So that you don’t end up stuck in a shitty job

The importance of building close relationships within your team.

The potential of design in leadership

Welcome to Open Design Docs, a project by Jason Culbertson. With over two decades of experience at companies like Microsoft, Airbnb, Cameo, and Linktree, I wanted to share the docs that I use daily as a VP of Design. Please contact me if you have any feedback.

There is no such thing as a perfect boss but these seven traits might help identify the good ones

Why the desired title won’t give you what you’re looking for

Product leadership is tough because you must lead without authority. It’s challenging, but the right mindset helps. Here are a few tricks.

Business-related mistakes don’t go unnoticed. Mistakes that concern the team’s growth, though, are hardly discussed or given proper…

To find product pitfalls without creating waste, use UX research to understand what your org has already tried and how those efforts…

What I’ve learned from decades in the workforce about recognising subtle signs you’re in good hands

Dr. Jakob Nielsen and Sarah Gibbons explain what will happen to AI, layoffs, and bad managers.

Italian team principal has guided team into a position to challenge the dominance of Red Bull

Source Back in 2018, I wrote a talk called " Designing the team experience: Building culture through onboarding ". The focus was using onboa...

As someone who often gets pulled into very different problems, one of the hardest parts of my job is to build confidence in my product opinion fast. Without conviction that I’m making the right decision, how can I lead? So it’s been key to learn how

During the pandemic, many workers discovered they liked working from home, but CEOs want them in the office, and it's created tension.

How can modern-day employers cut out virtue signalling and actually support women in the workplace?

Back in November 2023, I attended the Ladies that UX (LTUX) Journeys into Leadership event. Inspired by the thoughtful, provoking…

A guide to enable employers to recognise when their managers are disengaging or quiet quitting in their roles

What separates a good leader or manager from a bad one? How do you rise up the ranks whilst staying true to yourself?

“However, the difference between a product and project team is essentially about ownership. The difference between a team taking…

From time to time, people will declare Agile dead. On December 1st, Cliff Berg declared Agile dead in a viral post on LinkedIn. Personally…

Why Great Leaders Choose to Speak Last

As a product leader, manage numerous tasks with strict routines to ensure smooth operations and effective management. Here is how to do it;

Disclaimer: This article has been sitting in my drafts for 4 years.. Wow! I completely forgot about it until I saw it today and immediately…

“Nobody listens to me!” say researchers, designers, marketers, engineers … almost everybody. This might be why.

Harness your team’s creativity, foster alignment and improve the consistency of their work by creating some shared principles

Hint: I almost became one

Or how Paul Auster taught me to look at the world differently

Investigating the challenges and opportunities for high performers who don’t fit the mold.

In this guide, I walk through the different kinds of “bad”, and give you strategies you can use to rescue the situation — or exit…