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Adrian Howard

Faster Horses

TL;DR: Henry Ford did not say “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”. He pretty much said the…

2 min readSep 9, 2019

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The Four Categories Of Asshole

TL;DR: Everybody is an asshole some of the time. Try and be one of the ones that listens to feedback and acts on it.

2 min readAug 31, 2019

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The Four Categories Of Asshole

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Adrian Howard

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Nicolas Cage

Inspired by David Bland’s Nicolas Cage based explanation of Cynefin I wasted 30m last night coming up with the equivalent for Maslow’s…

1 min readAug 24, 2019

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Nicolas Cage

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Sturgeon’s Biases

How communities of practice lie to themselves & everybody else

5 min readApr 13, 2018

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UX Camp Brighton 2018

24 March 2018, The Skiff, Brighton

6 min readApr 6, 2018

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UX Camp Brighton 2018

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Taking Your First Steps as a Director of UX

I’ve been having a lot more conversations in recent months with people who are new to leadership roles in UX.

3 min readFeb 27, 2018

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Books to Get Your Usability Testing Practice Up and Running

The answer to “How do I get better at usability testing?” is always going to be “Do more usability tests”. However, I often get asked after…

3 min readFeb 12, 2018

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Books to Get Your Usability Testing Practice Up and Running

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Adrian Howard

Wot Adrian Read in January 2018

Shipwrecks, Black-Ops Scientologists, Pirate Space Stations, Cloche Hats & Emotional Illustrations

3 min readFeb 1, 2018

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Wot Adrian Read in January 2018

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User Stories: Bin, Thin, or Split?

Questions to keep you focused on user story value

4 min readJan 31, 2018

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Books to Get Your Customer Interviewing Practice Up and Running

After my workshops on Customer Interviewing I’m often asked which books I would recommend for further reading. I always advocate practice…

3 min readJan 17, 2018

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Books to Get Your Customer Interviewing Practice Up and Running

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Adrian Howard

Adrian Howard

Vacillates between Impostor Syndrome & the Dunning-Kruger effect. Helping organisations build great teams & products with quietstars.com

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