With training, we see it in ourselves. Then we see it everywhere. Like a pest leaving mounds everywhere in our manicured garden.

We need a shared measure of success. A product brief. And since every team has multiple stakeholders, we need their input at the beginning. Design thinking enables this.

As a model, Design Thinking is often described in five stages (and newer iterations add two more!). This is too much for me to remember. And if I can’t remember it, I won’t use it.

What makes a good insight? An insight is a deep truth about the customer (or their culture) we can leverage to help solve a problem.

Criticism is hard to take. Especially as a creative. Yet stakeholder input is critical for ensuring successful designs.

Design Thinking is a powerful framework. Yet I also find it complicated. For me, simpler is better.

The drive to start a business often begins with a founder's need. A frustration with what currently is, or is not, available.

As our eyes adjust, we’re now in an auditorium with a hundred people in seats. A presentation? Wait. All eyes are on us. And then it hits us, "Shit! We're presenting!"

As a designer and human problem solver, I've noticed that we face both promise and fear as we progress in machine learning.

As product creators, our markets fill with great, but parity product. Yet, the products that make us feel something are very few.

Connect the dots. You never know what'll stick.