Product Strategy & Design Insights

What Permaculture Can Teach Us About Organizational Design I moved into my first house with a yard just before the pandemic, which means that getting deeply into gardening was inevitable. This is when I discovered the gardening approach that spoke…

In an ideal scenario, design and development teams work hand-in-hand when building a product, particularly in the creative process. We say “ideal”, because both teams have a tendency to work against each other if they don’t see eye-to-eye on  design…

The benefits of a Design System have been well documented by us,and other really smart people. But did you know that implementing a design system can also help formulate a company’s voice & tone?

The benefits of a design system are well-known, yet many companies are intimidated by the prospect of creating one. They don’t know where to begin, they think it’s a gargantuan undertaking, and they’re not sure anyone will care about it anyway. 

Keeping up with customer expectations and desires is difficult. It’s even more difficult if you don't know how customers are using your product.

As a company leader, you want assurance that you’re getting your money’s worth from your design team. One way to measure this is to look at your team’s effectiveness. 

The design thinking process is well documented and established. In fact, our most recent podcast guest, Wayne Li, was at the famous Stanford d.school when they helped create and document design thinking in the first place. 

If you’re like most product execs, it’s a challenge to get your team to agree on the nuances of how users should accomplish even the tiniest tasks within your digital application. Let alone decide how each different task should fit together into one…

When was the last time you visited a physical bank branch and talked to a real live human about your account? It’s probably been a while — and that’s the point. 

One of the biggest challenges in digital product development today is the time it takes to design something of quality. Many designers insist on creating a custom design system for each project they take on, regardless of how well other conventions…