The Things We Learn to See with Philippe Guichard
A few weeks ago, I sat down with Industrial Designer Philippe Guichard for a conversation on experience. I thought we would be talking about design. And we did. But as often happens with these On Experience conversations, the topic gradually shifted. What started as a discussion about products, creativity and culture slowly became a conversation about perception. It […]
Failure Changed My Design Philosophy with Philippe Guichard
When Industrial Designer Philippe Guichard started his career as a designer, success was partly about proving himself. Then he lost everything. In this excerpt from On Experience, Philippe reflects on how losing his business, combined with years of meditation practice, fundamentally changed the way he approaches design, work and life. What emerged wasn’t a better design process. It […]
What Designers Notice with Philippe Guichard
What do designers notice that other people miss? When Industrial Designer Philippe Guichard walks into a room, he isn’t looking at the paintings on the wall. He’s looking at the lights, the switches, the chairs, the proportions… In this excerpt from On Experience, we explore how years of experience reshape attention itself. Because expertise isn’t […]
Why Your Expertise Needs a Shape
A lot of experienced professionals know they’re valuable. They’ve solved real problems. They’ve helped real people. And they’ve built real expertise over time. And yet, they still struggle to explain, package, or scale that value. That’s usually not a confidence problem. It’s a shape problem. ? The hidden frustration experienced professionals feel What I see […]
Thought Leadership – Five Ways to Create Cutting Edge Content
The best thought leaders create cutting-edge content. But how do you do this? We presume the thought leaders with the groundbreaking ideas are simply smarter than the rest of us. That might be true. But it doesn’t tell the whole story. Success leaves clues. In this post, I’ll show you the five ways that thought […]
How NOT to Plan Your Project
Plan Your Project The traditional message about how to plan your project is flawed. You’ve probably heard the old adage: to fail to plan is to plan to fail. And, if you only plan you will also fail. We are told to plan our project by only focusing on what we have to do. Typically […]
Project Design Books – Twelve of the Best
The thing that I am most proud of around Project Passion is that it was fuelled by Book Rapper. Yep, re-reading my own material provided the insight I needed. It’s a neat reminder for me about the value of great books and the RAPs as a quick reference guide. Thus, this list of Project Design […]
Your Design Strategy
Your Organisational Design Strategy Do you have a design strategy for your organisation? What is the role of design in your organisation? Is it an after-thought or the core driver of your success? Here we consider design strategy and the three building blocks for using it to make a difference. A key Apple strategy is […]
5 Reasons You Need a Flag
In our previous post we talked about five principles of good flag design. And, we suggested you that you need a flag for your business. In this post we share five reasons that you should design your own flag. 1 The Need to Think The most compelling reason that you need a flag is because […]
A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
How to Think Right This is the Book Rapper version of Daniel Pink’s best selling book, A Whole New Mind. We’ve rewritten the book so you can grasp that big ideas in under 30 minutes. We called our issue: How to Think Right. If you want our beautifully designed pdf copy click here. It includes audio […]