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    Who Knows What? Understanding Stakeholders in Product Design

    ByGrant Baker December 23, 2024

    A practical guide for designers to identify and understand key stakeholders, their roles, and how they contribute to successful product development and collaboration.

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  • A black-and-white cartoon illustration of a measuring tape coiled in a circular shape, with the word "SUCCESS" repeatedly printed along the tape in various sizes.
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    Measuring Success

    ByGrant Baker August 30, 2024

    Success as a designer is measured through product impact, team collaboration, and personal growth in career, passion, and purpose.

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  • The image depicts a dramatic and serene landscape in black and white. It features a tall fire watchtower perched on a cliff next to a powerful waterfall. The tower overlooks a rocky river, with mountains and dense forests visible in the background. The scene exudes a sense of isolation and natural beauty, emphasizing the ruggedness of the wilderness. The use of grayscale adds a timeless, almost nostalgic quality to the image.
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    Why Goal-Directed Design Outshines Continuous Discovery and Waterfall Methods

    ByGrant Baker August 17, 2024August 17, 2024

    Discover why Goal-Directed Design (GDD) offers a flexible, user-centered framework that outshines others. Learn how GDD’s focus on user goals leads to more cohesive and meaningful products.

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    Conceptual Models describe how the product fits together

    ByGrant Baker May 9, 2024August 17, 2024

    “Modern software processes have mastered the art of making, but not the art of understanding,” says Daniel O’Neil. To get at the understanding, he suggests using a conceptual model. The purpose of these is to help everyone on the product team understand the true intent behind the product. It supports requirements through communicating a conceptual…

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    Goal-Directed Design Process

    ByGrant Baker February 28, 2024

    Goal-Directed Design is a method of user-centered design that prioritizes looking for the goals of the end users and developing solutions to assist them in achieving those goals and overcoming the obstacles that block them. This is well documented in the books About Face and Designing for the Digital Age. Hugh Dubberly wrote a concise…

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  • Three people holding signs in front of the capitol building, that read "I am a millionaire" and "I golf daily at 9am"
    Human Behavior | Life

    Luxury Beliefs and Practicing Observation

    ByGrant Baker February 12, 2024February 12, 2024

    Explore Madsbjerg’s insights on unbiased observation and Henderson’s take on how ideologies, not luxury, define social classes in this thought-provoking article. Discover a fresh perspective on societal dynamics and class distinctions.

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    Building Organizational Trust

    ByGrant Baker January 27, 2024November 16, 2024

    The relationship between the employee and their manager is one of the most important in the company. Trust produces a positive effect on problem solving, performance, citizenship behavior, cooperation, and communication. Yet what is trust and what ways can an organization build the trust necessary to realize these outcomes? Trust is a social phenomenon where…

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    Photos from 2023

    ByGrant Baker December 15, 2023December 16, 2023

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  • Design | Human Behavior | Life

    Six Source Model

    ByGrant Baker September 22, 2023December 28, 2024

    Crucial Learning’s Six Sources of Influence Model

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