User Defenders – UX Design & Personal Growth
Arts:Design
Pek Pongpaet teaches us how to be business-minded designers. He reveals how designers with business knowledge and more tools in their tool belt will get hired more often than ones without and with less. He shows us how to get a seat at the table while challenging us to count the costs of actually having one. He motivates us to measure and quantify our designs. He also inspires us to get out of our comfort zones and talk to other disciplines and become consumers of information in the area(s) we desire growth in.
Why Should We Listen to Pek? (05:04) Why Should Designers Understand Business More? (7:07) How Do I Begin to Care More About Business? (11:05) How Do I Learn More About the Business Model? Who Do I Talk To? (14:22) How Can Designers Influence Product/Business Strategy and Quantify Their Work? (16:52) How Do I Know That Something I Designed Achieved Its Business Goal? (20:18) What Do You Look For In a Designer When Hiring? (24:50) Why You Should be Best Friends with Your Analytics Person/Team (26:20) How Can Designers do a Better Job Communicating the Business Value of Design to Non-Believing Stakeholders? (30:21) How Does a Designer Get a Seat at the Round Table? (33:29) What's Your Best Advice for Designers Wanting to Grow in Business Side of Design? (40:45) Best Way to Connect and Keep Up? (45:45)Check out the detailed show notes including mentioned links, transcript and Cesar Lemus’s astonishing superhero artwork at userdefenders.com/074
This episode is made possible by WhiteHatJunior.com: the world’s best one on one coding classes for kids between the ages of 6 and 14. WhiteHatJunior's unique teaching methodology makes it easy to absorb tough concepts because the teacher is able to focus completely on one student. Give it a shot: go to userdefenders.com/whj to book a free coding class to see for yourself just how easy it is for your child to learn coding!
010: Pay Attention to the Unseen with Jeff Barnaby
009: There is No “Big Time”, There’s Always Something Ahead with Josh Clark
008: There’s a Lot of Opportunity for Those Who Are Willing to Take Some Risks with Ben Callahan
007: Focus More on Solving Problems and Less On Dribbble Likes with Rafal Tomal
006: Let Go of the Things You Can’t Control…Focus On The Things You Can with Chloë Bregman
005: Surround Yourself with People That Reflect Who You Want to Become with Andi Galpern
004: Use the Materials You’re Given with Christopher Schmitt
003: Don’t Launch Anything. Validate and Test Everything with Craig Morrison
002: Don’t Let Anything Get in the Way of What You Want to Build with Josh Tucker
001: The Lines Between Designer and Developer are Starting to Blur with Daniel Hooper
Welcome to the User Defenders Podcast!
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Dear Alice | Interior Design
99% Invisible
The John Clay Wolfe Show
Pride and Prejudice
The War of the Worlds
How to Decorate
The Professional Creative