Adam Zeiner
@dezein
a persistently curious generalist (parading as a strategic designer, facilitator, and organizer) attempting to wrangle complexity
Adam Zeiner
dezein.info
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I’m sure that a strange land is possible in which we would all have access to the tools and practices to help us respond to the challenge of incompleteness, but I, for one, have not come across it yet.
Luke Craven • #29: On boundary objects
So, there are two kinds of competences that make up what design is: the theoretical and the practical. And we can use this as a mental model for how we think and talk about design – as a kind of philosophy for what design is, what it means to be a designer and to do design.
Mehmet Aydın Baytaş • Strategy and Tactics in Design
The making of Eno, the first generative feature film
theverge.com
Design organizations are increasingly expected to contribute to product strategy, but these structures support little more than product delivery. If the team is asked to develop a vision for the future product experience 2-3 years out, how do they get it done?
Peter Merholz • Creative and Strategic Leadership in Design Orgs—Super-Senior ICs and the Shadow Strategy Team (3rd in a series on Emerging Shape of Design Orgs), Peter Merholz
The first step is to determine the user experience outcomes the team is shooting for; answers the question If we deliver a great design, how does it improve someone’s life?
The UX outcome is the end state we’re trying to achieve. Once we know our UX outcome, we can create key metrics detailing our journey getting there.
Jared Spool • Your Necessary First Step to Creating Powerful UX Metrics
August Public Inc. Organization Development and Design Consulting
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The Organization as a Machine: An Outdated Concept - XPLANE | Organizational Change Management Consulting
Aric Woodxplane.com
systems thinking and