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 MoreHow Design-driven Innovation helped Intuit grow to #1
The current issue of the Harvard Business Review (January-February 2015) features a great case study about the amazing growth and success of Intuit, and how the company focused on design-driven innovation as it’s platform for success. I have a personal interest in Intuit, since I’ve helped them recruit some of their UX Design Directors, and […]
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 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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