Your Job Doesn’t Care About You
After decades hiring and leading creative teams, I’ve learned the hard truth: your job doesn’t care about you. In this post, I share nine hard-earned lessons on protecting your career, from networking and personal branding to fighting ageism and showing your work. It’s real talk every designer needs to hear.
Our New Frankenword
Brand design is becoming more business and business is becoming more creative. They are merging. Those that embrace the merger will thrive and those that do not will wither.
Don't Be Dr. Dynamite
If you could capture the single most important quality that creates a successful brand, it boils down to differentiation.
To Win Big, Think Small
A staggering 80% of social media viewing is done on mobile devices. How do people choose what to consume?
In the Flow: 10 Ways to Stay Creative
Creativity is critical to your success as a creative professional or an entrepreneur. New ideas and innovative solutions are your livelihood.
The Sexy Potato
There are watershed moments in our professional lives where something happens that changes everything.
Improving Design Productivity: Creatives Need Privacy
Companies see wall-less creative workspaces as an extension of their brand image. They are more interested in how it looks, than how well it works. And for creatives and designers that's a problem.
Under Your Skin
Branding is a lot like tattooing. It’s far better to think it through and make the investment than to cobble it together bit by bit.
The Un-Sexy Solution
Sometimes the best solution isn't the sexiest. Sometimes sexy can distract you from actually getting the job done.
Curiosity Not Passion
Curiosity invites exploration and experimentation. Following fascinations can lead you into new worlds.
