Interview tip – no salt! Here is a story I heard about how Thomas Edison conducted interviews. His technique goes like this: Back in his day, people often had soup for lunch. So when Edison met a potential hire, he would invite them to lunch, and order soup. The candidates most often ordered soup too. […]
Read MoreHow to critique product design portfolios
Here are seven tips to evaluate product design portfolios Lets be honest, critiquing design portfolios can be difficult. And for the untrained reviewer, even daunting. It’s easy to get swept away by beautiful renderings and snappy concept sketches. And its even more difficult if you are looking for design leaders. To evaluate a design candidates […]
Read MoreDesign Leadership: What’s Next?
I just wrote an interesting post for FastCo Design about the future of design leadership. Read the full article here – Design Leadership: What’s Next? It’s based on interviews I conducted with the heads of design from 3M, Intuit, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Pepsico, Philips and REI. There are seven areas of focus: Remain driven […]
Read MoreNovember – “Design Leadership: What’s Next?” on Fast Company
I just wrote an interesting post about the Future of Design Leadership for Fast Company, based on interviews with the heads of design at 3M, Intuit, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Pepsico, Philips and REI. Interesting!
Read MoreRetained recruiting – six industry changes.
Those of you who know me know that I’ve been a bit of a conference junkie. Going to conferences is a great way to learn new things, meet new people, share interesting conversations and see interesting places. My policy: visit a museum on every conference trip. Recently I went to the two leading international conferences […]
Read MoreHow to critique user experience design portfolios
Here are seven tips to evaluate UX designers Critiquing user experience design portfolios accurately can be a challenge. It’s tough to know what is appropriate design for a given project, tough to isolate a persons exact role and contribution, and even more difficult if you are evaluating the work of design leaders. To help evaluate […]
Read MoreFive more things design firms can learn from retained recruiting firms.
There are many things that design firms can learn from recruiting firms, and visa-verse. Last week we published five ideas, here are five more tips for design firms to be more relevant to their clients. 6. Expand your content network and research methods. Develop content networks, not just sales leads. Retained recruiters build relations with […]
Read MoreFive things design firms can learn from retained recruiting firms.
I’ve been in the design business my whole career; owned a design firm for 9 years, been a corporate design and creative director for 11, a visiting professor in design management for 3, and a design association president for 5. Last year I made a career change to become a retained recruiter, focused exclusively on […]
Read MoreIndustrial design recruiting.
Specializing in industrial design recruiting, innovation recruiting and creative recruiting may sound like one category, but actually there are distinct nuances between each. We have found that while methods and processes may overlap, the vetting process has many unique differences. With roots in design and design management, we’ve taken a fresh look at the retained […]
Read MoreCreative recruiting accolades
When I announced I was stepping down as president of DMI to launch a creative recruiting agency specializing in industrial design recruiting, innovation recruiting and UX design recruiting, I received some very nice emails from many DMI members; I was humbled to say the least. It seems there is not only a need for specialized […]
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