design theory

Why great ideas come when you aren’t trying - Nature

“People want to connect to humanity a bit more and are pivoting away from things that feel too perfect, because they tend to feel a bit sterile and kind of impersonal.” Rasmus Wängelin, global head of brand design at Spotify, on the inspiration for Spotify Mix

What is a Design Culture?

Joe Edelman medium.com

The opportunity is in moving curated content feeds away from their never-ending-now orientation and towards more goal-oriented interfaces. People should be able to find whatever content they want on their terms and not be beholden to when the curator decides to publish.

sariazout.mirror.xyz • Re-Organizing the World’s Information: Why We Need More Boutique… — Mirror

Emerging role in design orgs: The Super Senior Individual Contributor (Principal Designer, Design Architect)

peterme orgdesignfordesignorgs.com

The Redesigners

designobserver.com

The way to change people’s minds is to become friends with them, to integrate them into your tribe, to bring them into your circle. Now, they can change their beliefs without the risk of being abandoned socially.

jamesclear.com • Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds

Some questions that I’ve found to be very effective in one-on-ones: If we could improve in any way, how would we do it? What’s the number-one problem with our organization? Why? What’s not fun about working here? Who is really kicking ass in the company? Whom do you admire? If you were me, what changes would you make? What don’t you like about the