Dear reader,
We’re heading to a company offsite in a couple of weeks, so we’re taking a wee little break from writing and publishing until we’re back. In the meantime, we’d like to share some of our favourites from the archive, in case you missed them the first time around.
Happy reading! See y’all back here in a couple of weeks!
This one is our absolute favourite and best post by far. Danielle wrote about the difference between speed and momentum — and why momentum, not just speed, is what actually builds trust and buy-in with stakeholders. Danielle will actually be bringing this topic as a workshop to this year's Elevate Festival. If you're in the area, be sure to check it out!
Leading a team through AI change means balancing two audiences: your reports and your fellow leaders above you. Danielle wrote about learning to sit with her own conflicted feelings, and why honesty, transparency, and genuine (not toxic) optimism are what actually help a team find its footing.
There’s been a lot of going on this year in and out of work. It can feel like a lot, overwhelmlly so. Dave wrote about the mindset of breaking problems that seem too large to tackle into smaller chunks so they are more manageable and feel more solvable.
AI has genuinely helped so many of us solve problems in ways we weren’t able to before. But it’s taken something away too — the apprenticeship-style grind that quietly built our judgment. Dave wrote about what that means for the juniors coming up now, and what we owe them.
Brooke came onto our podcast and talked about how change management is the defining challenge in tech. That is especially true now as every company is going through this AI transformation, and many are dealing with the fallout as a result of that. Brooke shared with us the lessons she’s learnt manaing change as a people leader throughout her career.
Tino came to us with something many of us have been observing in this age of AI: AI is making teams skip the alignment work, and the functional culturew we have worked so hard to build as UX leaders, might be part of the problem. Tino shared his thoughts on the root causes and what might leaders do to start addressing the problems.
From practicing “whiz wit” in front of the mirror,
Danielle and Dave