@scttnblt My go to question: “if we deliver X - what’s the problem that it solves for the user and how do we know it’s effective?” This unpacks how a stakeholder thinks through the means to get to an end goal, and whether the journey to get there is worth it and evident.
This is why I also believe that "framing the problem" is 100% part of design work - a designer's job. Of course finding a solution is another part of a designer's job.
♦️Find & frame the problem - 1st half of double diamond
♦️Find the solution - 2nd half of double diamond
A design-led company doesn't mean your landing page is pretty and slick, it means your product features are driven by your customer's needs and not just the imagination of your executives.
As a product team working on a new experience, we’re just laying the foundation. And our stakeholders are curious about what the rooftop bar will look like. 😐
For basically the entirety of American history, political and cultural and economic power were highly correlated. The same group held all three.
But they've become less correlated in recent years.
bean dad was terrible from the start and therefore not a true milkshake duck, whereas we all briefly sided with cinnamon toast shrimp guy putting him more on par with lawyer cat. in this essay i will
“The income gap between the rich and the poor in the United States is, in fact, greatest among Asians, who are considered the most economically divided group in the country” https://t.co/gojBsGO65Q
Imagine being less than 24 hours out from losing your loved one(s) and hearing law enforcement defend their murderer by saying “He was fed up, at the end of his rope...yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did.” That feels like an additional hate crime.