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The key to success isn’t prioritizing your schedule. It’s scheduling your priorities.

The key to success isn’t prioritizing your schedule. It’s scheduling your priorities.

or, how to get the new year off to a killer start without a gym membership.
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JD Jordan
Inside the Experience Transformation process.

Inside the Experience Transformation process.

or, it’s no longer enough to improve your user experience. It’s time to transform it.
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JD Jordan
Crush your design challenges with a Unicorn Invasion.

Crush your design challenges with a Unicorn Invasion.

Or, how to transform any project in just five days with our unique design sprint.
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JD Jordan
Contact Sharpen for a free remote consultation with our experience-design leaders to see how we can help you and your company bring your visions to life and be more innovative than ever.
Contact Sharpen for a free remote consultation with our experience-design leaders to see how we can help you and your company bring your visions to life and be more innovative than ever.
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Innovating on the business of innovation.

Innovating on the business of innovation.

Introducing Sharpen Partners.
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JD Jordan
UX your life.

UX your life.

or, applying the user-centered process to your life (and stuff).
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JD Jordan
A mindful standup.

A mindful standup.

or, a defense of making gratitudes part of your daily status meetings.
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JD Jordan
A 411 on the WFH.

A 411 on the WFH.

or, three steps to keep your sh*t together while getting sh*t done in your PJs.
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JD Jordan
Covid’s law.

Covid’s law.

or, remote accessibility is good for users and for businesses in good times and in a pandemic.
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JD Jordan
Now is the right time to recommit to a culture of innovation.

Now is the right time to recommit to a culture of innovation.

or, four techniques and one tip to help you transform your business into one that’s more productive, profitable, and rewarding.
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JD Jordan
“This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously.”

“This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously.”

or, how embracing risk in times of crisis can transform uncertainty into innovation and growth for you and your business.
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JD Jordan
Industries that thrived during the Great Depression.

Industries that thrived during the Great Depression.

or, this has all happened before and it will all happen again.
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JD Jordan
Sharpen your d*mn axe

Sharpen your d*mn axe

or, how I learned to stop creating discovery artifacts and to love research deliverables.
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JD Jordan
What I’m reading this week.

What I’m reading this week.

I tend to read a good bit and a lot of what I consume ends of in my presentations and projects. Some of it is directly related, but not…
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Michelle Morgan
Whom Simon Senik left out

Whom Simon Senik left out

or, why starting with WHY is the bomb but ending with WHOM is even bombier
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JD Jordan
I’m an artist but not the starving kind

I’m an artist but not the starving kind

My 2005 Newsweek op-ed about the shortcomings of design education. It’s just as true today as it was then. And I’m not too happy about it.
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JD Jordan
The case for design thinking

The case for design thinking

Even after all these years and everything we’ve learned about design-led business and design-led products, prospective clients still ask…
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JD Jordan
How to get sh*t done

How to get sh*t done

or, practical advice—not vague bullshit—about pursuing your dreams and stuff
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JD Jordan
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