgeons and giving them the responsibilities of running the hospital”. Shawn Park, Staff Product Design..
The principles of sensory design
Sight isn’t the only way to experience the world: Senses work in tandem to guide cognition, movement, and communication. Experts posit that humans possess between 9 and 33 distinct senses, yet digital design routinely ignores neurological factors beyond sight. Sensory design principles emphasize the..
The most common mistake designers make when adjusting their bar charts
What to do if your values don’t fit?
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You bought a pixel for $1.4 million
I have some bad news for you
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Charles and Ray Eames: The iconic couple of 20th-century design
History and legacy of the legendary partners in life and work
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The four approaches to fill the missing middle of Service Design
The Four Approaches to Fill the Missing Middle of Service DesignDuring its growth, Service Design focused heavily on definitions and its toolkit. But it failed to define what lies between these endpoints. While this is enough for practitioners, it falls short in the boardroom. Here we propose to fil..
Tools to invent better futures
Experimental tools to align speculative and futures design with core values and life-centred thinking.
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Future Scouting#1 — Designing a speculative design game
Gamifying an introduction to speculative and values-driven design
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