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5 Corporate cultures that inhibit designing creative solutionsWendy Castleman
Presentation for the Fifth Annual Design Research Conference at the Interdisciplinary Design Institute of Washington State University- January 15-16, 2009
At first, sketching a new user interface from scratch in an agile environment looks pretty daunting. It’s like a blank sheet staring back screaming.
On the slide where I pasted and highlighted Steve Jobs quote, please ponder on the word experience, how many time it appears and how much it was emphasized in his speech.
Assuming that you have already done your user research and at least a little bit of competitive analysis, in this presentation, I will share my Curate-Filter-Sketch approach that I use every day to sketch interfaces for new as well as existing apps.
It is based on my article published at Oobly in August 2011.
11 Insightful Quotes From UX London 2016 (And How They Apply to Digital Agenc...Clément Génin
Here are 11 quotes from talks and workshops that I have noted during my 2 days at UX London 2016, with notes explaining why I find them relevant for digital agencies like the one I work for (ONE Agency).
I initially gave this presentation to my colleagues.
5 Corporate cultures that inhibit designing creative solutionsWendy Castleman
Presentation for the Fifth Annual Design Research Conference at the Interdisciplinary Design Institute of Washington State University- January 15-16, 2009
At first, sketching a new user interface from scratch in an agile environment looks pretty daunting. It’s like a blank sheet staring back screaming.
On the slide where I pasted and highlighted Steve Jobs quote, please ponder on the word experience, how many time it appears and how much it was emphasized in his speech.
Assuming that you have already done your user research and at least a little bit of competitive analysis, in this presentation, I will share my Curate-Filter-Sketch approach that I use every day to sketch interfaces for new as well as existing apps.
It is based on my article published at Oobly in August 2011.
11 Insightful Quotes From UX London 2016 (And How They Apply to Digital Agenc...Clément Génin
Here are 11 quotes from talks and workshops that I have noted during my 2 days at UX London 2016, with notes explaining why I find them relevant for digital agencies like the one I work for (ONE Agency).
I initially gave this presentation to my colleagues.
This video for this talk from Business of Software Conference Europe 2018 will be published here soon: http://businessofsoftware.org/2016/07/all-talks-from-business-of-software-conferences-in-one-place-saas-software-talks/
How can good design be integrated into your business profitably? Jane will answer this question by considering the ‘anti-problem’. She will share 10 ways designers and business people can guarantee their behaviours and activities will ensure they never see eye-to-eye, their efforts will be wasted and everyone involved will know it is not their fault. You will probably recognise most of these techniques in action in your own organisation. That is the anti-pattern.
If things are going to change for the better, do the opposite.
10 Easy Ways to Irritate Your Design Team
Slides from the NUX7 talk by Jane Austin, Friday 19th October 2018.
2018.nuxconf.uk / nuxuk.org
Synopsis
How can good design be integrated into your business profitably? Jane will answer this question by considering the ‘anti-problem’. She will share 10 ways designers and business people can guarantee their behaviours and activities will ensure they never see eye-to-eye, their efforts will be wasted and everyone involved will know it is not their fault.
You will probably recognise most of these techniques in action in your own organisation. That is the anti-pattern.
If things are going to change for the better, do the opposite.
People-OnTheGo makes the workplace more productive, results-driven, and satisfying. Join us for our FREE Lunch & Learn Webinars, the first Thursday of each month:
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Need to find innovative solutions for your everyday challenges, or develop new opportunities that really meet the needs of your users and customers? Want to create and nurture an innovative culture in your group or in your organization?
More than ever before, innovation is necessary in every aspect of business. That is the key sentiment shared by CEOs from all major companies and organizations.
Accelerated by the spectacular rise of Apple and IDEO, Design Thinking has emerged as one of the key approaches better suited for dealing with the increasing pressures for innovation faced by so many firms and their managers than business’ traditional analytic methods. Design Thinking is a human-centered, prototype-driven process for innovation that can be applied to products, services, experiences, and business models.
The webinar will give participants a glimpse into design thinking and offer this methodology as a unique approach that will enhance their ability to drive innovation across their teams and organization.
Key takeaways:
-An overview of Design Thinking as an innovation strategy
-Examples that demonstrate the power of human-centered innovation
-Eight concrete steps that participants can implement to improve innovation in their work
-Recommended resources and events
About the presenters:
Reinhold Steinbeck is a design innovation consultant, educator and researcher impacting the business, education, public and social enterprise sectors via design thinking. He has worked in Silicon Valley in leading positions in the field of technology, education, and design for over 20 years, including the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning and the Advanced Technology Group at Apple Computer. Most recently, Reinhold was a Visiting Professor at the University of São Paulo where he started and directed the Laboratório de Design, Inovação e Criatividade (d-USPLeste). Reinhold is Co-Founder and Partner of IntoActions, a Design Innovation Consultancy.
Edgard Stuber is an innovation specialist. He has over 30 years of experience working as senior executive in the areas of research and development, marketing, sales, strategic planning and innovation with multinational companies in the automotive parts industry and machinery sector. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and frequently lectures on innovation and design thinking. He is trained as an engineer and holds an MBA as well as a Master in Design. Edgard is Co-Founder and Partner of IntoActions, a Design Innovation Consultancy.
http://www.people-onthego.com
Dan Szuc & Josephine Wong UXID2014 Designing Healthier and Smarter LifeUX Indonesia
Dan Szuc is a Principal Consultant at Apogee and Josephine Wong is a Co-founder of Apogee and Design Researcher.
At the UXID2014 conference, they talk about how to work smarter. Here is what they said about the seminar:
"The opportunities to work differently is upon us today and terminology like innovation, creativity, collaboration, lean startups and disruption are used generously, but what does the really mean in today's reality of work? This presentation will look at the human qualities, tools, project experiments and organisational systemic design needed to encourage healthier and smarter work that gives people a real chance to make a better future for all people. It will also challenge our current notions of success, the way we work, how we want to work as balanced with other important life priorities and whether the current measures we use can scale forward appropriately."
--
UXID is a User Experience community in Indonesia, consisting of enthusiasts from various disciplines of design, marketing, business, and technology, who are passionate about designing great experiences for people and business.
UXID holds regular meet ups and sharing sessions with Indonesia’s renowned UX practitioners and enthusiasts.
The community is organizing the first UXID conference on 6 November 2014 in Jakarta. During this inspiring full day event, participants will learn the best practices from international UX experts and local business leaders, and connect with other professionals from the industry and academia.
The World of Tomorrow: Why You're Probably Wrong About EverythingEli Silva
Presented at Creative Mornings in Dallas. This talk gets into the power of collaboration in creative spaces, myths about creativity, and how testing ideas can make them powerful. Explore the future of creativity and how to get more out of your creative career today.
CanUX16 - Blurred Lines - Considering Physicality in Digital DesignAdam Polansky
Long gone are the days when digital design meant creating apps for someone sitting upright, 18-24 inches away from a screen. Our phones are our computers. We wear our notification systems. We move through a world that plots our position and responds in different ways depending on whether we’re in a restaurant, at a bus stop, near a retailer or at home.
Join Adam as he talks about conceptualizing applications that not only take-in a screen presence but must extend to the unique ways we use technologies and the physical environments that go beyond the screen.
This video for this talk from Business of Software Conference Europe 2018 will be published here soon: http://businessofsoftware.org/2016/07/all-talks-from-business-of-software-conferences-in-one-place-saas-software-talks/
It’s not just enough to hire talented people and hope for the best. Innovation and complex problem-solving requires teamwork, so we need to pay attention to how people work together. Building great products means creating the best environment for teams to thrive.
Finding the right balance between individual expertise and collective effort, while tricky, is possible. In this talk, Alison will share her insights on effective collaboration, the habits of successful teams, and principles for designing an outstanding team culture.
How Do You Design Feelings was a talk given by Charlie Whitney at Designers + Geeks at General Assembly in Manhattan about using emotions to design for physical spaces and beyond.
This video for this talk from Business of Software Conference Europe 2018 will be published here soon: http://businessofsoftware.org/2016/07/all-talks-from-business-of-software-conferences-in-one-place-saas-software-talks/
How can good design be integrated into your business profitably? Jane will answer this question by considering the ‘anti-problem’. She will share 10 ways designers and business people can guarantee their behaviours and activities will ensure they never see eye-to-eye, their efforts will be wasted and everyone involved will know it is not their fault. You will probably recognise most of these techniques in action in your own organisation. That is the anti-pattern.
If things are going to change for the better, do the opposite.
10 Easy Ways to Irritate Your Design Team
Slides from the NUX7 talk by Jane Austin, Friday 19th October 2018.
2018.nuxconf.uk / nuxuk.org
Synopsis
How can good design be integrated into your business profitably? Jane will answer this question by considering the ‘anti-problem’. She will share 10 ways designers and business people can guarantee their behaviours and activities will ensure they never see eye-to-eye, their efforts will be wasted and everyone involved will know it is not their fault.
You will probably recognise most of these techniques in action in your own organisation. That is the anti-pattern.
If things are going to change for the better, do the opposite.
People-OnTheGo makes the workplace more productive, results-driven, and satisfying. Join us for our FREE Lunch & Learn Webinars, the first Thursday of each month:
http://www.people-onthego.com/free-webinars-lunch-and-learn
Need to find innovative solutions for your everyday challenges, or develop new opportunities that really meet the needs of your users and customers? Want to create and nurture an innovative culture in your group or in your organization?
More than ever before, innovation is necessary in every aspect of business. That is the key sentiment shared by CEOs from all major companies and organizations.
Accelerated by the spectacular rise of Apple and IDEO, Design Thinking has emerged as one of the key approaches better suited for dealing with the increasing pressures for innovation faced by so many firms and their managers than business’ traditional analytic methods. Design Thinking is a human-centered, prototype-driven process for innovation that can be applied to products, services, experiences, and business models.
The webinar will give participants a glimpse into design thinking and offer this methodology as a unique approach that will enhance their ability to drive innovation across their teams and organization.
Key takeaways:
-An overview of Design Thinking as an innovation strategy
-Examples that demonstrate the power of human-centered innovation
-Eight concrete steps that participants can implement to improve innovation in their work
-Recommended resources and events
About the presenters:
Reinhold Steinbeck is a design innovation consultant, educator and researcher impacting the business, education, public and social enterprise sectors via design thinking. He has worked in Silicon Valley in leading positions in the field of technology, education, and design for over 20 years, including the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning and the Advanced Technology Group at Apple Computer. Most recently, Reinhold was a Visiting Professor at the University of São Paulo where he started and directed the Laboratório de Design, Inovação e Criatividade (d-USPLeste). Reinhold is Co-Founder and Partner of IntoActions, a Design Innovation Consultancy.
Edgard Stuber is an innovation specialist. He has over 30 years of experience working as senior executive in the areas of research and development, marketing, sales, strategic planning and innovation with multinational companies in the automotive parts industry and machinery sector. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and frequently lectures on innovation and design thinking. He is trained as an engineer and holds an MBA as well as a Master in Design. Edgard is Co-Founder and Partner of IntoActions, a Design Innovation Consultancy.
http://www.people-onthego.com
Dan Szuc & Josephine Wong UXID2014 Designing Healthier and Smarter LifeUX Indonesia
Dan Szuc is a Principal Consultant at Apogee and Josephine Wong is a Co-founder of Apogee and Design Researcher.
At the UXID2014 conference, they talk about how to work smarter. Here is what they said about the seminar:
"The opportunities to work differently is upon us today and terminology like innovation, creativity, collaboration, lean startups and disruption are used generously, but what does the really mean in today's reality of work? This presentation will look at the human qualities, tools, project experiments and organisational systemic design needed to encourage healthier and smarter work that gives people a real chance to make a better future for all people. It will also challenge our current notions of success, the way we work, how we want to work as balanced with other important life priorities and whether the current measures we use can scale forward appropriately."
--
UXID is a User Experience community in Indonesia, consisting of enthusiasts from various disciplines of design, marketing, business, and technology, who are passionate about designing great experiences for people and business.
UXID holds regular meet ups and sharing sessions with Indonesia’s renowned UX practitioners and enthusiasts.
The community is organizing the first UXID conference on 6 November 2014 in Jakarta. During this inspiring full day event, participants will learn the best practices from international UX experts and local business leaders, and connect with other professionals from the industry and academia.
The World of Tomorrow: Why You're Probably Wrong About EverythingEli Silva
Presented at Creative Mornings in Dallas. This talk gets into the power of collaboration in creative spaces, myths about creativity, and how testing ideas can make them powerful. Explore the future of creativity and how to get more out of your creative career today.
CanUX16 - Blurred Lines - Considering Physicality in Digital DesignAdam Polansky
Long gone are the days when digital design meant creating apps for someone sitting upright, 18-24 inches away from a screen. Our phones are our computers. We wear our notification systems. We move through a world that plots our position and responds in different ways depending on whether we’re in a restaurant, at a bus stop, near a retailer or at home.
Join Adam as he talks about conceptualizing applications that not only take-in a screen presence but must extend to the unique ways we use technologies and the physical environments that go beyond the screen.
This video for this talk from Business of Software Conference Europe 2018 will be published here soon: http://businessofsoftware.org/2016/07/all-talks-from-business-of-software-conferences-in-one-place-saas-software-talks/
It’s not just enough to hire talented people and hope for the best. Innovation and complex problem-solving requires teamwork, so we need to pay attention to how people work together. Building great products means creating the best environment for teams to thrive.
Finding the right balance between individual expertise and collective effort, while tricky, is possible. In this talk, Alison will share her insights on effective collaboration, the habits of successful teams, and principles for designing an outstanding team culture.
How Do You Design Feelings was a talk given by Charlie Whitney at Designers + Geeks at General Assembly in Manhattan about using emotions to design for physical spaces and beyond.
Ever thought why you should volunteer in South Africa! This guidebook contains brief insights on Volunteering in South Africa. Some of the topics covered are;
- Why you should volunteer in South Africa?
- Learn about your host family
- Most frequently asked questions from volunteers
- What to expect when volunteering in South Africa?
This free eBook is just written to help volunteers. So please use this book just as a general reference or source of information.
• Managing daily cash balances;
• Ensuring that cash flows are adequate to allow business units to operate effectively;
• Forecasting cash payments and anticipating challenges arising from limited cash flow;
• Maintain banking relationships and negotiating loans and merchant services for business units;
• Maintaining our accounts system;
• Preparing and presenting financial reports for meetings and investors;
• Working with executives and business heads to prepare budgets and track profit / loss performance by business unit and on consolidated basis;
• Creating solutions to new financial challenges by applying financial/treasury knowledge;
• Liaising with other departments and business units on a range of issues;
• Providing advice on financial matters impacting on the company as a whole;
• Taking responsibility for, and supervising the work of, more junior members of staff;
• Preparing financial reports and submissions to relevant government entities;
• Arranging financial audits and reviews as required;
• Banking money and cheques received and issuing receipts as requested or needed;
• Processing credit card payments received and transferring money from Paypal accounts;
• Maintaining and transferring money between bank accounts as required;
• Payment of invoices and fees as required or otherwise instructed;
• Manage payroll and MPF matters for Company, business units and subsidiaries;
• Recommend and maintain a system of policies and procedures that impose an adequate level of control over Finance Department activities.
Matt Alford, one of our supremely talented UX designers, headed to San Francisco for the Interaction15 conference. Here's a peak into some of the most captivating findings from the conference on UX and interactive design.
Design Thinking for Startups - Are You Design Driven?Amir Khella
This presentation provides some best practices and tools to help small business entrepreneurs and startup founders in creating a culture of innovation.
Whether you're working on a web 2.0, iPhone or a physical gadget, these simple practices are universally applicable.
***Note****
I will be running a webinar in October 2009 to expand on the points mentioned in this presentation, study design thinking use cases and stories and answer questions. Please leave a comment and follow the discussion, or follow @amirkhella on twitter to get notified about the webinar.
Midwest UX 2014 - Pay It Forward: How To Mentor Your UX Co-Workers Without Th...Naa Marteki Reed
Want to be a mentor in the UX field, but you’re not sure where to start? Feel like you want to give back and help strengthen our industry, but running low on time and resources? You’re in luck: this presentation will not only reveal your personal secret UX superpower to you, but it’ll also show you how to use it on your co-workers to grow your mentoring skills, improve their careers, and build up the UX industry as a whole.
The elements of product success for designers and developersNick Myers
All software, whether it's for consumers or workers, needs to meet the ever growing demands people have in today’s world. Greater user expectations and influence are forcing companies to create and deliver better products, but not every organization has a rich heritage in software creation like tech giants Apple and Google. Most companies need to be more customer-focused, become design specialists, and transform their cultures as they shift to become both software makers and innovators.
Myers, head of design services at Cooper, will share the elements of product success that companies need to possess and be market leaders: user insight, design, and organization. Myers will share principles and techniques that successful innovative companies use to truly understand their customers. He’ll also discuss the methods effective designers use to support their customers and create breakthrough ideas and delightful experiences. And he’ll finish by sharing the magic formula organizations need to deliver ground-breaking experiences to market.
This talk was given at UX Day.
I gave this talk at UXCambridge and Mirror conference in Braga, Portugal in 2016. I believe that it's people's soft skills that really make the difference on projects. I had a think about some of the best people I've worked with over the years and identified the soft skills that they all had in common. This talk looks into each of these skills in turn and explains the difference between hard and soft skills.
Cognitive Biases and the User ExperienceAndrew Malek
According to Wikipedia, cognitive biases cause individuals to 'create their own "subjective social reality" from their perception of the input.' Some of these allow us to take shortcuts when processing information... with mixed results.
Though not all confirmation biases can be neatly labeled "good" or "bad", as we increase our recognition of when these occur, the more we can determine how they affect our decision-making. Learn more about biases such as confirmation bias, false consensus effect, framing bias, halo effect, and Parkinson's Law of triviality (the bicycle shed effect). These can affect usability testing, user research, presenting research findings, and UX design.
The Skills and Tools You Need to be a Successful DesignerFITC
Presented at FITC Toronto 2017
More info at http://fitc.ca/event/to17/
Paul Trani
Adobe
Overview
It’s estimated that 70% of millennials have “imposter syndrome” at work. Feeling like a fraud when the opposite is probably the case. In this session, evangelist Paul Trani will reveal that you probably do have what it takes to not only be successful, but to be a designer in demand. Paul will reveal the tools you need to have in your toolbox, the skills you’ll need to have, and the emotional intelligence you’ll need to thrive at work. He will also cover current trends and tools happening today and what’s likely to be the hot jobs of tomorrow for designers so you can keep your career moving forward.
Objective
Learn what you need to know and have to be a successful designer in todays market.
Target Audience
Anyone involved in visual communication (graphic, web, UI/UX)
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
Understand current trends
The design skills needed to be successful
The tools needed to be successful
The social skills needed as a designer
See what jobs designers will have in the future
The first prototype of our approaches to move beyond design thinking at DNA. Touching on a number of new tools and techniques as well as theoretical positions from a number of sources. Very much the bleeding edge of our current position.
Going from Here to There: Transitioning into a UX Careerdpanarelli
A lot of people are curious about transitioning into the field of User Experience Design (UX). In this talk, I talk about a few different ways that you can transition into a UX career, be it grad school, night classes, or the ol' school of hard knocks, backed up by case studies. This talk was given at NoVA UX Meetup in the offices of AddThis, hosted by organizer Jim Lane.
Unicorns are considered to be the rare person who can do both design and development. But, why are they considered rare? Because consider design and development to be separate disciplines.
In this talk, I explore the spectrum of design and development, how designers can be empowered by learning about development, and how developers can be empowered by learning about design.
I gave this talk at the Big Design Conference in Addison, TX on September 6, 2014.
An intro to what people (and myself) think UX is. Also who is "doing" UX and how you can do it better. Originally presented at Product Camp Nashville - Sep 2018
White wonder, Work developed by Eva TschoppMansi Shah
White Wonder by Eva Tschopp
A tale about our culture around the use of fertilizers and pesticides visiting small farms around Ahmedabad in Matar and Shilaj.
Can AI do good? at 'offtheCanvas' India HCI preludeAlan Dix
Invited talk at 'offtheCanvas' IndiaHCI prelude, 29th June 2024.
https://www.alandix.com/academic/talks/offtheCanvas-IndiaHCI2024/
The world is being changed fundamentally by AI and we are constantly faced with newspaper headlines about its harmful effects. However, there is also the potential to both ameliorate theses harms and use the new abilities of AI to transform society for the good. Can you make the difference?
Book Formatting: Quality Control Checks for DesignersConfidence Ago
This presentation was made to help designers who work in publishing houses or format books for printing ensure quality.
Quality control is vital to every industry. This is why every department in a company need create a method they use in ensuring quality. This, perhaps, will not only improve the quality of products and bring errors to the barest minimum, but take it to a near perfect finish.
It is beyond a moot point that a good book will somewhat be judged by its cover, but the content of the book remains king. No matter how beautiful the cover, if the quality of writing or presentation is off, that will be a reason for readers not to come back to the book or recommend it.
So, this presentation points designers to some important things that may be missed by an editor that they could eventually discover and call the attention of the editor.
7 Alternatives to Bullet Points in PowerPointAlvis Oh
So you tried all the ways to beautify your bullet points on your pitch deck but it just got way uglier. These points are supposed to be memorable and leave a lasting impression on your audience. With these tips, you'll no longer have to spend so much time thinking how you should present your pointers.
Hello everyone! I am thrilled to present my latest portfolio on LinkedIn, marking the culmination of my architectural journey thus far. Over the span of five years, I've been fortunate to acquire a wealth of knowledge under the guidance of esteemed professors and industry mentors. From rigorous academic pursuits to practical engagements, each experience has contributed to my growth and refinement as an architecture student. This portfolio not only showcases my projects but also underscores my attention to detail and to innovative architecture as a profession.
2. What does it take to have a successful career in
UX?
We surveyed current UX professionals to find out! Here are
their words of advice.
3. “UX process isn't something ‘static’. It's
iterative and it tries to understand the
needs (or desires) of humans. It's all about
stay curious and try: try better, try harder. It
isn't only a few sketches or some flows. It's
understanding process and failure is only a
way to eliminate some possible ways to do
things. So don't be scared about that.”
Franceska Dalsaso
@FDalsaso
4. “Always do user research. Too often
designers think they have enough insight
when starting a project and they jump right
to wire-framing or mockups focusing on
visual design.”
Erik Wesslen
@erikwesslen
6. “Don't worry about coding, because the
technology changes too fast for you to get
really good at it. Instead, get a good
conceptual grasp of what is involved, build
a working vocabulary, and then learn how
to work with people who do write code and
love doing that.”
Karl Fast
@karlfast
7. “Get experience working with a vast
diversity of stakeholders and peers.
Communication is critical. This job is 80%
culture, 20% product, and if you think
otherwise, you're wrong.”
Tim Leisio
@timleisio
8. “When considering UX always put yourself
in the shoes of the user. Keep in mind that
some of your pet peeves in design could
resonate with them, so incorporate that in
your work.”
Rachel
@Rachel_UX
9. “Steep yourself in content and media
related to your medium, but don't be afraid
to try new things.”
Gabriel Martin
@gabrielmtn
10. “Remain relentlessly focused on the
person you are designing for. Challenge
conventional wisdom at every chance you
get - assumptions and received wisdom
will fail you almost every time.”
Linda Matthews
@LindainSF
11. “Make things. Use canvas, clay, code, or
whatever medium speaks to you. Sweat
the details of building a thing and bringing
it into the world. Then use it and ask
yourself how it could be better. Ask other
people to use it and how it could be made
better for them. Listen to their responses.
Repeat.”
Ken Soliva
@kensoliva
12. Ian Johnson
@enjalot
“Its all about the user. Learn about design
principles and how to interview people.
Understanding the user and what they
want to accomplish is the starting point,
from there its all about communicating
your understanding as best you can.”