The biggest trend in the design industry is probably beyond buzzwords — It is well known that many popular concepts in the design discipline, such as “design thinking”, “human-centred design”, can be considered as repackaging and rebranding of processes and knowledge that practitioners in the field have been using in their work for a long time. …

Balancing major product roadmap features with ad-hoc requests — In most successful product development organisations, no matter the size of the team, product managers need to manage priorities between product roadmap features, and a variety of internal requests which may range from marketing/sales, business intelligence and operations. …

There are few things more exciting and rewarding than progressing a product development project from initial concept to launch. Thanks to the Internet, you can now easily get access to countless numbers of resources online in an instant to guide you through the product development process. …

How multidisciplinary designers can maximise impact at early-stage startups — This article is adapted from my recent talk at Product Tank Singapore: Product Design. Reflecting on my (not so long) career experience, I’ve been zigzagging through computer science, design, and now onto product management. …

My reflections on culture, management, and empowerment. — “Culture eats strategy for lunch” I’m a big fan of the “High Resolution” design leadership interview series. …

“Principles are ways of successfully dealing with reality to get what you want out of life.” — Ray Dalio For designers, joining an early-stage startup can be both an exhilarating and stressful experience. The excitement of leading high-impact work can quickly fade away in the daily grind if you don’t…

We’ve just refreshed our brand’s look and feel, and relaunched our new marketing site last month following a few months of in-house design and development work. While you can read more on the rationale behind the rebranding and website relaunch on StashAway Insights, in this post I’ll share some thoughts…

A Brief Guide to Product Ideation Workshops — In the previous post, I briefly touched on product ideation workshops and their importance in getting internal validation on key product feature concepts. Product ideation is probably the most important phase of the product development cycle. However, if not done properly, many things can go wrong in the kickoff phase…

Starting 2018, I will share some behind-the-scenes thoughts and reflections that go into various projects related to product design, user experience, and branding as we continue to build our product to better serve people in accumulating long-term wealth through investing. Understanding customer needs and improving the customer experience should always…