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What Bella Taught Me About Managing Successful Teams
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” — Groucho Marx Bella has never read a leadership book. She has never attended a workshop on psychological safety or workplace dynamics. Yet, she has taught me some of the most useful lessons I know about trust and leadership. Bella is my dog. As she's grown older, I'm becoming more aware of the fact that she has a mind of her own. There are days when she listens to everything I say. And t
Sep 95 min read


Why your UX team probably doesn't need better designers
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives… but the one most responsive to change." “Change is the only constant” - Every single manager you’ve had The harshest truth you’ll realise but never say as a UXer is that most UX problems are not design problems. They’re problems of needless complexity, ones we unintentionally create to fix a problem that didn’t exist. When outcomes were weak, management assumes “We need better designers.” What we actually need is - Bette
Sep 91 min read
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