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The timeless human skills no AI or org chart can replace

Or, how to handle being sentenced to freedom, and handle it effectively, and authentically, and responsibly

Here’s how to make the best of lopsided trios

Just yesterday I had a meeting with a CEO I’d previously helped set up a motivation and growth system for his team. This time, he called me…

Turn big-Idea thinking into practical lessons for everyday managers

Why being “nice” or “efficient” isn’t enough

Load up your toolbox and supercharge your leadership

From Wright Brothers to the iPhone, small teams of specialists are consistently responsible for radically innovative products

When founding a studio, heading in-house team or dropping out of the industry is not for you. Where can seasoned creatives go instead? Katie Cadwell shines a light on the need for more experienced talent in this week’s Creative Career Conundrums.

At some point in the past decade, we became obsessed with clarity. Clear communication. Clear workflows. Clear OKRs. Clear wireframes. We built systems to optimise the visible. We ironed out ambiguity…

How to reduce stakeholders resistance for your UX work, deal with non-actionable feedback and prepare for successful outcome by the end of that big meeting.

I know these might sound a bit out there at first.

Timeless wisdom from the greatest leaders in history

How to deal with stakeholders that have a strong vision of what needs to be built

Forget the pressure to niche down. In 2025, versatility is the real flex. For years, we've been told that, rather than try to be all things to all people, we should find a specific skill and focus...

Design is changing. Fast. AI is transforming the way we work — automating production, collapsing handoffs, and enabling non-designers to ship work that once required a full design team. Like it or not, we’re heading into a world where many design tasks will no longer need a designer. If that fills you with unease, you’re not alone. But here’s the key difference between teams that will thrive and those that won’t: Some design leaders are taking control of the narrative. Others are waiting to be told what’s next.

Many leaders fail not because they lack strength, but because they lack balance

Urgent Sneaky Coaching Questions

What should you do if the Product team says, “stop everything and build this?”

As people become managers, it’s quite common for their team members to want to commiserate with them. This is especially true for friendly, competent, reasonable-seeming managers – people want to commiserate with winners. But commiseration, especially with your direct reports, is organizational poison.

Timeless Wisdom from the Greatest Leaders in History

Plant, Nurture, Harvest: The Leadership Framework for Success

And Strategies to Avoid Them

The problem of clueless critics, inflated egos, and AI panic

A big leadership misstep — the epic post-it note collaboration fail

According to our recent survey, here are the five key factors impacting the happiness of designers and developers at work—and how to optimize them.

The Ultimate Toolkit to supercharge your leadership!

Average players want to be left alone. Good players want to be coached. Great players want to be told the truth.

The reasons are obvious, yet troublesome for most companies