Designing for Death: A UX Guide for End-of-Life Products
Lessons from building a planning app for North America’s largest funeral provider.
My Writing
What Competitive Sports Taught Me About Leading Design Teams
This piece breaks down how I apply coaching, formations, data, and culture-building from the field to the design studio.
Move Fast and Break Nothing: How AI Can Support Ethical Product Development
A playbook and custom GPT for designing with speed, empathy, and trust in the era of AI.
Designing for Joy: How Play Sparks Creativity and Gets Better Results
Practical ways to make design more fun for yourself, your team, and your clients
Reclaiming Trust: The 8 Principles of Privacy-First Design
Privacy isn’t a feature—it’s a necessity. This post explores the 8 core principles of privacy-first design and how to build products that respect and protect user data.
Designing for Older Audiences: Checklist + Best Practices
I wrote an article on how we can improve usability for all generations by focusing on older people.
How I Use Radar Charts and AI to Build Balanced Teams (w/ Free Templates)
Using radar charts and AI to assess team strengths, spot gaps, and drive development and hiring.
The Power of Taste: Elevating Design to Create Emotional Connections
In a world where technology is abundant, it’s not just about functionality anymore—it’s about how our products emotionally resonate and connect with people’s cultures and personal tastes.
The 10 Core Drives of Gamification & How to Utilize Them Responsibly
I’m tired of feeling emotionally manipulated by everyone — corporations, politicians, nonprofits, you name it. As a design leader, I feel it’s my duty to help find better solutions.
The Future of Design Leadership in the Era of AI
My attempt at creating a roadmap for the next generation of design leaders.
The AI-Enabled Product Lifecycle
I get asked quite a bit about what the ideal process looks like for product teams, so figured I’d mock something up. Hopefully this is useful to others.
Explore Direct & Indirect Consequences Using a Futures Wheel
My latest article and Miroverse submission is a brainstorming exercise to consider the possible results of a particular decision, event, or trend.
Adding Ethics to Design Sprints at The Zebra
An article I wrote for The Zebra on how we’ve added ethics into our design process.
New Miroverse Template: Card Brainstorming
New approach to brainstorming that focuses on what’s valuable, what you’re good at, and what needs to be improved. I use it all the time for generating new ideas and choosing what to prioritize first.
How to Conduct a Design Ethics Heuristic Evaluation
An article I wrote for The Zebra on the practical implementation of design ethics.
Calculating the Cost of Running Design Sprints
An article I wrote for The Zebra around quantifying the cost of design sprints.
How The Zebra Runs Remote Design Sprints
An article I wrote for The Zebra about overcoming the challenge of distance in product planning.