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“Dealing with Uncertainty and Ambiguity” workshop at UX India 2024

Is uncertainty your design kryptonite? In this workshop at UX India 2024, I reframed uncertainty and ambiguity as opportunities for innovation in the messy middle of the design process.

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“Designing for Impact” talk at UX India 2024

In this talk at UX India 2024, I explained that by adopting an outcomes-focused approach using Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD), you will gain a deeper understanding of how your actions contribute to achieving organizational goals and ensuring the successful execution of your vision.

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Beyond the Hype: Bring AI and Human Needs Together with Jobs-to-be-Done

Explore how the Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) and AI can transform your product roadmaps from understanding needs to fulfilling them in user-centric ways.

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Building Trustworthy Experiences: A Primer of AI Principles for Design and Strategy

Let’s look at how trust is built in AI-powered products. We’ll discuss the different phases of the user’s journey, suggesting ways to design trustworthy AI experiences.

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Strategy, Feedback and Design Reviews

Influencing larger decisions that shape strategy starts with facilitating the smallest decisions, including how to incorporate feedback into designs.

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Design Strategy Talks & Workshops User Experience

Bringing Business Impact and User Needs together with Jobs to be Done (JTBD)

Learn how Jobs to be Done (JTBD) work as an “exchange” currency between designers, business stakeholders and technology people.

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Design Strategy Talks & Workshops User Experience

Strategic Collaboration in Distributed or Remote Environments

In this post, I’ll talk about some strategies to help improve strategic collaboration while working in Distributed, Remote or Global Teams.

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Design Strategy Talks & Workshops User Experience

Strategy and the Importance of Vision

Let’s talk about the importance of vision for creating shared understanding around why are we bringing a product to market in the first place.

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Design Strategy Talks & Workshops User Experience

Storytelling for Facilitation and Discussing Design

In this post, I’ll make the case for the need of incorporating storytelling in your facilitation toolset for better idea generation, discussing design, and creating shared understanding.

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Design Strategy Project Management Talks & Workshops User Experience

Becoming a Design Strategist

Let’s raise awareness about how unprepared designers are to understand and influence strategy, advocate for a new role called Design Strategist, and propose a minimum set of skills required for becoming a Design Strategist.