TRUST the Process: How to present your best, when you’re at your worstBetween the forced interactions, uncertainty, and pressure placed upon success (often our health depends upon successfully acquiring a…Feb 5, 20192Feb 5, 20192
Why we need more beginners teachingBeginners teaching will create more empathy, combat Imposter Syndrome, and diversify industry voicesNov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2018
Designers hate words: Debunking an industry mythAn industry joke is that designers hate words. As a typophile, reader, and journalist, I am a little offended at the notion that we’re…Oct 23, 2017Oct 23, 2017
Our fear of the Other Side is killing our creative evolutionIt does until you realize what happens to everyone else and how you start to feel about them. We begin to create something called “The…Oct 23, 2017Oct 23, 2017
Creative Collaboration: Interview with Fred Deakinhttps://vimeo.com/106860458Oct 23, 2017Oct 23, 2017
Creative Leadership: You lead like a girl: Defying the patriarchy with feminist leadershipMale, white, of a certain status, age, and demeanor. Assertive, dominant, ruthless, emotionless, competitive: Culturally, we have been…Sep 25, 2017Sep 25, 2017
Creative Leadership: Creative lessons in non-creative careersInstead of dwelling on this as a limitation, I recently shifted my approach to thinking how my unorthodox journey (and subsequent jobs) to…Sep 19, 2016Sep 19, 2016
What George Costanza can teach us about designIn our Design Week Portland brainstorm event last week, we shared a brainstorming method called the “Costanza Method” (à la George Costanza…Aug 21, 2016Aug 21, 2016
Fluid versus rigid, a fight to take back the webA legitimate fear in the age of The Internet of All Things is that we’ll all become tethered to our devices. Skills you learned as a young…Aug 21, 2016Aug 21, 2016
