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A long time ago I started a side project that died on the vine, called WIKN (What I know Now). The intention was to share warts-n-all advice to new designers, ... Read it →

Image generated by Dall-E This is an introspective recap of my first year at ASquared: a Brighton-based, purpose-driven digital agency putting social and environmental issues at the heart of everything ... Read it →

Compulsively using a note-taking app is a life-saver for those who juggle competing priorities, whether you’re in management or a practitioner. — Sometimes it’s handy to remember what was said i... Read it →

A couple weeks back the wonderful Aamna Hussain invited me to talk about agile and design (and other things) on her great Product podcast. I do love talking shop – especially ar... Read it →

It’s harder than it looks, and why film posters are a good start © https://www.vintagemovieposters.co.uk/ First, what are case studies for? It’s important to agree on wh... Read it →

Moving from managing pixels to managing people isn’t a straightforward decision. Many of us underestimate the change in pace, scope and challenges that come with a design management or le... Read it →

Any lack of updates is directly proportional to how busy life is at the moment. Everything is dialled up to 11, both at work and home. 🇺🇦 Note: It feels incredibly futile and pr... Read it →

It’s never a dull moment round here. Having had a month between jobs to lay low, I was itching to get back into the swing of things. The month ro... Read it →

9 years. Or 3,287 days. Or 78,894 hours. Almost a decade spent with one company in Brighton. I went from a fresh, wide-eyed and hungry, ambitious designer to a board member and design ... Read it →

By all accounts the Kim Scott book ‘Radical Cando(u)r’ has become a bible in Silicon Valley and tech circles. And rightly so, as the need for honest and open... Read it →

It felt like only a few months ago we wrapped up 2020 with a solid one-fingered salute as we passed to 2021. Similarly I feel the same this year, and truly hope ... Read it →

Ins The past few weeks (months?) have been spent interviewing for new hires at Clearleft. It’s not easy finding the right candidates of late. Due to Covid it seems th... Read it →

In my binging of recent podcast episodes there was another from the Design Better show that caught my eye 👁 / ear 👂. In the show with Scott Berkun I was reminded of the di... Read it →

I’m going to try and stick to week notes for a while. Bear with me 🐻. I’ve been making small, fiddly changes to this website, and found myself going down a ... Read it →

Meet Sophie. A business leader at a large organisation, Sophie oversees multiple products. She works with both her in-house product and design teams, as well as external partners. One of ... Read it →

Imposter Syndrome. That feeling when you doubt yourself, asking whether you’re deserving of your accomplishments. You can't help but feel it's only a matter of time until you’re expo... Read it →

I really like talking to people. Introvert or not, I’m curious by nature and enjoy understanding what people are up to, what they do, and how they do it. So... Read it →

What a year. This time last year a friend of ours passed away suddenly, leaving a wife and two young boys without a father. It put things into sharp perspective. ... Read it →

I find it second nature to question myself. Often I’ll reflect and analyse in an endless loop, eventually introducing doubt into my own decisions. If you’ve ever watched The ... Read it →

When I spoke at the recent MUX London’s ‘Festival of UX & Design’ in September, I knew things would be different thanks to Covid-19. I just don’t think I realis... Read it →

I’m jumping back onto the weeknotes train. Incidentally I’m changing the name to ’digests’. This is to lessen my own anxiety over not posting every week and allows me to wr... Read it →

The peak end rule suggests we remember experiences based on how we felt both at its peak (good or bad) and at its end. In the context of reflecting on 2019, ... Read it →

Agile and design. Like oil and water, the two don’t play well together. Yet as we create more complex digital products and services, they need to work to a co... Read it →

A triple whammy of backed-up weeknotes. Sundays are generally far too busy to be able to decompress, wind down and write a comprehensive recap of the past 7 days. I'm not ... Read it →

So tardy with this week. Better late than never I suppose. I also think I have a relatively good reason, getting home late on Sunday night meant there was no ... Read it →