Asking For What You Want
When we using indirect, hedging language and people please, we can actually end up being selfish by accident, because we’re asking them to do the …
Doctor's Note
A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.
The Four Seasons of Design
It’s important to build in a cadence of difference paces in your day, week, project and year. Without it, you risk burning out. I like to think of this as …
Design as wise guide versus hero
Are you the hero or the wise guide in the story of your work and leadership? This week I’m teaching a masterclass on storytelling, pitching and getting …
The Ripple Effect of Your Impact
How do you think about your impact as a leader? Is it the bottom line of the business? The culture? Or is it on the people around you more individually? In this …
It's all about the people
What is the real work at work? I have very few coaching sessions about the actual design work. It’s all about people. In this week’s coaching …
Saying No
If you’re a people pleaser or self-identified high achiever, how good are you at saying no? This is something that comes up all the time in my design …
How our parental relationships play out at work
In this week’s coaching reflections video I take a look at how our parental relationships and childhood experiences play out at work. For more of these, …
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