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10 more things they didn’t tell you about design management…

This is a follow up to my original post, 10 things they didn’t tell you about design management.

2 min readSep 17, 2019

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10 more things they didn’t tell you about design management…

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The one critical skill most designers overlook

Most designers spend a ton of time learning about the latest design tools. Or debating the latest and greatest interaction design patterns…

7 min readJul 24, 2019

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The one critical skill most designers overlook

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New to a design team? Use these 4 pillars to set it up for success

I always tell people when I meet them in interviews that I have had the pleasure or misfortune (depending on how you look at it) of…

8 min readJun 4, 2019

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New to a design team? Use these 4 pillars to set it up for success

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Design Leaders are Business Leaders

In October 2018 I was lucky enough to speak at The Leading Design conference in London, put on by the wonderful folks at Clearleft. The…

6 min readNov 27, 2018

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Design Leaders are Business Leaders

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Learning to let go as a designer leader (Part 2)

Welcome back for part two! If you’ve not read part one about being a first time manager, you can find it here.

7 min readMay 16, 2018

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Learning to let go as a design leader (Part 1)

An inflection point is defined as:

9 min readMay 15, 2018

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10 things they didn’t tell you about design management

I’m often asked; What is it like to be a design manager? For many designers they aspire to get into management at some point in their…

3 min readJul 11, 2017

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Design lessons from my newborn son

This is a follow-up piece from my original post, Design lessons from my four month old daughter.

6 min readJun 6, 2017

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Design lessons from my newborn son

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Why prototyping is a must for designers

Have you ever set in a meeting trying in vain to describe exactly how you want a transition in your design to work? Or even worse, you were…

5 min readFeb 7, 2017

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Q&A from design interviews

In 2015, I was lucky to be part of our European hiring tour. We visited four cities in two weeks, had over 500 applications, interviewed…

9 min readJul 27, 2016

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Q&A from design interviews

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Alastair Simpson

Alastair Simpson

I help teams create engaging, enduring product experiences…using pencils, sharpies, post-its & collaborative thinking…Design Leader @ Dropbox. Ex-Atlassian.

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