“A VP of Design doesn’t do design, they’re a business person.” @peterme shares an in-depth framework, complete with Pokémon, for understanding the various roles, levels and team structures for scaling design teams. Awesome talk! #designleadership@WeAreDesignX
Jessa Parette shows how hiring is so much more than the interview. Use proto personas to clarify who you’re looking for and use a 1 year thank-you note for what you’re going to set them up to meaningfully achieve. #designleadership
“Meet your partners where they’re going.” @andyvitale adapts the age-old Gretzky principle for how design leaders can work with partners in their organization. #designleadership 2022.
“We owe it to ourselves to be able to access our whole design toolkit including our subconscious. The human brain is so freaking cool.”@ChristinaOnUX shares unconventional design resources and methodologies at #designleadership 2022.
‘If your solution was a person, what kind of a person would your customers want to be working with?’ @adamconnor shares his thoughts on how to use design principles to create consistent experience in the opening talk at @fluxible TV 2021.
What are the effects of religious or political activities that might take place in the created game experiences in the metaverse? @caweena sharing her open questions about designing Roblox at the April @uxWaterloo session. Great presentation!
"...we can learn a lot about ourselves and our true feelings when we aren't surrounded by our usual identities..." A participant in the digital art app, Duet, shares a reflection of the experience. Thanks to @helloQS, and @invisibleflock for sharing their work with @uxWaterloo.
A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors for making TILE possible! TILE is our upcoming designathon, created to teach, inspire, link and enable student designers. Apply today at https://t.co/48J5J6BwWv
Learning that design methodologies like participatory design, rapid prototyping, user journey mapping are effective tools in the humanitarian development context. Very grateful to have @EriolDoesDesign share their experience of recent work at this month's @uxWaterloo session.
To test 3d content with #Microsoft hololens one of the challenges was getting past the "wow moment" with users to find out how we could improve the designs.
@anashofas, shares her guide for 3d content in mixed reality at this month's @uxWaterloo.
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Great research on managing and mentoring practices in the UX community - check out @TamlinTea's and @RebeccaRusk's work surveying leaders in the IxDA community to help understand how they're supporting and growing their teams and companies. https://t.co/NcdHewrqt6
"I try to be intentional about using the word 'street' instead of 'road' because it implies so much more than something you drive on” @DarrenKropf highlights the importance of language in design at his @uxWaterloo talk, Designing Streets for People.
"To regain the trust of our audience, we need to empower them with useful and usable information." @mbloomstein discusses designing for brand authority through voice, volume, and vulnerability at the @uxWaterloo July remote session.
“If you don’t have a purpose, you don’t have a team, you have a group of people.” @peterme shares some practical wisdom and his 4P’s model for design teams (Purpose, People, Process, Potential) at last week’s @uxWaterloo session in the Great White North 😉 Thanks again, Peter!
“When I’m in my team’s way, it’s usually a direct result of my own anxieties... People are going to do things differently than you would and it will be equally effective... Get out of the way.” @aaroni sharing about leadership @uxWaterloo May session.
Over 170 restaurants + food businesses are open across the city offering pick up, curbside or delivery services during the pandemic. Read more and check out the map! - https://t.co/Wz0VGDuqk6
Thank you for hosting me last night, for my talk on The #UX of Tubes @uxWaterloo@aeuerby@uxMark. Great group to present to! Great Q&A too (shout out to the 🎤 runner). Thank you to everyone who attended; so nice to connect with the UX community. #uxr#innovation#productdesign
“Research is not just the fieldwork. It’s important to educate the team that it also includes the up front planning and scoping and the downstream analysis and communication.” @strongthinks shares her UX research experience at IPEX in a physical product industry @uxWaterloo
Thanks again to Robin Bigio and Davis Neable and the Faire organizers for a fun January Session at Faire.
My big takeaways from the session: Encourage your designers to reach out beyond the walls of your organization and connect them with others in the…https://t.co/Mgts2O7yth
Tell more stories, add friction, edit relentlessly, and do the work.
Matt Borland talks about design and storytelling in the age of digital distraction @uxWaterloo using @davegray style of sketch presentations. Fun night!