Brilliant quote by Michael N. Wilkens of Strategyzer , at Sydney Design Thinking meetup tonight: “We don’t say ‘kill your ideas’ [to refine your business model], we say ‘successfully retire your ideas’ 😉😅

What’s really valuable but hard to articulate why?

New work just released! The 3D printing world is exploding, and it was great fun to work with Materialise on this super interesting trends video: youtube.com/watch?v=DSxNnA…

This post (and podcast ep) by New Rules For Work on fighting #overwhelm is super timely for me, and maybe you too? Sketchnote by yours truly:
labs.newrulesforwork.com/p/overwhelmed-…

Big thanks to Miro for Miroverse, and for naming me a Top Creator of 2023! 🙏
miro.com/miroverse/prof…

Heya - who in my network is going to SXSW Sydney? What events etc are you going to?

Another #sketchnoting paper bag hack, done with paint markers:

Hi #sketchnoting friends! Here’s an experiment done with gouache and paint markers on a Thai food take-away bag:

I like how none of the other products have changed their share functions from Twitter to X.

It’s like we’re all just waiting for someone to bring the bird back…?

This is my most satisfying-looking Wordle of all time lol - 798 4/6

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I made a thing! A free Storyboarding Toolkit as a Miro template, on the Miroverse: miro.com/miroverse/stor… - great for showcasing your ideas if you don't have much drawing confidence or time :)

Making the most of looking at the lil blue bird on my phone before it turns into an X

I'm stoked to be collaborating with Drawify and The Visual Agile Coach to bring you 2 days of immersive training adventure: Facilitation Skills and Agile Professionals. And no, it's not how to run retros and kanban boards... brightpilots.com/services/train…

Design is uniquely placed to get on the front foot with giving AI a conscience. This is a great primer post on the role of Design and AI by Good Design Australia:

good-design.org/powerful-ai-ne…

Good design minimises effort for the biggest performance payoff possible. Bad design takes too much effort to get not enough performance payoff.

Thoughts?

Let's go! Entries are now open for the Victorian Premier's Design Awards, through Good Design Australia and Minister for Creative Industries Steve Dimopoulos MP: premiersdesignawards.vic.gov.au/news/entries-n…

I love Malmö - wish I could be there for this: theguardian.com/travel/2023/ma…

I’m stoked to again be one of the judges for Good Design Australia Good Design Awards.

Now more than ever we need to showcase exemplars of products, services and processes that are creative, useful, sustainable, equitable, and just bloody awesome.

Heard at today's Global Sisters Financial Services Provider Forum, to redress the gender inequity in our financial services.

'I can never be the right shape to fit into the funding ‘hole’.'

#ListenToHer

Really insightful stories coming out in today's Global Sisters Financial Services Provider Forum, to redress the gender inequity in our financial services.

'When men start a business, it's a business.
When women start a business, it's only a hobby.'

#ListenToHer