Moving from burnout, to existential crisis, and back into life as a design leader. — I’ve been on leave for the last three months, recovering from burnout, moving into new chapters of my life, and what feels like fumbling through each day. For the last few months, I’ve lived with this narrative that something is wrong and I must fix it. That I caused this…

Applying the hierarchy of needs to your work-life. — Whether I feel fulfilled or not during my 9 – 5 is something that I think about often, but until now, it isn’t something that I have really taken too much time to dissect. …

Recounting a box-ticking, DEI nightmare of a meeting — At my previous company, my attendance was requested at a meeting titled “Work isn’t Working for Women”. The meeting invitee told me that it was a session for women to share what’s working and what’s not in our workplace. I joined. 30 minutes in — you’re presenting a list of…

For those who are feeling an insatiable restlessness in their design career, buckle up, I have a few thoughts on how we can change for the better. For those who are peacefully content with their careers — move on, the words ahead might trigger an unraveling. — I can’t help…

For all in UX, you have probably been exposed to and used the 3-legged stool of user experience. You’re missing a major piece. — Pro tip: you’ve forgotten a really important part of the stool.

As designers, we work in a field that I will argue has the most ambiguous titles of all professions. With every new definition and permutation of the word “design”, we must continually redefine ourselves and our worth. I will also argue that this is relevant to careers beyond the design…

A few years ago, I attended a guest lecture by a professor from Emily Carr. She talked about throwing design process out the window and acting, rather than thinking or analyzing. That making an impact is worth the rush and that sometimes you just need to act. …

The Tetris effect (also known as Tetris Syndrome) occurs when people devote so much time and attention to an activity that it begins to pattern their thoughts, mental images, and dreams. The name originates from a study conducted where participants would play Tetris for a prolonged period each day. As…

In the last few weeks I have read a lot of articles talking about GV’s Design Sprints and how they fall short, how they’re great, blah blah blah. As someone who has completed four design sprints in the last 5 weeks, these posts seem to be missing the point. The…