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Occasionally I write about design, teams, and doing things. You can follow me on Medium or read some of my posts below.

Giving and receiving feedback effectively

Everyone hates putting their work ‘out-there’ to be criticised. But constructive feedback helps teams make sure they are delivering the right thing while meeting the expectations of teams and stakeholders.

The case for process-first design systems

Design systems help organisations stay consistent and empower individuals to work collaboratively — but they also help teams deliver better.

At least in theory…

How to get the most out of a design workshop

Designing stuff is hard. Collaboration, though, makes it easier.

The best way to collaborate is by holding workshops with your project’s stakeholders. It’ll help you gather insights, ideas, work out priorities and let you…

How to run a design crit and why they’re important

One of our design principles is ‘design in the open’. This means we choose to be collaborative, we show our early design work and invite feedback. Holding design critiques, or ‘crits’, is a useful way to do this.