In this episode of the Design30 Podcast I discuss Risk Maps. What are they and why are they beneficial to your project? | Become a free subscriber to access and read all of my Substack articles (subscribe here: https://design30.substack.com). Subscribe to the Design30 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi2eKOkU66wUXSs1LCc7Swg | "Design more. Despair Less." Trademark of Design30 LLC. Copyright 2023 Design30 LLC.
In this episode of the Design30 Podcast I discuss a key takeaway from a transformational leadership class I attended this weekend. Leaders provide a common vision! I you are a leader and you can not articulate what the vision of the company is, then there is no way the people you are leading know what the vision is. | Show Notes - The Practice by Seth Godin: https://a.co/d/97IyVuc | Become a free subscriber to access and read all of my Substack articles (subscribe here: https://design30.substack.com). Subscribe to the Design30 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi2eKOkU66wUXSs1LCc7Swg | "Design more. Despair Less." Trademark of Design30 LLC. Copyright 2023 Design30 LLC.
In this episode of the Design30 Podcast I review the book Designing for People by Henry Dreyfuss. There is so much more in this book than what I cover, so please go out and buy it! | Show Notes - Designing for People by Henry Dreyfuss: https://a.co/d/9kJcS3h Make Big Plans by Jason Bilyeu: https://open.substack.com/pub/design30/p/make-big-plans?r=1ki4fl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Montana EDC: https://www.montanaedc.com | Become a free subscriber to access and read all of my Substack articles (subscribe here: https://design30.substack.com). Subscribe to the Design30 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi2eKOkU66wUXSs1LCc7Swg | "Design more. Despair Less." Trademark of Design30 LLC. Copyright 2023 Design30 LLC.
Sometimes you need a big win in your life but you don't get big wins without making big plans. Listen to this episode of the Design30 Podcast to learn more. Also, become a subscriber to the Design30 Substack to read my recent essay titled Make Big Plans. | Make Big Plans by Jason Bilyeu: https://open.substack.com/pub/design30/p/make-big-plans?r=1ki4fl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Montana EDC: https://www.montanaedc.com | Become a free subscriber to access and read all of my Substack articles (subscribe here: https://design30.substack.com). Subscribe to the Design30 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi2eKOkU66wUXSs1LCc7Swg | "Design more. Despair Less." Trademark of Design30 LLC. Copyright 2023 Design30 LLC.
In this episode of the Design30 Podcast, I provide five strategies to reduce design complexity as well as two tools to aid in choosing a user need to address and how to weigh value created versus investment of time and/or money. This episode is the result of a question I received from a listener. So, please do not hesitate to reach out. I want to hear questions, ideas, and criticisms. Anything you feel like sharing with me! | Show Notes The Lean Product Playbook by Dan Olsen: https://a.co/d/5tlt6Bd Montana EDC: https://www.montanaedc.com | Become a free subscriber to access and read all of my Substack articles (subscribe here: https://design30.substack.com). Subscribe to the Design30 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi2eKOkU66wUXSs1LCc7Swg | "Design more. Despair Less." Trademark of Design30 LLC. Copyright 2023 Design30 LLC.
In this episode I provide five pieces of advice that I gave to a young designer. I hope everyone had a great Easter! Thank you so much for listening and supporting the podcast. | Become a free subscriber to access and read all of my Substack articles (subscribe here: https://design30.substack.com). Subscribe to the Design30 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi2eKOkU66wUXSs1LCc7Swg "Design more. Despair Less." Trademark of Design30 LLC. Copyright 2023 Design30 LLC.
Let's do another round of Fake FAQs! This weeks fake frequently asked questions are: 1) What is one skill you use everyday? 2) What is one skill you want to improve at for your product design work? 3) You say that designers need to "feel the pain" of their designs. I thought your designs weren't supposed to be painful? | Find my guest blog post here: https://www.ourlazycreativity.com/post/failintelligently Subscribe to Lazy Creativity here: https://www.ourlazycreativity.com | | Become a free subscriber to access and read all of my Substack articles (subscribe here: https://design30.substack.com). Subscribe to the Design30 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi2eKOkU66wUXSs1LCc7Swg "Design more. Despair Less." Trademark of Design30 LLC. Copyright 2023 Design30 LLC.
In this episode of the Design30 Podcast I discuss positive and negative feedback loops. I describe what they are, why they aren't inherently good or bad, why you need to understand them as a designer, and finally I provide some examples of both. Both positive and negative feedback loops can be implemented in your designs to optimize performance improve the user or customer experience. | Show Notes - Universal Principles of Design: https://a.co/d/adGWsHE Montana EDC: https://www.montanaedc.com Follow Montana EDC on Instagram: @montanaedc | | | Become a free subscriber to access and read all of my Substack articles (subscribe here: https://design30.substack.com). Subscribe to the Design30 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi2eKOkU66wUXSs1LCc7Swg "Design more. Despair Less." Trademark of Design30 LLC.Copyright 2023 Design30 LLC.
In this episode of the Design30 Podcast, I discuss a couple takeaways from the forward of the book Developing Products in Half the Time by Preston G. Smith and Donald G. Reinertsen. The forward is written by Neil Hagglund who was the Corporate VP and Director of Corporate Technology Planning at Motorola Inc. In the forward I found two nuggets of knowledge I felt I needed to share with the listeners of Design30. Hope you enjoy! Show Notes - Developing Products in Half the Time: https://a.co/d/32tLC2I Montana EDC: https://www.montanaedc.com Follow Montana EDC on Instagram: @montanaedc | | | Become a free subscriber to access and read all of my Substack articles (subscribe here: https://design30.substack.com). "Design more. Despair Less." Trademark of Design30 LLC. Copyright 2023 Design30 LLC.
In this episode of the Design30 Podcast, I discuss some thoughts I have on air travel and airports after traveling to and from Las Vegas this past week. Where there is struggle, annoyance, difficulty, or bad experiences there is space for design thinking to improve it! Difficulty is opportunity in many ways. I hope to hear your thoughts and feedback on this episode! Please reach out on Twitter, Instagram, or email. @learndesign30 for both Twitter and Instagram. learndesign30@gmail.com to send an email. | | | Become a free subscriber to access and read all of my Substack articles (subscribe here: https://design30.substack.com). "Design more. Despair Less." Trademark of Design30 LLC. Copyright 2023 Design30 LLC.