I may be coining a new term, the Lobby Effect (capitalisation makes it a thing, right?). It refers to the illusion that the work and ideas that occur in buildings that have an expensive and impressive lobby are better than those that happen elsewhere. In about 2014 in such a building, a well-meaning consultant asked […]
With the current necessity to move even more learning online, we need to refrain from over-complicating this transition. We might need to learn some new skills, however the principles of how people learn are fundamentally the same. Just like when we moved from slates to pencils, the move to online is neither a […]
One over-used expression that can be unhelpful? Don’t re-invent the wheel. It is the cause of a lot of mediocre, boring products that are cookie-cutters of what is already out there. It sounds logical…don’t put the work in when something might already exist. The issue is, the gold in product design is […]
