“We need to stop asking ourselves what happened and start talking about what is going to happen.”— Neal Stephenson, Seveneves What is going to happen? What are the downstream effects of your decision? What are…
Writing
Strengths/Weaknesses
Focus on your strengths, but know your weaknesses.
Your environment is your future
“History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples’ environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves.”— Jared Diamond – Guns, Germs, Steel: The Fate of Human Societies Change your environment…
Criticism will make you stronger.
Ready for criticism? Yes? Then tell people what you want to do. If your ideas don’t match their perception of you then you will get an odd look, resistance, or even be ignored. Why? You…
How to know what your customers want.
Trying to figure out what your customers want? Talk to them. It’s that easy. “But, what if they complain?” If you are not ready to hear what people think about your products or services, then…
Designers need patience.
Understanding when to let things be is an important skill to develop. People, organizations, or environments develop at different speeds and it’s important to know when or where they are ready for change. Effective designers…