Breaking through siloed roles in design
If you’re a product designer, at some point, you must’ve been part of projects involving multiple teams, only to find that miscommunication…
More ICs, fewer leaders: This Head of Design is feeling the pressure
A Head of Design messaged me on LinkedIn after seeing one of my posts. We’d never spoken before, but she asked if we could chat, so we set…
UX leadership is failing (and what we can do about it)
Design spent years trying to get a seat at the leadership table. But in too many cases, the inability to drive real impact is resulting in…
Powerful Lessons From Teaching That Made Me a Better Manager
Lessons for the office I honed in the classroom
Tell Your Team To Be Lazy → Watch Productivity Soar
A counterintuitive strategy for delivering results
The Good Side of Leadership
How aspiring leaders can guide their followers toward success
A Manager’s Checklist for Long-Term Success
In my previous article, “The Myth of the First 90 Days”, we discussed the importance of making an immediate impact as a new engineering…
When the CEO Doesn’t Get It
Product leaders and CEOs think differently, and that’s fine. Instead of resisting, partner with your CEO. Here’s what you need to do.
The Myth of the First 90 Days
Making an Immediate Impact as a New Engineering Manager
The ‘Reverse Feedback’ Hack That Made My Team Trust Me Overnight
Super Short New Manager Hacks
Your first 30 days in a Design Leadership role: A guide
What do you need to achieve in your first 30 days in a new design leadership role? How can you keep yourself both sane and productive?
Leading with style: Do you know yours?
Leadership, like all skills, has to be learned and the style you choose to adopt has to be in line with the company and its employees.
What Being a Senior Design Manager Really Means: Lessons from Over 20 Years in the Field
Exploring what a senior design managers role involves, emphasising the balance between strategy, creativity, and team dynamics.
Three Powerful Lessons From Bad Bosses That Made Me a Better Leader
Don’t join them, beat them
Note to New Design Managers
Managing designers is a logical career path people choose when they’ve grown into their careers a fair bit. While in larger companies there are established p...
Don’t let your PM think you’re Dumb: Designer’s Guide to Product Management
Discover how designers can work smoothly with product managers, align with product goals, and create meaningful, user-friendly designs…
The Most Practical & Up-to-Date List of Tools and Frameworks for Leaders.
The things you need to know.
How to survive the design leadership reckoning.
Design leadership as we know it, is over, but it’s going to be OK.
The design manager’s toolkit
Take the best of being a designer and create a durable playbook for handling challenges as a manager