https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake daily 0.75 2023-08-18 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/shaping-design-careers-jason-mesut monthly 0.5 2023-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/aaaa7bcd-32c0-4c23-bbc9-b472e0b459a7/Episode+Thumbnail+%281%29.png UX Cake - Shaping Design Careers, with Jason Mesut - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/systems-thinking-designers-sheryl-cababa monthly 0.5 2023-06-01 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/quiet-leader-fj35e monthly 0.5 2023-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/d67a4b07-772e-4233-8ce4-6f4bef71e280/Episode+63+Cover.png UX Cake - The Quiet Leader: Strategies for Introverts with Tim Yeo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/adding-strategic-to-tactical monthly 0.5 2023-04-25 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/recovery-and-reinvention monthly 0.5 2023-02-22 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/conflict-and-feedback monthly 0.5 2023-04-05 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/doing-more-with-less monthly 0.5 2023-02-06 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/making-space monthly 0.5 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/36d79c05-0147-4e4b-9400-ab077d4cd2c4/12.png UX Cake - Making Space For Meaning and Success - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/beyond-titles-the-real-meaning-of-leadership monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/23ce530c-ffe0-46a3-a7f2-d468b7cf4d32/UX+Cake+Pops+covers.png UX Cake - Beyond Titles: The Real Meaning of Leadership - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/outsiders-in-design-with-ryan-rumsey monthly 0.5 2023-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/48c789e5-574f-453c-8434-ae48ac4219fa/13+%281%29.png UX Cake - Outsiders In Design - with Ryan Rumsey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/building-design-teams-that-scale-with-anjali-deswandikar monthly 0.5 2022-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/7d0fd458-1bf7-45fa-b395-54e6592a5a4b/Graphics+-+Episode+Art+-+UXC+55+Anjali+Deswandikar+Banner.jpg UX Cake - Building Design Teams That Scale with Anjali Deswandikar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/25d2faf3-bbc5-4c95-9958-666fcfd94e34/Graphics+-+Caption+1+-+UXC+55+Anjali+Deswandikar.jpg UX Cake - Building Design Teams That Scale with Anjali Deswandikar - Make it stand out Design Teams: Our job over there is like a facilitator to drive businesses, to show them the entire ecosystem, to tell them what is possible and what is not, what can hit the mark in the market, and what can make you unsuccessful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/4bb0c962-9dce-42eb-b8fe-419b373b96e3/Graphics+-+Anjali+Deswandikar+Headshot+-+UXC+55+Anjali+Deswandikar+100kb.jpg UX Cake - Building Design Teams That Scale with Anjali Deswandikar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/68935fcb-e23e-4b55-9f15-3d7e658b65f2/Graphics+-+Caption+3+-+UXC+55+Anjali+Deswandikar.jpg UX Cake - Building Design Teams That Scale with Anjali Deswandikar - Make it stand out Design Teams: It is best to be very much alive in the design community, to keep meeting other design leaders, to share their knowledge and experiences, and to analyze from that to be able to guide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/137b1149-98d8-4e10-a3cf-94818e5fae4f/Graphics+-+Caption+2+-+UXC+55+Anjali+Deswandikar.jpg UX Cake - Building Design Teams That Scale with Anjali Deswandikar - Make it stand out Design Teams: It's very important as a design lead to ensure everyone's career path is stitched well and communicated to them, and their aspirations, goals, and objectives have been considered and laid out. https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/designing-for-accessibility-starting-with-what-you-can-control-with-chimmy-kalu monthly 0.5 2023-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/acf292b5-4ec9-4572-8c9a-83bb9416c749/Graphics+-+Caption+1+-+UXC+54+Chimmy+Kalu.jpg UX Cake - Designing For Accessibility: Starting With What You Can Control With Chimmy Kalu - Make it stand out Product Design Accessibility: As a UX designer, accessibility is foundational. If you're creating something usable, you can't exclude 2.2 billion people who are registered or have a disability in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/c1357ad6-f2d2-474d-902d-453d57aa0d2f/Graphics+-+Caption+4+-+UXC+54+Chimmy+Kalu.jpg UX Cake - Designing For Accessibility: Starting With What You Can Control With Chimmy Kalu - Make it stand out Product Design Accessibility: If one is doing design in the context of making money, then you are literally leaving money on the table if you don't make your products accessible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/d50b8647-147a-425f-afbe-bc8f65b868e7/Graphics+-+Caption+3+-+UXC+54+Chimmy+Kalu.jpg UX Cake - Designing For Accessibility: Starting With What You Can Control With Chimmy Kalu - Make it stand out Product Design Accessibility: The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are the global international standards. WCAG works with individuals and organizations worldwide to create guidelines that designers can adhere to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/abbcc519-4c1a-4cf1-aa70-a44d7ea4c3cd/Graphics+-+Caption+2+-+UXC+54+Chimmy+Kalu.jpg UX Cake - Designing For Accessibility: Starting With What You Can Control With Chimmy Kalu - Make it stand out Product Design Accessibility: If you're trying to reach every single person in the world and you're not working for the government, it's not acceptable to be inaccessible. But it's acceptable not to be AAA accessible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/efd8bcd5-198c-429d-a387-2f4249714c6b/Graphics+-+Caption+5+-+UXC+54+Chimmy+Kalu.jpg UX Cake - Designing For Accessibility: Starting With What You Can Control With Chimmy Kalu - Make it stand out Product Design Accessibility: People would make further steps to getting truly accessible digital and physical products if more people with disability were truly consulted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/3ab05034-19e4-4a0c-9eb8-dab31ff45832/Graphics+-+Caption+6+-+UXC+54+Chimmy+Kalu.jpg UX Cake - Designing For Accessibility: Starting With What You Can Control With Chimmy Kalu - Make it stand out Product Design Accessibility: Remote work or work-from-home has made some work accessible to people who previously could not go to a workplace physically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/25153b3c-8783-440f-858e-44b4f78f5bc4/Graphics+-+Chimmy+Kalu+Headshot+-+UXC+54+Chimmy+Kalu.jpg UX Cake - Designing For Accessibility: Starting With What You Can Control With Chimmy Kalu - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/designing-with-developers monthly 0.5 2022-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/7a94bc6e-1e82-4c06-abac-056bf11887df/e53+-+Social+Media+Share+Image.png UX Cake - Designing With Developers With Abhishek Nayak Of AppSmith - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/0e527d6b-053a-44eb-9026-338e9876193b/Graphics+-+Caption+4+-+UXC+53+Abhishek+Nayak.jpg UX Cake - Designing With Developers With Abhishek Nayak Of AppSmith - Make it stand out Designer Developer Relationship: At AppSmith, the designers do customer support, where they talk to developers and try to unblock them, even if they're not the developer customers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/4a0e6289-5633-4c33-835b-2b4ab11f8b8c/Graphics+-+Abhishek+Nayak+Headshot+-+UXC+53+Abhishek+Nayak+100kb.jpg UX Cake - Designing With Developers With Abhishek Nayak Of AppSmith - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/4aa5254e-8ac8-4a22-8c41-f5e892affa7c/Graphics+-+Caption+2+-+UXC+53+Abhishek+Nayak.jpeg UX Cake - Designing With Developers With Abhishek Nayak Of AppSmith - Make it stand out Designer Developer Relationship: Every engineer is aware of the design process and gives the due value and time that is required to do the design process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/0f87b5d3-e5a3-4a07-8e01-5cff8930e721/Graphics+-+Caption+5+-+UXC+53+Abhishek+Nayak.jpg UX Cake - Designing With Developers With Abhishek Nayak Of AppSmith - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/fd89f6c1-d94b-4909-b17c-6ff4b54ce9e3/Graphics+-+Caption+1+-+UXC+53+Abhishek+Nayak.jpg UX Cake - Designing With Developers With Abhishek Nayak Of AppSmith - Make it stand out Designer Developer Relationship: Appsmith follows a product triad. There is a product manager, a designer, and an engineer as collaborators on every feature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/8106aab9-d429-4f85-baf8-77b719b08a82/Graphics+-+Caption+3+-+UXC+53+Abhishek+Nayak.jpeg UX Cake - Designing With Developers With Abhishek Nayak Of AppSmith - Make it stand out Designer Developer Relationship: Every design file that designers share is on a public channel where engineers are present. Every time engineers share their work or deploy a preview of something they're working on is on a public channel where designers are present. https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/e52 monthly 0.5 2022-08-03 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/ux-research-democratization-20-with-roberta-dombrowski monthly 0.5 2022-07-15 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/50 monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/e49 monthly 0.5 2022-06-29 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/influencing-without-authority-e48 monthly 0.5 2023-01-16 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/e47 monthly 0.5 2022-06-29 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/e46 monthly 0.5 2022-06-29 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/e45 monthly 0.5 2022-07-12 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/e44 monthly 0.5 2023-08-18 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/e43 monthly 0.5 2022-05-07 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/e42 monthly 0.5 2022-05-07 https://www.leigharredondo.com/uxcake/changing-the-disability-design-narrative monthly 0.5 2023-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/e68c8fa5-945e-4a5e-98fe-8e51b4d2499e/ep+25+Liz+Jackson+square.png UX Cake - Changing the Disability Design Narrative - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources daily 0.75 2025-03-21 https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/vision-worksheet monthly 0.5 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/fd492803-377f-46a1-ae85-ab7bd61722ed/vision-scrabble.png Resources - Clarify Your Career Vision (Free worksheet) https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/coaching-skills-for-managers monthly 0.5 2022-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/1671144610321-E09DIR6JYFINPH12XETO/christina-wocintechchat-com-eF7HN40WbAQ-unsplash.jpg Resources - Develop a High-performing Team With Coaching Skills - Make it stand out Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/uber-list-of-leadership-characteristics monthly 0.5 2022-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/1664484802962-ARR1RK6UXZNLXJGH6D7Y/lists-notes-image.jpg Resources - An über list of leadership characteristics - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/journey-mapping-you monthly 0.5 2023-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/e328a483-bcfc-462a-b37d-93a3c43f5bd5/journey-map-image_orig.png Resources - Take Your Next Step With Intention - Clarity & intention require deep understanding. And that’s the purpose of this Journey mapping of your own career & life. Journey Mapping Your Career - This is a process I’ve developed in my coaching practice that’s designed to give you insights about yourself, your values and strengths, what motivates you, what makes you thrive, what’s really important. This is especially helpful if you’re thinking about any kind of a next step or if you’ve been wondering “what’s next” or even just “what now?” If you're interested in exploring your journey with me to help you uncover insights, strengths, and motivation, set up a free discovery call with me to find out how we can do that together. Download my Career Journey Mapping Template https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/values-alignment-worksheet monthly 0.5 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/e7367647-8eef-434a-abd1-56ffa96c482a/elena-mozhvilo-j06gLuKK0GM-unsplash.jpg Resources - Values Alignment Worksheet Photo by elena-mozhvilo on unsplash https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/journey-mapping-you-hlwee monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/d65bdc08-21c0-4849-ae0a-13c4dcc4fd43/sparks_orig.jpg Resources - Getting Unstuck - 5 Ways to Get Out of Your Own Way - Do you have a goal or a project that you aren’t making as much headway on as you'd like? Or do you feel like you’re swimming in circles and not moving forward? Regardless of how experienced you are in your career, there will be times that you feel stuck. 5 Ways To Get Out Of Your Own Way (And Do Your Work) I heard this fantastic podcast from the Accidental Creative recently and thought I'd share it (and my own recap for those who don't listen to podcasts) because this is a topic that comes up frequently when I speak with other creatives (although you don't need to be a designer to find these ideas useful). https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/focus-as-a-leader monthly 0.5 2023-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/1651940251914-HJWQB5Y1RU0KFSXBCJ8I/71CtjYWmbzL.jpg Resources - Leading With Your Strengths - When we know and understand our strengths clearly, we can maximize our success as leaders in any role. By focusing on our strengths, we can to work in a way that comes naturally to us, which allows us to be more efficient and effective in our roles. We can also use our strengths to shore up our areas of weakness, which is a much more effective approach to personal development. That’s why I recommend the S trengths Based Leadership book to my clients, whether they are in a senior IC role or management. This edition includes an access code for the Clifton Strengthsfinder, and is a helpful guide as you identify how your strengths are showing up, or where they could be showing up more. https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/the-next-big-thing monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/716cae89-a410-4230-9696-446b7d714c53/51oDDzaLPmL.jpg Resources - How YOU Can Think Up The Next Big Thing - What an inspirational book. If you consider yourself an 'idea person' but are waiting until you think up the 'next big thing' to take action on your ideas, you need to read this book! This book could help anyone though, because it turns out that what you need to come up with the 'next big thing' is curiosity, empathy, and imagination, and we all have the ability to cultivate those. Some of my fave insights: - Curiosity - Distraction reduces exploring our curiosity, and keeps us in our 'filter bubble' - Empathy - whoever gets closest to their customer wins - Imagination - are we so reliant on data that we become risk averse? Curious? Read this book! Hunch: Turn Your Everyday Insights Into The Next Big Thing https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/design-feedback monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/249f5206-810d-4b92-ae86-5ebaf266916c/letter-mail-mailbox-postbox_orig.jpg Resources - Get Better Results from Design Feedback with These 8 Rules - It can be SO hard to communicate your reaction to something visual using words. Whether it's negative, or positive, the words many of us come up with are often not very useful for creative direction. But it is possible, if you can remember just a few rules (8 of them, conveniently listed here), to get the very best outcome from the feedback you give the designers you work with. Very few people - including designers - give really good design feedback. Good feedback should be actionable, but not prescriptive. Good feedback will help the entire team participate in the design of a product, and share the responsibility of success, without creating ‘design by committee,’ which is a common way designs get derailed. Feedback that is given and received well should improve the customer experience, while allowing each person to add valuable insight. https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/the-accidental-creative-podcast monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/b38c3757-569c-41c9-bca0-7a9a124369e3/ac-podcast-500x500-orig.jpg Resources - The Accidental Creative Podcast - Since I just found yet another great resource to tweet about thanks to Todd Henry and The Accidental Creative podcast, I figured I need to give a shoutout and spread the word about this show that I recently just discovered even though it's been around since 2011. Todd talks to incredibly interesting people about creative-related things in most of the shows, and he's got great insights himself. I've found it to be a pretty inspirational podcast to listen to, and have gotten insights from every episode I've listened to. I never have enough time to listen to all the podcasts in my feed, but this one is worth making time for. Todd Henry writes books and speaks on creativity and creative-type stuff, and leads workshops with creative teams. If podcasts aren't your thing, he also has a few books to help you be more - you guessed it - creative. https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/design-thinking monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/a2a414d9-0770-4a7f-86dd-ddae0ec78838/7.png Resources - The (Original) Book On Design Thinking - Tim Brown was one of IDEO's founders as well as one of the founders of the acclaimed D-School at Stanford. Some say they 'invented' Design Thinking, others call it a branded version of what many call 'User-centered design.' Regardless, for anyone who wants to get inspired and learn more about how Design Thinking could help them transform their organization, this book is a must. Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/whats-possible monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/e531543b-981e-415a-ad77-5c8764fe2dfb/4.png Resources - What’s Possible, it turns out a lot.. - If you have ideas, you like doing things with ideas, or you want to generate more ideas... You should read this book. Scott Berkun is a 'Maker' thinker... which makes this book feel tangibly helpful. Thinking is great, but making, that's where we find our magic. Yet it sometimes feels harder than it should be, this maker-thinker tight-rope that we balance on. It's a fun read, 'guaranteed' cliché-free, and will give you ideas to improvise, be a genius, and stay motivated. BOOM! The Dance of the Possible: the mostly honest completely irreverent guide to creativity https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/conversations monthly 0.5 2022-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/8383fa18-22dd-4d70-9156-91a792735d81/crucial-conversations-3rd-ed.jpg Resources - Improve your outcomes - with better communication - So much of what moves us toward our goals -- or holds us back -- is about relationships. And core to creating good relationships - ones that move us forward vs. block us, is about communication. I have recommended this book so many times because it really has answers for so many common problems that arise at work. Whether the issue at hand is with a manager or co-worker, a stakeholder or a partner, the techniques in this book are relevant to every situation. Including our personal relationships! I've had so many people thank me for referring this book to them, and I am grateful to the wise person who referred it to me. This is one of those books I still return to, in fact I bought it in both kindle and paperback formats because I like to quickly thumb through paperback when I'm looking for something in particular, but I like having the convenience of Kindle with me everywhere. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/design-matters monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/ca2364d3-d0b0-40a6-acb6-ae8f7d201f08/design-matters-art_orig.jpg Resources - Advise for designers... Design Matters - If you are a creative who's curious and loves expanding your design horizons, you will probably really dig this podcast. Unless podcasts aren't your thing, but then you should give it a try, anyway. Debbie Millman has been creating her Design Matters podcast for 12 years, and her experience as an interviewer helps make this one of the best podcasts there is on the subject of creativity and design. There are 281 episodes available on the website (216 in iTunes). Debbie interviews top-shelf names in the large design world, plenty of recognizable names like Clement Mok or Jonathan Adler, but chances are that most of them are people you probably never heard of before, who are doing really interesting and creative things. It's also refreshing to hear a podcast with just as many talented women interviewed as men. There is so much interesting content here to discover that I don't think I'll have a chance to run out any time soon. Check out the website or download on iTunes. https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/strategize-like-a-ux-pro monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/a6115569-5e1d-4ec9-9409-401353d24c91/Untitled+design+%289%29.png Resources - Strategize Like a UX Pro - If you're interested in getting more strategic with your UX, or helping your product or UX team get more strategic, you've got to read this book. Jaime Levy is an industry veteran who knows what the hell she's talking about. And that's putting it lightly! In this book, Jaime walks you through the process she uses with her clients, beginning with customer discovery and competitive analysis techniques, identifying unique opportunities, running experiments using lean methodologies, and mapping user actions to meaningful metrics. These methods work for enterprise as well as start-ups, and anyone can glean valuable insights for creating better products - that people want. UX Strategy: How to Devise Innovative Digital Products that People Want https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/ux-cake-podcast monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/6ff5505a-765b-4fd9-8132-9e7539449cc4/cover-1200_1_orig.png Resources - The UX Cake Podcast & More Resources - My publishing efforts are now focused on the UX Cake podcast. Launched in Feb. of 2018, we are now in the top 25% of podcasts, with a global audience that continues to grow! UX Cake is a podcast for user experience professionals who want to be more effective and happy in their career. Every episode we deliver practical advise on how to get the best outcomes for our work, our teams, our users, and our careers in UX. Our guests include well-known leaders like Don Normanand Jon Maeda, as well as many less globally-known voices with fantastic insights to share, like disability designer & activist Liz Jackson, agile coach & ux champion Shayna Atkins, and UX team experts Mary & David Sherwin. Go to uxcake.co for all the episodes, or to whatever platform you use to listen to podcasts! You can host a live recording of the UX Cake podcast at your event or conference! Connect with me to find out more! https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/ux-process-the-ux-brief-t83xa monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/approach-your-life-like-a-designer monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/03be3a48-6301-4b6b-86dd-b4c458ecc096/Untitled+design+%2811%29.png Resources - Approach your life like a designer… - Design the Life You Love: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Meaningful Future (From the award-winning designer Ayse Birsel) Think positively Put yourself in the shoes of other people and see things from their perspective See the big picture Collaborate with others, as this makes the ideas so much richer Always ask yourself "what if?" https://www.leigharredondo.com/resources/design-innovation-starting-with-the-right-constraints monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6270275732bd4d011570d09a/f6f3e042-f578-4a56-a641-d5267a64e370/Untitled+design+%2810%29.png Resources - Design Innovation Starting With (the right) Constraints - Most designers will say they produce better designs when they have constraints. 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