Beth Moore

Don't forget flair....

#3 Diversify Knowledge might be the best part of building thought leadership. If you can, look for the patterns within each organization type that you are privileged to work for. Building a portfolio of patterns can help you identify future state opportunities within other organizations that may have nothing to do with each other. But Data is Data, UX can have similar patterns, Warehouse, Supply Chain, Marketing, Ops, Transformations...then you cross that with different markets. You can solve huge areas of opportunities when you find patterns that apply to other situations.

One great way for the UX team to collaborate with the Information Architect is to have the IA within the UX team. Our UX teams conduct discovery sessions, research, and build the information architecture. It's hard not to communicate with yourselves. ;)

Autonomy = I hired you. If you made the team, it's because you are trusted to be a vital member who helps to get S#%T done. The team should be diverse in skill so each person can take on their favorite task types. We work in a pack that does all different task types, ensuring that the team gets to do mostly what they love and less of what they don't. Autonomy just comes naturally. They like what they do and the want to do it. It's that simple. Trust, Radical Candor and Fun while working together is a HUGE part of our team and also naturally builds Autonomy.

Things are moving fast. If you don't keep up, someone who is keeping up will swoop in and overtake your job. Learn the latest design hacks, like motion graphics and AI in Canva, to make your job easier. Illustrator just came out with tons of AI features that allow you to choose color variation in one click. Figma has ai prompt for copy and suggestions. Miro does an AI gathering of sticky notes to aid in collaboration and sentiment, and it will also write like-minded sticky notes to help you ideate on design (any kind of) features. Let it all soak in, learn one new thing a week, and try to teach it to someone else... that is the best way to retain new skills.

Flexibility is in the eye of the beholder. When added color and design, templates and widgets can look vastly different. Here are options for template customizations. 1. GoDaddy and Squarespace are easy, quick, good for small sites, happy, and cheap. GoDaddy is a one-stop shop. There are limits to page count. 2: Shopify, Big Commerce, WordPress: You should be familiar with coding. However, these platforms come with unlimited pages, eCommerce product uploading, plenty of templates to choose from, drag-and-drop, and plugins galore. 3: Wix: These are crazy fun drag-and-drop widget templates with built-in motion graphics. The motion can be a hindrance to design if you don't do it correctly, so don't build it just because you can.