Kill the Process Buddha. Don’t replace it with an AI one. Process is an alibi; AI is velocity. Choose judgment.
15 Rules of Design Leadership for 2026: decompose the work, design for autopilot, protect integrity, and make ideas happen.
RTFC (Read The Full Contract): If It’s Signed, It’s Real
Contractors: the friendly call isn’t the deal. Read the full contract, confirm terms in writing, protect your IP, narrow non-solicit, and add auto-acceptance.
The Spiral Climbs: Ideas Are Expensive, Systems Are Cheap
Design isn’t dead; it evolved. 2025: systems are cheap, ideas expensive. My connected stack and 48-hour loop to ship fast and learn.
The Real Reason Your Design Team Burns Out (And How to Fix It)
Your design team isn’t burning out from work.It’s burning out from friction. The fix isn’t more effort; it’s better DesignOps: clarity, mentorship, flow.
Words as Your Operating System: Shared Vocabulary for Trust
Practical playbook to align teams on consent, fairness, explainability, and retention using a shared vocabulary. Turn words into governance and ship with trust.
AI, Early-Career Jobs, and the Return to Thinking
AI is erasing entry-level jobs, but the future belongs to timeless human skills: logic, rhetoric, and judgment that machines can’t replace.
The Carbon-Copy Crisis: Why Your UX Portfolio Fails and What Mentors Must Fix
Why UX portfolios fail in 29 seconds: designers repeat the same mistakes, and mentors keep teaching them. Here’s how to break the cycle.
Practical AI Development: A Look at Lovable.dev
Practical lessons from building a complex POC with Lovable.dev, fast results, clear limits, and where AI dev tools fit today.
Cost-Speed Economics 2.0. How AI-Powered Freelancers Outrun Big Agencies
AI‑powered freelancers cut costs by up to 60% and deliver faster than agencies, giving leaders a smarter, leaner way to get projects done.
The AI-First Operator Is the New Product Manager
AI is replacing translators with operators. Product managers must evolve or step aside, the future belongs to those closest to the signal.
AI + UX: A Few Notes from the Field
How we used AI tools to cut UX delivery time by ~60%. Without extra budget or headcount. What worked, what didn’t, and what we’d do again.
Red Means Danger, Unless You Can’t See It
Red means danger, unless you can’t see it. How sci-fi interfaces reveal a real-world design flaw that affects 300 million people, and how to fix it.
The AI Mirror: How We Become the Systems We Use
Biased AI trains us. This post explores how small distortions turn into systemic bias through human–AI feedback loops.
Change Isn’t the Enemy, Comfort Is
Why legacy processes fail and how real change starts. Kotter’s model, Kaizen, and AI insights for leaders ready to evolve.
Redefining Agency Value in the Age of AI: What Clients Really Need (And How We Get There)
Discover what clients truly need from agencies in the AI era, and how forward-thinking teams can deliver strategic value beyond automation.
The Illusion of Intelligence and the Death of Discernment
AI makes it easy to sound smart, but without editors or critical thinking, truth becomes optional, and trust erodes fast.
DesignOps Lessons from the UX Classroom
Teaching UX is design ops in action: strategy, coaching, and delivery leadership, all sharpened in the classroom.
Design Smarter: Future-Proof Your UX Career in the Age of AI
AI is changing UX, but your human skills—empathy, ethics, critical thinking—are what keep you relevant and in demand.
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