The Feedback Tradeoff
Always ask for feedback
Should you ever show a design and not ask for feedback? For example, just to show that you have made progress?
I’d suggest not doing that. It’s unsatisfying for stakeholders to see work in progress without being able to react to it. It makes them feel like you aren’t listening and that they can’t contribute. Either make sure y
... See moreDonna Spencer • Presenting Design Work
The first step in evaluating feedback is sizing up who it came from. You want feedback from people who care about you and what you do. Be extra wary of feedback from anybody who falls outside of that circle.
Austin Kleon • Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Austin Kleon)
A tradeoff occurs every time you get feedback. You become slightly more mainstream, slightly more aligned with the zeitgeist. You become marginally more of an exploiter than an explorer, standing on the shoulders of the giants who conceived the paradigm you’re striving to build upon. This is very effective when you want to align your work with othe... See more
Sari Azout • #82: Connecting dots, cultivating intention, and building a more human internet
Product and feedback the more and the better. And everyone has an opinion and they are valid. the job is to prioritise and balance - the synthesis. There will be contradictions. be absolutely clear about who is the audience. What is the "job" this feature fulfills for this person. What
Lenny Rachitsky • Julie Zhuo on accelerating your career, impostor syndrome, writing, building product sense, using intuition vs. data, hiring designers, and moving into management
High-intensity, rapid feedback offers informational advantages, but more often the advantage is emotional, too. Fear of receiving feedback can often hold you back more than anything. By throwing yourself into a high-intensity, rapid feedback situation, you may initially feel uncomfortable, but you’ll get over that initial aversion much faster than
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