Designers don’t just solve problems—they shape how we see them. Learn how #synthesis, #sensemaking, and #problemframing turn complexity into clarity and insight into strategic action.

https://www.designative.info/2025/06/06/importance-synthesis-sensemaking-strategic-design-essential-skills-designers-strategists/

Is uncertainty your design kryptonite? In this workshop at UX India 2024, I reframed uncertainty and ambiguity as opportunities for innovation in the messy middle of the design process. https://www.designative.info/2024/10/01/dealing-uncertainty-ambiguity-workshop-ux-india-2024/ #CreativeProcess, #DesignStrategy, #EmotionalIntelligence, #Facilitation, #Leadership, #ProblemFraming, #PsychologicalSafety, #SpeakingAtEvents, #StakeholderAnalysisAndManagement, #Teamwork, #UncertaintyAndAmbiguity, #Workshops

In this article, I'll make the case that #InnovativeThinking and #IdeaGeneration are not mere tools in the #CreativeProcess but rather the compass guiding #Designers and #Strategists through the complex landscape of modern #design and #strategy. #Creativity  #DesignSkills #LateralThinking #ProblemFraming #SixThinkingHats #ThoughtLeadership https://www.designative.info/2023/10/26/innovative-thinking-and-idea-generation-for-thought-leadership-essential-skills-designers-strategists/

While #creatives today sometimes struggle with a lack of specifics on their #DesignBriefs and #clients who expect them to be telepathic, the request put out by #CocaCola in 1915 was as stunningly succinct as it was ambitious. The result was a #design that's appeared in some of the best billboard #advertising. https://www.creativebloq.com/news/history-coca-cola-bottle-shape #Creativity #CreativeProcess #Packaging #AdvertisingHistory #ProblemFraming #ProblemSolving via #CreativeBloq

What is the opportunity or problem that a novel #technology could solve? From a #designer’s perspective, this is a particularly difficult type of #design: finding problems for solutions. #DecisionBias #ProblemFraming #AI #ArtificialIntelligence https://medium.com/@panu/ai-is-a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem-ab4c6e818206

Let me show you how to use #JobsToBeDone (#JTBD) to facilitate the two-way #negotiations between #leadership and #ProductTeams that allows for managing by #outcomes.

https://www.designative.info/2022/03/10/managing-by-outcomes-and-jobs-to-be-done/

#Agile #BusinessDecisions #ClaytonChristensen #Collaboration #ConsumerBehavior #CreativeProcess #DesignDecisions #DesignStrategy #Facilitation #JoshSeiden #LeanUX #OutcomesOverOutputs #ProblemFraming #ProductDefinition #ProductManagement #PsychologicalSafety #SharedUnderstanding #Visioneering #OKR

Learn why influencing #decisions that shape #strategy begins with facilitating and incorporating #feedback to #designs to drive #ProductVision forward. We will also look at best practices for articulating #DesignDecisions and how to conduct #DesignCritiques.

https://www.designative.info/2022/02/15/strategy-feedback-and-design-reviews/

#BusinessDecisions #Collaboration #CreativeProcess #DecisionMaking #DesignStrategy #Facilitation #LeanUX #ProblemFraming #PsychologicalSafety #StakeholderManagement #Teamwork #TrustBuilding, #UX #Visioneering

The effectiveness of the #team in making #GoodDecisions depends on their ability to generate #alternatives.

Let's discuss how #designers and #strategists can become skilled #facilitators who help teams create choices.

https://www.designative.info/2021/07/26/strategy-and-the-art-of-creating-choices/

#Agile #BusinessDecisions #CreativeProcess #CriticalThinking #DecisionMaking #DesignDecisions #DesignStrategy #Facilitation #Innovation #LateralThinking #ProblemFraming #ProjectManagement #SixThinkingHats #StakeholderManagement #Teamwork #Workshops

In this post, I'll talk about how #designers and #strategists can #respond, #prod, #encourage, #guide, #coach, and #teach as they guide #individuals and #teams to make good #decisions critical in the #business.

https://www.designative.info/2021/07/16/strategy-and-facilitating-good-decisions/

#BusinessDecisions #CreativeProcess #CriticalThinking #DecisionMaking #DesignDecisions #DesignStrategy #Facilitation #LateralThinking #ProblemFraming #ProjectManagement #PsychologicalSafety #softwareDevelopment #StakeholderManagement #TrustBuilding #Workshops

Well-placed, appropriately timed, #thoughtprovoking questions help us think through our decisions. Let's check how to ask to ensure #teams make #gooddecisions and paddle in the same direction

https://www.designative.info/2021/04/26/strategy-facilitation-art-of-asking-questions/

#AndyStanley #BusinessDecisions #CriticalThinking #DecisionMaking #DesignSkills #DesignStrategy #Facilitation #Hypothesis #LateralThinking #LeanUX #OutcomesoverOutputs #ProblemFraming #PsychologicalSafety #SharedUnderstanding #StakeholderManagement #TrustBuilding #Workshops

Let’s raise awareness about how unprepared #designers are to understand and influence #strategy, advocate for a new role called #DesignStrategist, and propose a minimum set of skills required for becoming a Design Strategist #BillBuxton #BusinessDecisions #Collaboration #CriticalThinking #DesignDecisions #DesignEducation #DesignManagement #DesignSkills #Facilitation #ProblemFraming https://www.designative.info/2020/12/31/becoming-a-design-strategist/