Creating A Navigation System For Your Career discusses developing a career navigation system with four steps: 1) Understand where you currently are, 2) Decide where you want to go, 3) Identify the gaps between current and desired states, and 4) Plan to close those gaps. It emphasizes the importance of knowing yourself, your skills, experiences and goals to effectively navigate your career path. The document provides examples of different navigation approaches and advises constantly evaluating opportunities and progress to guide career decisions.
6. About me
I live here: I work here:
But I used to do something very different...
Critical Mass
Calgary, AB, Canada Eh?
Doing: With these:
UX Strategy @shaidelson
A few big companies
13. Our navigation systems prevent people from getting lost
Primary navigation:
Breadcrumbs:
14. Our navigation systems prevent people from getting lost
Primary navigation: Local navigation:
Breadcrumbs:
15. Our navigation systems prevent people from getting lost
Primary navigation: Local navigation:
Breadcrumbs: Faceted navigation:
16. Our navigation systems prevent people from getting lost.
Where am I? where can I go? Whatās close to here?
Over the last 12+ yearās weāve become the
experts in not getting lost...
Primary navigation Local navigation
How did I get here? What other options do I have?
Breadcrumbs @shaidelson
Faceted navigation
17. Except when it comes to the path
forward for our profession
@shaidelson
24. There is probably no seat at the table. Now
stop talking about it and develop your career.
@shaidelson
25. A seat at the table for the discipline?
Eric Reiss:
...Itās time to stop deļ¬ning the
damn thing and show what value it
can bring...
No one cares about our
wireframes, ...
We need to start presenting a facet
of what we do thatās important...
26. A seat at the table for the discipline?
Eric Reiss:
...Itās time to stop deļ¬ning the
damn thing and show what value it
can bring...
No one cares about our
wireframes, ...
We need to start presenting a facet
of what we do thatās important...
Lis Hubert:
How many of you out there
know what your career path is?
...what next? UX management?
...there are no career paths that
have been established in our
ļ¬eld.
27. A seat at the table for the discipline?
Eric Reiss: Whitney Hess:
...Itās time to stop deļ¬ning the I help companies improve the lives
damn thing and show what value it of their customers and their
can bring... employees.
No one cares about our What past clients often say about
wireframes, ... me is: āshe is so much more than a
UX designerā.
We need to start presenting a facet
of what we do thatās important...
Lis Hubert:
How many of you out there
know what your career path is?
...what next? UX management?
...there are no career paths that
have been established in our
ļ¬eld.
28. A seat at the table for the discipline?
Eric Reiss: Whitney Hess:
...Itās time to stop deļ¬ning the I help companies improve the lives
damn thing and show what value it of their customers and their
can bring... employees.
No one cares about our What past clients often say about
wireframes, ... me is: āshe is so much more than a
UX designerā.
We need to start presenting a facet
of what we do thatās important...
Lis Hubert: Jared Folkmann:
How many of you out there UXers need to understand there
know what your career path is? are already people who decide who
itās for, what will be made, and
...what next? UX management? often, what direction will be taken.
...there are no career paths that You want to inļ¬uence strategy, be a
have been established in our strategist.
ļ¬eld.
29. A seat at the table for the discipline?
Eric Reiss: Whitney Hess:
Part of the problem is that organizations
donāt know who UX should report to. I help companies improve the lives of their
Itās time to stop deļ¬ning the damn thing and customers and their employees. What
show what value it can bring. Until past clients often say about me is:
we donāt start thinking and talking in āshe is so much more than a UX
business terms we will never inļ¬uence at a designerā.
strategic level. No one cares about our
Itās not about UX getting a seat at the table. Itās
wireframes, they care about how we can
grow their business. We need to start
presenting a facet of what we do
about YOU getting a seat at the table.
thatās important to the work of those
who make the decisions.
Lis Hubert: Jared Folkmann:
How many of you out there UXers need to understand there are
know what your career path is? already people who decide what will
Ok you can do wireframes, interviews, be made, what direction will be taken, who
task analysis, etcā¦ but what next? the customer really is, what value can be
UX management? But you donāt brought, and all other strategic matters. In
want to be a manager. What else agencies itās the account people, planners,
besides management is next for a and creatives. In-house it may be the
UXer? We canāt answer that question, marketing people or product management.
because there are not career You want to inļ¬uence strategy, be a
paths that have been established in strategist.
our ļ¬eld.
@shaidelson
33. Itās the balance between the 4 that matters
Who you are: What you do:
What you learned: What you say:
34. 1. Understand where you are now.
Who you are: What you do:
A combination of all 4 factors determines
your degree and sphere of inļ¬uence
Personality, education, background, looks, Research, gather requirements, synthesize,
connections, place of employment, etc... facilitate, sketch, test, etc...
What you know: What you say:
Topics, principles, methods, tools, Your tweets, discussions,
trends, techniques, etc... @shaidelson
postings, talks, articles, etc...
36. Navigate to a speciļ¬c destination
āI want to be a Chief Experience Ofļ¬cerā
āI want to be a CMO for a telco companyā
āI want to lead a UX consultancyā
39. Is this for you?
Personality Factors:
Internal
- Locus Of Control External
- Resilience High
Low
Life Circumstances:
High
- Ability to pursue Low
- Support from others None
Lots
Life Stage:
Older
Younger
- Age factors
- Knowledge of self Weak
Strong
@shaidelson
40. Navigate toward a general direction
āI want to be a consultant who is brought in to help shape the
strategic direction of companiesā
āI want to help companies ļ¬gure out what they want to build, not
how they will build itā
41. Advantage: Moving in the a direction while
being ļ¬exible enough to deal with changes.
42. Disadvantage: The more non-speciļ¬c the direction
the harder it gets to know if youāre getting closer.
43. Is this for you?
Personality Factors:
Internal
- Locus Of Control External
- Resilience High
Low
Life Circumstances:
High
- Ability to pursue Low
- Support from others None
Lots
Life Stage:
Older
Younger
- Age factors
- Knowledge of self Weak
Strong
@shaidelson
44. Navigate toward opportunities
āIām quite happy doing exactly what Iām doing as long as a keep
making more moneyā
āI donāt really care where my next job would be as long as the work is
fun and the clients are niceā
47. Is this for you?
Personality Factors:
Internal
- Locus Of Control External
- Resilience High
Low
Life Circumstances:
High
- Ability to pursue Low
- Support from others None
Lots
Life Stage:
Older
Younger
- Age factors
- Knowledge of self Weak
Strong
@shaidelson
48. LEAD
people
product
process
practice
@shaidelson
52. Mind the gap
Here There
Who you are Who you want to be
What you do What you will want to do
What you know What you will need to know
What you say What you will be able to say