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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.
JD Jordan
Jan 4, 2023
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.
JD Jordan
Oct 24, 2022
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.
JD Jordan
Sep 27, 2022
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 us at Sharpen.Partners
Innovating on the business of innovation.
Innovating on the business of innovation.
Introducing Sharpen Partners.
JD Jordan
Aug 31, 2022
UX your life.
UX your life.
or, applying the user-centered process to your life (and stuff).
JD Jordan
Jul 29, 2021
A mindful standup.
A mindful standup.
or, a defense of making gratitudes part of your daily status meetings.
JD Jordan
Apr 29, 2021
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.
JD Jordan
Aug 31, 2020
Covid’s law.
Covid’s law.
or, remote accessibility is good for users and for businesses in good times and in a pandemic.
JD Jordan
May 19, 2020
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.
JD Jordan
Apr 21, 2020
“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.
JD Jordan
Mar 25, 2020
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.
JD Jordan
Mar 20, 2020
Sharpen your d*mn axe
Sharpen your d*mn axe
or, how I learned to stop creating discovery artifacts and to love research deliverables.
JD Jordan
Feb 27, 2020
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
JD Jordan
Dec 4, 2019
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.
JD Jordan
Aug 14, 2018
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…
JD Jordan
Aug 9, 2018
How to get sh*t done
How to get sh*t done
or, practical advice—not vague bullshit—about pursuing your dreams and stuff
JD Jordan
Feb 10, 2016
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