UX design
fromMedium
15 hours agoDesigners: We are perpetuating our own burnout problem
Design and research roles experience the highest burnout rates in tech, driven by external pressures and internal frameworks that may not support well-being.
#rapid-brainstorming
#rapid-brainstorming
[ follow ]
#productivity #creativity #innovation #leadership #problem-solving #technology #decision-making #mental-health
#entrepreneurship
Bootstrapping
fromEntrepreneur
2 weeks agoHow Trusting Your Imagination Gives You a Powerful Advantage
Imagination is a strategic business decision, not recklessness. Entrepreneurs must escape the River of Thinking shaped by past successes and industry norms to reclaim originality and build innovative companies.
Bootstrapping
fromEntrepreneur
2 weeks agoHow Trusting Your Imagination Gives You a Powerful Advantage
Imagination is a strategic business decision, not recklessness. Entrepreneurs must escape the River of Thinking shaped by past successes and industry norms to reclaim originality and build innovative companies.
#productivity
Productivity
fromFast Company
1 day agoMany productivity programs solve the wrong problem. This is what leaders should do instead
Organizations face work design problems rather than productivity issues, leading to temporary solutions that fail to address underlying conflicts in problem-solving approaches.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
4 days agoRethinking Effort in the Age of AI
Not all shortcuts reflect laziness; some enhance productivity by freeing cognitive resources for more valuable work.
Productivity
fromFast Company
1 day agoMany productivity programs solve the wrong problem. This is what leaders should do instead
Organizations face work design problems rather than productivity issues, leading to temporary solutions that fail to address underlying conflicts in problem-solving approaches.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoSelf-taught people often don't realize it, but psychology says the way they solve problems is fundamentally different from most people - Silicon Canals
Self-taught individuals develop unique cognitive patterns that enhance problem-solving through exploration and unfocused thinking.
fromTheregister
2 weeks agoWhile you're here, could you do one more impossible thing?
Finn described his experience traveling for a sales call, stating, 'They wanted me to visit a promising new prospect that was 'in the same region' as the client I came to visit.' This led to unexpected travel challenges.
London startup
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoPsychology suggests if you still write things down on paper instead of your phone you aren't resisting progress - you've found something that works and are practicing the increasingly rare skill of not replacing it simply because something newer arrived, and that skill, applied consistently, turns out to predict a surprising number of other things about how you make decisions - Silicon Canals
Handwriting enhances cognitive engagement and memory retention compared to typing, leading to better decision-making and creativity.
Philosophy
fromWarpweftandway
2 weeks agoTwo Collaborative Learning () Events This Week
The 四海为学 Collaborative Learning Project hosts two free public events: Louise Edwards discussing childhood and gender in China on March 19, and Peter Hershock exploring AI and agency from a Buddhist perspective on March 20.
fromFast Company
1 month agoWhy forward-looking organizations apply a design lens
Design is a strategic lens—a way of seeing systems, solving problems, anticipating consequences, gleaning insights, and making decisions to ensure better outcomes for all stakeholders. As a function truly custom-built to navigate complexity, design trains its practitioners to synthesize competing inputs. It translates abstract goals into tangible outcomes and considers the needs of diverse user groups.
Design
#meeting-effectiveness
Productivity
fromFast Company
3 weeks agoI've facilitated 1,000+ meetings. Here's why most of yours are failing-and how to fix them
Most meetings fail because leaders treat them as necessary evils rather than high-stakes collaboration moments; defining clear intended outcomes transforms meeting effectiveness.
Productivity
fromFast Company
3 weeks agoI've facilitated 1,000+ meetings. Here's why most of yours are failing-and how to fix them
Most meetings fail because leaders treat them as necessary evils rather than high-stakes collaboration moments; defining clear intended outcomes transforms meeting effectiveness.
Productivity
fromFast Company
1 month ago5 ways to design better meetings and improve your work calendar
Treat meetings as products requiring intentional design, testing, and optimization rather than default calendar events, transforming organizational productivity and reducing the $1.4 trillion annual cost of ineffective meetings.
fromFast Company
2 months agoHere's how to design meetings around how human brains actually work, not how we wish they would
The meetings that actually work-the ones where breakthroughs happen and teams leave energized rather than depleted-operate on a completely different logic. They're designed around how human brains actually function, not how we wish they would.
Productivity
fromPsychology Today
2 months agoHow to Build Creative Confidence
Creative confidence, or creative self-efficacy, is a belief that we can successfully complete tasks in the creative process, from coming up with original and valuable ideas, to judging which are the best and most feasible ones, to taking action to develop them into performances or products. Research that jointly analyzed results from 41 studies with more than 17,000 participants shows that those who have greater creative confidence tend to do better on tests of creative thinking and be more creative in what they do,
Psychology
fromMedium
2 months agoIf your confidence is at an all-time low in design, try this
"You know, having those conversations early on, reaching out to people in different departments ...that was really hard when I didn't have much confidence.” A VP of Design brought this up recently, reflecting what many designers are facing. There's been a crisis of confidence in design, and it's happening all across the career ladder. Due to shrinking budgets and layoffs, more designers are being forced to work solo.
UX design
[ Load more ]