Heather Henderson

#UX #Product designer here to learn from other designers. Interested in the design of livable housing and cities and companies tackling climate change

[Jevon @jevon]

I don't mean to like ... alarm anyone in the software business... but my 11 year old had an idea for an app and I told her to go use @Replit.

Between dinner and bedtime she made a rock solid app with every feature she could come up with. Her friends are all using it now.

[ally @missmayn]

i don't understand this economy when nursing homes are so expensive they bankrupt our grandparents but nursing home aides need to use food banks.

daycare is so expensive it eats up one parent's entire paycheck and yet daycare providers only make $10/hr and need second jobs.

[Heather Henderson @ladyheatherly]

@_jameshatfield_ @blivystn @anushkmittal @missmayn The tech bros work for the finance bros until they monopolize a market or get bought out by a monopoly and satisfy their investors.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Rosenberg: What happened in 2022 is that in the battleground states, the Republicans flooded the field with polls that were usually 2-4 points more Republican than the independent polls. They ended up pushing the polling averages to the right. RCP had Republicans with 54 Senate seats.

Some of those same polling outfits that haven’t done public polling for the last two years have returned. Wick, Insider Advantage, Trafalgar, and Patriot Polling started producing polls in the battleground states, showing their results 2-4 points more Republican than all the other polling. So, it’s literally the exact same thing.

The reason it matters is it demobilizes. When we think we’re losing, we demobilize. Our voters disengage, and money dries up. The same is true for them. They want to give Trump and Republican voters the belief that the election is closer than it really is.

The second thing is if Trump tries to cheat and overturn the election results, he needs data showing he was somehow winning..

[Heather Henderson @ladyheatherly]

@zendadddy I second the comments about corporate real estate. Huge problem and potential for a crash.

[Heather Henderson @ladyheatherly]

@zendadddy I work for a private company with 7k employees across 4 states. 100% remote. Works just fine for us.

- Digital org chart
- Digital conferencing
- Clear expectations
- Weekly progress
- Quarterly reviews
- KPI at all levels

It’s not hard.

[Heather Henderson @ladyheatherly]

@BasedMikeLee Non-citizens do not vote in our elections

[Andy Budd @andybudd]

Not sure who raised it but I saw a thread recently suggesting that VCs are often successful because they take a contrarian stand and focus in on niche and often unpopular ideas. However what might work for high risk investments doesn't necessarily work for society.

[Heather Henderson @ladyheatherly]

@Jason @mcuban Two words: Project 2025

Trump is a wannabe fascist. There is nothing “Clinton-style” about him. Your rationale is lazy and dangerous.

[claire vo 🖤 @clairevo]

Was asked recently how I help orgs prioritize—not the frameworks or systems, but how I get buy in from collaborators.

My answer?
I do sooo much “pre socialization”

Basically much of my time spent on incepting everyone around me on themes and levels of investment. “Do you agree on this direction?” And then check, check, and triple check.

The biggest mistake I see is the big reveal. Suss out debates early, then have them openly. Invite inspection when change is easier.

When “planning” comes all my peers, the team, and my boss should be thinking: oh yeah, I’ve heard this already and agree.

I regularly use this basic formula:

📖 Story: did you hear this about that customer?
💡 Theme: this is why I think we need to double down on [this theme]
📄 Plan: so over [time period] I’m gonna ask the team to really sprint on [these projects]
📈 Outcome: I think we’ll be able to [do measurable thing]
❔ Ask: do you agree? <— don’t forget this

This is not just an exercise in managing up. These convos should happen at all hands. They should happen in team meetings. They should happen in little hallway convos and slacks.

Put the effort up front, have debates early, and create a team that can move fast against shared priorities.

And then remember: people change their minds or forget. So do it again 😎

[TODAY @TODAYshow]

Doctors and researchers are beginning to see connection between COVID surges and heart attacks. @ErinNBCNews and Senior Medical Correspondent for @NBCNews @DrJohnTorres share more.

[Brooklin Nash @realBrookNash]

How do you say “thanks I hate it” in a professional setting?

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

Climate experts were increasingly saying that keeping heating below 1.5C is near impossible, yet it remains the global goal. So I asked hundreds of top IPCC scientists what they thought. What they said shocked even me…
🧵 1/n #ClimateCrisis

[michelle huang @michellehuang42]

i left tech in the states and officially moved to rural japan about 6 months ago

some learnings along the way:

[Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ @ESYudkowsky]

Your occasional sad reminder that I never wanted or advocated for such a thing as 'AI safety' that consists of scolding users.

The wisest observation I've read about this: "To a big corporation, 'safety' means 'brand safety'."

[Yishan @yishan]

Google’s Gemini issue is not really about woke/DEI, and everyone who is obsessing over it has failed to notice the much, MUCH bigger problem that it represents.

(1/n)

[Lily @designalily]

I recently interviewed at Eight Sleep and it was the most demanding take home I've ever had. Their brief: "Create an in-app experience for a new product, integrating the existing app and flagship product." Even linked their design system and font family to use.

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

User-focused PM in large companies 😄