How a string of mistakes around a client meeting led me to a breakdown, long-term reflection, and ultimately being a coach — Too often in the design and technology world, people share tales of success. Often without the mistakes, failures or ‘learning’ that sit behind them. Throughout my career I have made plenty of mistakes, but there’s one that still haunts me, and still provides learning for me every day. …

Challenging niche narratives to find my way forwards — A little piece explaining my struggles with refining my mission and product-service offerings in a world hyper focused on personal branding and over-simplification. Toxicity of the niche narrative As a consultant and coach, people often encourage (sometimes pressure) you to define your niche. Find that one thing you’re going to offer. Target it at a…

The origin story of Resonant Design and Innovation — I was chatting to a lovely couple at the weekend who had recently started their own separate businesses on the same day. My mind shot off in many directions. Proposition. Pipeline. Products. People. Finances. Freedom. Pressure. The conflict of different families. My mind raced back to over 8 years when…

Some early thinking relating to the different paces of self-strategy — I’ve been working on a talk over the past couple of weeks while curating this Designed Transitions publication. This is me combining these interests for the benefit of others. The talk was around Shaping your Future Self. Post talk energy channelled into this post As I write this, I am recovering from the emotional turmoil of delivering…

Liz Citron encourages use of the ‘empathy map’ tool to help with relationship challenges — Liz was an early pioneer in the London UX industry Liz Citron was one of the first wave of UX pioneers in the London industry. We had crossed paths at various events, when I was interviewing for a job over 15 years ago, and more recently reconnected through our shared paths into coaching. A shift to helping people develop

Ryan Rumsey tells his story about having to adapt to the struggle moving between product and a more strategic level — I’m not really sure where to start with Ryan Rumsey. There is so much good in him and from him. He reached out to me many years ago because of one of my presentations touching a few necessary nerves. Since then we had some mutual appreciation from afar. …

Kate Pincott offers five gifts related to reality prototyping your own future, not someone else’s — A squiggly career from art into digital product design, furniture design and now coaching I remember when I first I met Kate. I can remember her energy, enthusiasm and wide angled curiosity. She had a special knack of making you feel important.

Andrea Mignolo challenges common attitudes to change — Andrea Mignolo is one of my favourite writers, coaches and collaborators. She’s also been an incredible support to me personally and professionally over the years. She’s been a designer, grown and led teams as a head of product and design, sought an MBA, and become the most wonderful coach. Ever…

An introduction to the Designed Transitions publication’s context, motivations, and early framing — Excited kids on the 1st of December