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UX Design leader, learner and teacher. Mom. Book inhaler. Dungeon crawler. She/Her

Joined April 2010
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Public service announcement for managers and coaches: you can't judge effort by results. Inconsistent performance doesn't mean people aren't trying their best. It often means they're doing their best in the face of turbulence. In humans, variability is a feature, not a bug.
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Moms need affordable and accessible child care in the summer and 365 days of the year. It's past time we make this a priority. @MomsFirstUS yahoo.com/lifestyle/working-…
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I’m quite used to the cruelty students can face when they apply for a US visa but this one broke me. We offered admission to a stellar, talented & hardworking student. After months of work and hundreds of dollars, an embassy officer saw him for 5 mins & said no. why? …
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Do I truly *want* to become a manager? Easy to say "yes" but may not be accurate... The realities of manager role are often in direct contrast with aspects of an IC role that we might most enjoy. Ask yourself these 6 Q's to determine if being a manager is indeed right for you:
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A clip from Don’t Look Up, and then a real TV interview that just happened
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There's no such thing as normal. #inclusion #inclusive #design @MicrosoftDesign
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This is how elite athletes psychologically prepare themselves to deliver peak performance teapawt.org/bbcideas/status/130144…
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Expert advice to navigate a positive sum world. Learn the surprising math of the new economy:
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4 loops that cause creative struggle
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Us: I love it when a colleague asks me for help because I feel useful and generous and I can think of no better use of time than empowering someone else. Also us: I avoid asking my colleagues for help because they must think of me as a huge imposition and burden on their time.
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Is Jay Woodcroft the Ted Lasso of hockey? Jay is conducting a leadership masterclass as the world witnesses the launching of his NHL coaching career. 6 things you can take from Jay to transform your own leadership:
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Anger is often seen as an irrational emotion. But it’s not due to the absence of logic—it’s due to the presence of threat or harm. Getting mad is a sign that something important to you is at risk. Understanding what makes you angry is a prism for understanding what you value.
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Not an artist? You can still make great UX storyboards buff.ly/3eWLohn
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The reason we told this story often (thank you @aaron_!) was to remember a fundamental product truth: It is not about how many features you add or how much work the team did. What matters is: did we understand the users' needs well enough to give them what they wanted most?
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Stakeholders can be frustrating if you believe it’s their job to give you the input that’s suited to your needs. A better approach: assume it’s YOUR job (as a designer or PM) to extract their goals & wisdom in an efficient & respectful way, then translate as you need to.
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I've participated in too many conversations about the role of design / pm / eng to count. Of course there are differences. But every tech manager role, regardless of discipline, ends up converging at higher levels. What does this mean for you as a manager? Thread below 👇
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Launching Comments in the Figma Community turned out to be more complicated than we thought. New grad engineer @emilyiszhong takes us on a deep dive of the tradeoffs, edge cases, & interactions as she reflects on her first launch. Read the post: figma.com/blog/behind-the-fe…
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