Great post by Paras Chopra The product designer / PM / Innovator disciplines have developed bad habits. This post identifies some you may not be aware of, how what to do about it. invertedpassion.com/cognitive-bias…

Organize your design system by the user purpose, not by the visual category or pattern. Yesenia Perez-Cruz #aeabos

How selective sampling works

It’s sometimes misunderstood why designers complain about shipping product. They often point at the designers need for perfection. This is not the issue designers have, it’s the need for quality in actually solving a real problem for our customers vs. shipping all the damn time.

At this point in my career I understand that a feature that only takes a few hours to build can create hundreds of hours of support and maintenance in the future. Just because it’s easy to build does not mean you should add it to your product.

I wrote about what to do when you're asked a hardball question and you don't want to say "I don't know." opentable.design/3-ways-to-say-…

I can hardly believe it myself, but this year marks the 10th anniversary of the modest proposal Eric Ries first posted on his Startup Lessons Learned blog. leanstartup.co/the-values-ser…

Many product teams treat brand like a garnish on a dish, when it's really more like the ambiance of the restaurant. Good ambiance will improve the taste of your food, thoughtfully expressing your brand throughout will improve the experience of your product.

The most underrated #uxdesign skill is delivery. Design impact is not measured by the number of likes on your Dribbble page, but by the impact you've made on your users. Engineering and Customer Success are crucial stakeholders if you want anything to get shipped and used. 1/8

an interesting exploration of whether #softwareteams can learn anything from more traditional creative teams (architecture, film). key quote: "software teams are missing the unwavering vision of the end #product". buff.ly/2wEJqiK

Productivity = doing more. Efficiency = doing faster. Effectiveness = doing it right. Any of these alone is dangerous. #pkflow #pmot #pmi

Research Heresies. Three ways in which our beliefs about user research get in the way of our work. Finally written up :) myddelton.co.uk/blog/research-…

I’ve been thinking and iterating for a few years on how we might define expectations of seniority in simple terms. These are through the lens of design, though I suspect these translate to engineering, product, and other disciplines. Seniority model is in this thread: (1/5)

Want to develop an eye for design? Here’s an exercise to help you 😊 medium.com/@kathleen_warn…

Proud of Nina Huchthausen, who leads high growth project delivery Seatfrog and resident at @TyroFinTechHub sharing with a full house @pivotal Sydney on The Hum - how to be productive, sustainably #sydtechtalks #pivotalsydney

I just published “What I’d Rather Talk About When You’re Talking About the Validity of UX” medium.com/p/what-id-rath…