Matthew OvingtonAdvice for design thinkers old and newTim Brown, the CEO of IDEO, made “design thinking” mainstream [1]. It’s no big deal to see it referenced on the cover of the Harvard…Jun 13, 20171Jun 13, 20171
Matthew OvingtonKPIs for monitoring design team healthUpdate — September 2017Mar 20, 2017Mar 20, 2017
Matthew OvingtonWhy designing during the sprint is dumbWhen I interview designers and ask them how they work in their current organisation they often describe a situation where design work is…Mar 15, 2017Mar 15, 2017
Matthew OvingtonThree questions to gauge design maturityThe answers to the three question below should, if they’re answered truthfully, give you a good idea of an organisation’s design maturity…Mar 6, 2017Mar 6, 2017
Matthew OvingtonThe right stuff — what the space race can teach us about meeting design challenges‘The Right Stuff’ is the title of a book by Tom Wolfe. It describes the hard-to-define quality (or “stuff”) possessed by the greatest…Sep 29, 2016Sep 29, 2016
Matthew OvingtonCarrying the fireI wrote the following article about a year ago for UX Booth but I wasn’t happy when the editors changed the title without consulting me*. I…Jun 7, 2016Jun 7, 2016
Matthew OvingtonA short story about usability testing for quantheadsDom takes early retirement and buys a little stone cottage by an estuary. The kitchen, at the back of the house, is Doms favourite room. It…Jan 25, 2016Jan 25, 2016
Matthew OvingtonInnovation, product sensibility and the magic of processThese two extracts are from Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview. They’re interesting because in them Steve Jobs speaks of how great companies…Mar 23, 2015Mar 23, 2015
