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Staying ahead in the tooling industry
As you navigate this ever-changing industry, it's important to continuously develop and refine your skills. Whether it's by taking courses, attending…
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Essential skills for successful product design
As a designer, your ability to read and interpret product requirements is crucial to your success. The key to this is to be a careful and attentive…
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The Importance of asking good questions in product design
As product designers, we are constantly investigating how to create products that are both functional and appealing to our customers. The design process…
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Promoting a positive design culture: Strategies for success
As a team, we must actively promote and uphold our company's culture and values. One key way to do this is by being a role model for collaboration and…
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Building a productive design team: strategies for success
One important aspect of working on a product design team is regularly sharing context and information. Having a clear and consistent process for sharing…
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Navigating delegation, stakeholder engagement, and feedback in product design
When it comes to delegation, clearly understanding the goals and objectives of the project, as well as the skills and abilities of your team members, is…
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Building a collaborative design culture: Prioritising progress over being right
As a collective, one of the most essential things we can do is to care less about "being right" and more about helping our product team move forward. To…
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Communicating and documenting your design work: Building trust and collaboration with stakeholders
When it comes to presenting our work to broader stakeholders, we must have clear and effective communication skills. One way to achieve this is by…
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Successful design critique: The importance of sharing work and taking feedback gracefully
The importance of regularly sharing your work in design critique, and the key elements that make for a successful process.
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February 2023
Conclude asking for async feedback with a summary slide
A summary slide can jog people's memories. When reviewing a video or presentation, it can be easy to forget certain details or lose sight of the big…
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Clearly state how you want to receive feedback
Fragmented feedback can be a headache to keep up with. If you're receiving feedback from multiple sources – such as Slack, Loom, or Figma – it can be…
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Ask concrete feedback questions
Concrete questions are more impactful than general questions. Instead of asking vague questions like "What do you think of this?" try to be specific and…
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