A life without highs and lows is very monotonous. It’s the same in business. Regardless of how Agile or Lean your team or processes are there will always be issues and challenges to overcome. We are humans, not robots and this is what makes it fun and what I enjoy doing.
I have been in leadership positions at the national level in youth organizations where I lead teams with success and will gladly do it again. The feeling you have at the end of a great project is truly wonderful and should be felt by everyone in their professional or personal lives.
If you’re really doing something important there will be pressure, there is no escaping this. However pressure does not have to mean stress, people on the edge or teeth grinding. I found that bringing humor in high stakes situations can help relieve the tension and create a more calm, but productive environment.
This is probably the most difficult task of them all. To make what is complex be simple to interact with and to understand. However it is also the most beautiful part of it.
Getting to the exact right solution from the first try is great, if/when it happens. However it is better to have a system in place that can give you result most of the time.
Have empathy for the people who will use your products or services. Maybe sending the 3rd email today and showing the 8th popup may bring 0.0023% increase in a metric, but is it sustainable?
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Diverging wide and exploring a range of possible solutions. Testing, iterating, discussing and working through the problem.
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Defining a chosen direction and polishing a visual design, preparing designs for engineering handoff and documenting decisions made.
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Probably the most fulfilling and challenging UX endeavor I embarked on. Being the (or one of the) first UX Designers in the Romanian Government in charge of improving Romania’s main EU funds accessing platforms.
Getting to the exact right solution from the first try is great, if/when it happens. However it is better to have a system in place that can give you result most of the time
Have empathy for the people who will use your products or services. Maybe sending the 3rd email today and showing the 8th popup may bring 0.0023% increase in a metric, but is it sustainable ?
This is probably the most difficult task of them all. To make what is complex be simple to interact with and to understand. However it is also the most beautiful part of it.
This is probably the most difficult task of them all. To make what is complex be simple to interact with and to understand. However it is also the most beautiful part of it.
This is probably the most difficult task of them all. To make what is complex be simple to interact with and to understand. However it is also the most beautiful part of it.
