I work in the evenings as a part-time instructor for a 24-week UX Design Bootcamp program through Workforce Institute. I was asked to present my experience with visual design to current and prospective students in UX, digital marketing, and development disciplines.
Read MoreUX researchers utilize many research techniques and product development frameworks to understand their users. Of all of the methodologies I’ve tried, Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) is my favorite. It’s a theory that helps UX professionals uncover true customer needs and keeps teams focused on solving the right problems.
Read MoreI was pleased to join the Fail Faster Podcast to discuss my origin story into product design, mentorship, design systems, imposter syndrome, management, and more.
Read MoreBuilding a design system is not easy. It requires coordinating across multiple teams and their needs. Taking a scrappy, grassroots approach that follows a 5-level startup adoption model can be instructive for driving success within your organization.
Read MoreDerek Boman joins the Design Much podcast to talk about how designers that understand and use business methods can unlock the value of design at their company. Listen to Hear: My path to getting better at understanding and employing business methods.
Read MoreIn this conversation, I sit down with my coworker Brian Clay to reminisce and reflect on the first year of building our company’s design system, which we call Kyper.
Read MoreRight now, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, everyone is trying to figure out how to productively work from home. Here’s a simple mind hack that helps me start my day right.
Read MoreRecently I attended Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2020 in Salt Lake City, supporting the Utah technology community. I had many takeaways from the summit. Here are a few of the most important things that I’m still noodling on a few weeks later.
Read More“In a rapidly-changing complex world, the most important thing is your rate of learning.”
Read MoreAt the start of a new year nothing more gratifying than being pleased with your performance over the previous year. More than other years, 2019 pushed me out of my comfort zone. It is only when we truly stretch ourselves do we realize what we are capable of.
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