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  1. I want to enforce design craft quality. Design is governance.
  2. I want to sell ideas that resonate. How to tell a story
  3. I want to influence, but I have no authority. 6 ways to build trust and influence
  4. I want to get a job, but I don't have experience. You are a product

The Invisible Work of Influence

Designers fail not because their work is bad but because nobody understands what they did or why it mattered. I teach influence without authority, stakeholder alignment, and the thankless labor of building organizational conviction. Communication as craft.

  1. Influence
  2. Alignment
  3. Earn Trust
  4. Communication
  5. Disagreements

Design careers for Senior+ (Staff & Principal)

Designs who can ship but don't know how to position themselves strategically. Promotions don't reward craft, they reward demonstrated scope and visible impact. I provide frameworks for documenting achievements, identifying growth themes, and navigating the gap between "senior" and "strategic."

  1. Career Growth
  2. Promotion
  3. Vision
  4. Leadership

Frameworks, Process, and Vision

  1. Frameworks & Mental Model
  2. Process
  3. Proposal
  4. Strategy
  5. Research
  6. Design

Surviving Corporate

The invisible tax of proving yourself.

  1. Burnout
  2. Writing
  3. Life
  4. AMA
  5. Satire

AI and future of design

AI can't replace strategic thinking, but it will commoditize execution. The designers who survive will be the ones who identify what should be built, not the ones who build it faster.

  1. AI

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