Category: Management
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Management and Leadership
Recently, I had lunch with a longtime friend—let’s call him JJ—who’s built an excellent career in web development. He’s climbed from junior to senior roles over several years, finding deep satisfaction in solving complex problems and collaborating with teammates. JJ naturally mentors less-seasoned developers and has become the go-to person in his organization when people…
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Remote Design Teams in the Age of Digital Nomads
Surviving all that is ‘the year 2020’ has been a rollercoaster! Taking time around the holiday season to look back (and project forward), there’s been a lot of shifts in how we all live and work. People are still finding ways to travel, but now it’s in RVs or trips to remote rental properties. We…
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Managing Designers With (and Without) Ambition
As a design leader, what do you do when you’re managing a designer that’s doesn’t have any big aspirations? Ever ask someone what their goals are and where they’d like to be and just get crickets?