Leading Design Organizations that Make the Complex Simple.
I’m a design leader who has built and run a design organization of 20+ people, including its research program. I start with research, stay close to the work, and still design hands-on when it matters.
I came up through agency work and CBC, taught design at BrainStation, and coach designers one-on-one. Helping people grow into leaders is the part of the job I care about most.
Now writingI read a lot and write more. Right now I’m finishing a short book on vision: why it’s a human skill, and why it matters more as software gets easier to build.
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May 2026 · Essay · 8 min read
Earned Autonomy →
A framework for working with AI without quietly handing it the keys, and what it means for the rest of us building software with it.
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2018 · Essay · 9 min read
A UX Career is a Business Career →
A mini-curriculum to boost your business savviness: the books, courses, and frameworks that turned business from a black box into a tool.
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2020 · Essay · 6 min read
Late Bloomers and Product Design →
On wandering paths, generalists, and the quiet virtue of arriving late. Why product design is a destination for the well-travelled mind.
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Jun 2020 · Essay · 4 min read
An Email Love Story →
My oddly passionate submission to HEY.com’s invite request, on long emails, lonely libraries, and the inbox as an accidental archive of the self.
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