Aug 19, 2026
Design Criteria got two pages in my book, tucked next to storytelling, no worked example. Ten years later it's doing more work than almost anything else in the method...and most teams still don't have any.
Aug 13, 2026
Almost every design method we teach was built to make options expensive to produce and cheap to sort. AI flipped both...and all the work moved to the sorting.
Jul 14, 2026
AI is making it easier to generate products, prototypes, and interfaces. But the harder question remains: which problems are actually worth solving?
Jun 3, 2026
Why Human-Centered Design and Jobs-to-be-Done may be the most important tools for navigating AI-driven economic disruption.
May 20, 2026
The design skills that actually matter have always been judgment, intent, and systems thinking — AI is just finally forcing teams to hire for them.
May 9, 2026
How Carley Hart used AI, design, and a side project to turn commuter frustration into civic accountability.
Apr 22, 2026
As execution gets easier, connection becomes harder. Rachel Paul is building what still matters.
Apr 15, 2026
After 20+ years inside complex organizations, Eric Fain explains what changes when you build on your own—why designers have an edge in the AI era, and how judgment becomes the real leverage.
Apr 8, 2026
Why design leaders must own decisions, not just shape them, in the AI era
