How to Survive your Boring Day job by starting a personal design project - Dec 2015 UI/UX Shanghai
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How to Survive your Boring Day job by starting a personal design project - Dec 2015 UI/UX Shanghai
- 2. How to survive your boring day job by starting a personal design project
- 4. I have a diverse background in design: UI, UX, Product design…
- 5. executive search and management consulting
- 6. a bit of background…
- 7. Turbomilk
- 8. Turbomilk
- 9. Turbomilk
- 13. Reya Group
- 14. Reya Group
- 15. Reya Group
- 16. in 2014 Reya was acquired by SpenceStuart
- 17. … so I found myself here
- 18. designing this…
- 19. i tried looking at the bright side
- 20. ..but no matter how hard I looked…
- 21. Boredom level New creative skills and knowledge obtained LOW BREAKS THE CEILING 2014 2015 *UCK ALL A LOT 2014 2015
- 22. just to recap… I shifted
- 24. couldn’t live like that anymore…
- 25. and started building a parallel creative life
- 26. together with an old friend, we started a design “think tank” to share and explore ideas
- 27. we develop our own projects
- 28. 4515 - effortless time management
- 29. Good Networker: making sense of your individual professional network
- 30. Creating this parallel creative life helped me in 3 things:
- 31. Reconnect with old “professional” friends and find new ones - 1 -
- 32. Learn new skills by taking on new challenges - 2 -
- 33. Do things I care for and enjoy working on - 3 -
- 34. WHY start a personal project Like minded people Constant learning + Love +
- 35. How to get started:
- 36. Based on what I learnt this year you gonna need 4 things:
- 37. - 1 - Find your idea or subject Read Build upon your work Look around
- 38. - 2 - Assemble your team Where to look Aligned motivation 3 better than 2
- 39. - 3 - Find the time Assess your time, identify the waste Make realistic schedule Commit to your schedule
- 40. • Figure out your MVP, say “not yet” to anything that’s not essential to it - 4 - Go agile and lean • Make short term plans • Work in sprints • Have tangible results often
- 41. 1. Find your idea 2. Assemble the team 3. Find the time 4. Go agile and lean How to get started:
- 42. be patient and enjoy it
- 43. thanks
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