Andrew Duckworth

Head/Lead designer. Endlessly talking design, agile and how great you are.

[Andrew Duckworth @AndrewDuck_]

It's ya boi in @BIMA's 2021 "100 Most Influential People in Digital & Tech"
https://t.co/cV9l60lLjk

[BIMA (British Interactive Media Association) @BIMA]

Our Strategists & Consultants category in the #BIMA100 are not too shabby 👀

They've shifted perceptions, solved business problems or, in some cases, brought about complete organisational transformation.

Take a bow 💪

https://t.co/AzZv4GAE9f

[Andrew Duckworth @AndrewDuck_]

@RachelHabergham Remember eating one years and years ago and it tasting like bin water! May the dragon fruit you’ve brought be less disappointing 🙏

[Andrew Duckworth @AndrewDuck_]

@paulpod Many examples of things looking scary but being great long term. @CLLLLMORE mentioned drum machines. But plenty of examples of communities left behind or hurt when technology changes society

[Andrew Duckworth @AndrewDuck_]

Both love this and can see the coming Armageddon when tooling catches up and 1 BA replaces several teams worth of designers 🙂

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@paulpod We’ll be fine I’m very sure. But we both know there will be many people who lose out even if the long term trajectory is positive and doubly so for people who use services if those making the services don’t approach things right

[Andrew Duckworth @AndrewDuck_]

@paulpod At my more pessimistic I know that organisations and departments are always looking at ways at culling roles and won’t care at the harm or understanding the negative impact it has.

A private company goes bust. Something like the DWP?

[Andrew Duckworth @AndrewDuck_]

@paulpod Yeah but think of all the extra value companies could provide to their shareholders!

At my most urm optimistic, that’s the point. It doesn’t matter because actually people who can diagnose problems and the right approach will be more important

[Andrew Duckworth @AndrewDuck_]

Trying to write something else I ended up making a note about assumptions and hypotheses. Published the note:

https://t.co/c41EEAicGP

[Neil Williams @neillyneil]

My latest weekly reflections, useful links and wotnot - thanks loads for reading (if you do!) https://t.co/Lx812MxfFu

[Andrew Duckworth @AndrewDuck_]

@hubbs How’s nhs stuff? I’m alright thanks. 🤩 and glad it’s chiming. Can feel like talking in the wind sometimes

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@kubabartwicki Have we ever been in the same room? Are we the same person? Who am I?

[Stef Walter -- INACTIVE ACCOUNT @WalterStephanie]

Something I wish was thought more to junior designers, but even seniors struggle with: It's okay to start with a stakeholder's solution. Just don't stop there.
https://t.co/bIyfZTT6SH
https://t.co/bIyfZTT6SH

[Andrew Duckworth @AndrewDuck_]

@WalterStephanie Glad you liked the post 🙌

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@writes_eve Tim Gallwey said performance = ( potential - interference ). The key to performance is to increase potential or reduce interference

https://t.co/LbdvjNtSGl

[Andrew Duckworth @AndrewDuck_]

Millennial parents when they have to talk to someone on the phone

[Nostalgic Gamer @16bitnostalgia]

This ad for Resident Evil on the Gamecube 👀

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@Rchards As in… although you need to treat them and have an owner for all data products you create not always feasible to just own 1 or it might just be that a data manager/engineer etc owns it

And in some environments it sounds expensive like you gotta hire a million people

[Andrew Duckworth @AndrewDuck_]

@Rchards Fair. I personally like data product (thing) because that ownership combined with some rich methods etc of product management make it an easier concept to explain.

An issue is … as with anything it can negatively come with the opinion that owning a data product is a whole job

[Vicky Teinaki @vickytnz]

My theme of 2023 - dig where you design

[Andrew Duckworth @AndrewDuck_]

@adamsilverhq Hopefully a thing live in the next couple of weeks. If not maybe never cause I hate it or something haha

[Andrew Duckworth @AndrewDuck_]

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