Team

Throughout my career, I have observed certain archetypes of fellow designers. While the rockstar designer is a commonly known persona, there are many more to be aware of. As a fan of board games, I decided to portray some of these archetypes using mythic races and creatures. Although this exercise…

Are you working ON a team or working AS a team? Unfortunately, at many companies designers are working on a team, rather than as a team. You can determine which category your team falls into by answering the following questions: Does your team have a regular forum to update each other on what you are working on? Does your team share…

Hey there, fellow Earthlings! 🌍 Swami K here, and welcome to another episode of “Culture, DevOps & Coffee” ☕. Today, we’re gonna talk about something that even superheroes struggle with: The Fear of Personal Conflict! 😱 You know, I get this question a lot: “Swami, how do you keep conflicts…

I love making a decision. Probably because then I feel I have control over what happens. Over my life and work situation. But there comes a point where there are so many of these decisions to make that it’s hard to find time for anything else. Or these decisions start…

Hello, ChikoRockers! As you know, our project has been around for more than 1.5 years, but we still haven’t properly introduced you to our team. It’s time to fix that! Are you ready? Let’s go! Ilya Popov is the founder of ChikoRoko. He’s a collector of modern art, a producer…

The biggest misunderstanding we all seem to have when it comes to groups, teams, and communities making decisions together is that if we want to make a decision, then we all have to reach consensus and agree. This is a false assumption. Most (alleged) consensus we reach in our teams…

In recent years, low-code tools have become popular in the software development industry. Low-code platforms allow businesses to build apps with little or no coding, reducing the time and cost of app development. …