Tag: innovation
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How To Use First Principles Thinking For UX Designers
PRO INSIGHT In order for UX Designers to become UX Design Leaders, they must develop their thought leadership skills. One of the best ways to do that, is to practice First Principles Thinking. By reducing a problem down to it’s component parts and challenging assumptions, you gain a clarity that allows you to develop innovative…
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7 Design Thinking Exercises You Should Do Every Day
These seven exercises will help you maintain and improve your design thinking skills. They’ll stretch your creativity, deepen your empathy, and keep your problem-solving skills sharp. 1. Start with a Question Begin each day with a “How might we…” question related to a current project or a design problem you’ve been pondering. For example, “How…
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How to Measure the Impact of Social Design Projects
Measuring the impact of social design projects has never been more important. These projects, at the intersection of creativity and social innovation, have the power to drive significant change in communities and societies. Yet, the true value of these initiatives often lies hidden beneath the surface, in the tangible and intangible shifts they bring about. …
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How to Run ‘How Might We’ Workshops: A Quick Guide
‘How Might We’ (HMW) workshops are a cornerstone of design thinking and an essential tool in the modern UX designer’s toolkit. These workshops are designed to open up the floor to innovative thinking and collaborative problem-solving. This guide aims to provide you with a concise and actionable roadmap to running successful ‘How Might We’ workshops,…
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Top 10 UX Design Tips for Startups: Building Irresistible Products
By knowing your users, designing and testing value propositions, and organizing your efforts around a well-crafted UX Strategy, you can make sure your design activities are moving the needle on key startup KPIs. Here are ten essential tips to help startups create irresistible products through effective UX Design. 1. Establish a Strong Value Proposition A…
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The Quick UX Accessibility Checklist
Accessibility isn’t just about making sure people with disabilities can use your product. It benefits everyone, including users without disabilities. It helps us to use apps better when we’re on the move, navigating one-handed, in low-light areas or when we can’t have sound turned on. In fact, subtitled Youtube videos increase view time by more…
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Empathy Mapping In UX Design: The Quick Start Guide
An empathy map is a quick and inexpensive way to capture valuable user insights into an easy-to-digest visual. They’re a great first step before Personas, and a good foundation for Journey Maps. In this article, we’ll share some tips and best practices for creating effective empathy maps. What is Empathy Mapping? Empathy mapping is a…
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Do UX Designers Need To Code? No, Here’s A Better Idea
Knowing how to code isn’t essential for a UX Designer. But working effectively with developers does require knowledge of how things are built. In this article, we’ll share some terminology and programming ideas to help you work more efficiently with developers and make better design decisions. Understanding Coding Can Help You to Communicate With Developers…
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How To Get Better At UX Strategy: 14 Practical Tips
Before we get started, I want to give you a solid, actionable takeaway, that I know will level up your understanding of strategy and set you in the right direction. So before you go any further, have a read of the first section and take a few minutes to answer the questions. What’s the One…
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15 Types Of User Interface: A Quick Overview
We all have a yearning for our environments to be more natural. But since the rise of the world wide web, our lives have been increasingly spent staring at screens. How can we continue our technological revolution, but do so in a way that supports our mental health and well-being? That’s the exact question that’s…
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8 Product Design Principles For Better Work And Collaboration
Solid product design principles help us navigate the messy world of discovery and make good decisions in the face of uncertainty. Some principles act as decision-making criteria, others help us work better together, and some help us to evaluate designs and craft better solutions. This article will share 14 invaluable principles for better work and…
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How to Create a Design Strategy: A Simple Framework
If you’re in product development, and you feel like you’re working in a feature factory… It could be because your team lacks a strategy. A lack of strategy makes it difficult to consistently create value. It makes it hard for team members to make decisions because they aren’t clear on how their choices will impact…