Published inBuscada Design + Culture·Jul 94 ways to build strong creative teams“Getting the team right is the necessary precursor to getting the ideas right.” — Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace, Creativity, Inc What does it mean to get the team right? What are the building blocks for working with people? Over the last few years, I have written several articles to…Teamwork2 min readTeamwork2 min read
Published inBuscada Design + Culture·Feb 6Contribute more than you commentNow more than ever, there are many ways to collaborate online at work. Google docs, Asana, Figma, and Miro… each week, there seems to be a new service that promises to improve online collaboration. Along with all this collaboration comes criticism in the form of written comments. Adding comments to…Remote Working5 min readRemote Working5 min read
Published inBuscada Design + Culture·Jan 1Running for everyoneI always associated running with being sweaty, out of breath, injuries, and expensive sneakers. In the last eight months, I have started running; I now run about 60–80km a month. For context, I used to run 0km a month. …Running1 min readRunning1 min read
Feb 4, 2022Average cover bandIf you have never heard of Robert Elms I would recommend you check out his radio show on BBC Radio London. He’s a music journalist and his show is all about the city of London and his love of music. For years it has been a favorite of mine. Robert…Culture2 min readCulture2 min read
Published inBuscada Design + Culture·Apr 22, 2021Set challenges, not goalsSummer 2018. The football World Cup has kicked off in Russia and this is the starting point for my son Luca’s football obsession. Up until now, he has shown no interest in the sport but for some reason, my enthusiasm and the nature of the international tournament catches his imagination. …Goals3 min readGoals3 min read
Published inBuscada Design + Culture·Apr 18, 2021Thrive in your virtual workplaceI’ve always been a big advocate and early adopter of online collaborative tools such as google docs, Figma, and Mural. Yet, I have often found that co-workers are less excited about them. …Work5 min readWork5 min read
Published inBuscada Design + Culture·Apr 17, 2021Being LuckyYou make your own luck. Have you ever been given that advice — while in the same breath it’s applied to some titan of industry who came from nothing to rule the business world? Let’s take a look at that idea. “If Bezos and his team had waited a few…Design3 min readDesign3 min read
Published inBootcamp·Mar 29, 2021Sustainable creativitySustainable creativity is a workshop I have given several times over the last three months to a wide range of groups and organizations. The idea is to show people a system to generate ideas and in doing so allow them to sustain their creativity for the rest of their…Design3 min readDesign3 min read
Published inBuscada Design + Culture·Dec 6, 2020Omelet DesignThe intention-based design approach — Making an omelet could be easier. There are thousands of online videos and cookbooks to help you with a task like this, yet people still find it difficult to start or to know exactly what to do. While it sounds like a simple task, the tools and information you are…Design Thinking3 min readDesign Thinking3 min read
Nov 24, 2020Being decentSince the May 25th murder of George Floyd, and the weeks-long protests that it (and so much other violence) has sparked, there has been an awakening in American culture to the long history of injustice that African Americans have endured. And this has led people to ask a series of…Culture6 min readCulture6 min read