In Defense of Design Thinking

The Design Thinking Stages

Why do so many folks love to hate on Design Thinking? I really don’t get it. It’s a great way to knock off the cobwebs when dealing with gnarly problems.

You are not your direct reports

You are not your direct report

Work in UX for longer than a minute, and you’ll hear “You are not your User”. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen or worked with a UXer who doesn’t hold this as the First Commandment of User Experience. As a manager, are you remembering that with your direct reports?

Building an In-House Design System

Taking a grassroots Design System from a simple pattern library to a fully functional design system to help our product teams and tie together disparate products to brand cohesiveness.