Last year I wrapped up my first interim leadership role. This is what I learned about the unique skillset this type of management demands.
Last year I wrapped up my first interim leadership role. This is what I learned about the unique skillset this type of management demands.
A couple of weeks ago I attended Leading Design conference, returning for a second year after a seriously impressive 2016 debut. The timing was perfect, coming just a few days before I would start my first contract leadership role as interim Head of Design for a talented internal design team.
Last Tuesday I tuned into a webinar hosted by content gathering software people GatherContent. The session was run by content expert (and Brighton local) Ellen de Vries, and covered an important subject close to my heart: collaboration.
Last week I took part in a Wired Sussex Breakfast Sessions event, invited to talk about the Kano Model and how it can be help teams create valuable user experiences.
For my session at this year's UX Camp Brighton, I decided to run a discussion session rather than put together a talk. I used the Lean Coffee method to structure the conversation.
As part of the team who organise UX Camp Brighton, it can be difficult to attend sessions on what's usually a pretty hectic day. I'm pleased to say this year panned out differently and was my most enjoyable year as both as an organiser and attendee.
I'm often found considering where my efforts as a designer are most valuable. My time is increasingly spent negotiating the political landscape of the organisations I work with, deciphering how to get the best design out of their teams and ours.
As a strong personal interest of mine, I’d been hoping to create an event around automotive design for a while, and after discussing the theme with UX Brighton founder Danny Hope, he agreed to let me curate this month’s meetup.
It’s been a few days since Friday’s Responsive Day Out, enough time for my thoughts to marinate while reflecting on a jam-packed day at Brighton’s Corn Exchange.
It’s been a busy start to the year, with a highlight in January being something I was keen to do more of in 2013: public speaking.
Having impatiently awaited a local showing since last summer, in January I finally got the opportunity to catch the documentary ‘Jiro Dream of Sushi‘ at Dukes at Komedia in Brighton.
As tortured analogies go, the comparison of web designers with architects pops up more frequently than most.
As a .NET magazine subscriber, waiting for this month’s edition to land on the doormat was particularly exciting, as it features a project I’m proud to have been part of for the past twelve months
On Wednesday night a number of Brighton’s digital agencies descended upon the new TeamSport karting track in Worthing for an evening of team endurance racing – Le Mans for geeks!
UX Camp Brighton was the closing event of the Brighton Digital Festival, and the first BarCamp focused specifically around the subject of user experience design to have been held in the city.
I don’t watch much commercial television, but during the breaks in ITV‘s recent coverage of the Rugby World Cup I’ve caught advertising for three of Europe’s premier airlines; British Airways, Air France, and Virgin Atlantic Airways.
With it’s Street Fighter pseudonyms and team colour (QR-coded) cupcakes, Brighton’s first Geek Ninja Battle Night aimed to add a competitive edge to the lively mobile development debate
A few of years ago I tried blogging for the first time. Around the same time I changed job, moved to Brighton and somewhere along the way my online journal was soon found wanting. Twelve months went by (ashamedly) without a single entry