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Do You Know What You’re Saying?

Have more fruitful discussions by questioning your knowledge

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tags: Information, fake news, assumptions, Research, Product development
categories: Humanity
Monday 05.04.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Template for a Toast

Impress colleagues and relations with this simple format for speeches on other people

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tags: speaking, presentation, celebration, speeches, story
categories: Humanity, Ingenuity
Friday 05.01.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

The Glass Really is Half Full

If you've been feeling somewhat depressed and struggled to see the good surrounding you, a birthday in lockdown might do it

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tags: Personal, birthday, Happiness, Attitude, mind hack, gratefulness, family
categories: Humanity
Wednesday 04.29.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Finding Your Creative Style

Taking inspiration from your own past work

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tags: creative confidence, Creativity, Art, style, self-improvement, mind hack
categories: Creativity
Tuesday 04.28.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Why You’ll Always Prefer Someone Else's Work

Building creative confidence takes time and regular reminders of just why we always feel like everyone else is better than us

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tags: Art, skills, sketching, creative confidence
categories: Creativity
Sunday 04.26.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Find Your Dream Home Within Hours Using Data

Cut time and confusion when looking for your dream home - using data and a tested process. No coding required.

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tags: Data, hacks, property, life, renting, housing
categories: Ingenuity
Tuesday 12.31.19
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Guiding Principles for Relentless Collaboration

(via the QuantumBlack blog)

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tags: AGILE, collaboration, Learning, Process, Product development, productivity
categories: Design
Friday 08.30.19
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Stay Focused With Data Stories

Combine advanced analytics with design to identify the right problem, and ensure your solution leads to the desired outcomes

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tags: Business, analytics, design thinking, human-centered ai, Design, Consultancy, AI for good
categories: Design
Thursday 06.20.19
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

How Doing Absolutely Nothing Makes You More Creative

You too can be a creative thinker who goes down in history - or, at least, feel more fulfilled and do better work.

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tags: Creativity, Psychology, Design, Reflection, Boredom
categories: Creativity
Friday 04.12.19
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

10 Lessons from Businesses from SXSW 2019

One doesn’t just summarise a conference as vast as SXSW Interactive. But one can see recurring themes that impact all companies and institutions. Here are my 10.

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tags: AI, VR, Self-driving cars, healthcare, conference, lists, technology, adoption, trust, R&D, AGILE, Personalisation
categories: Design
Wednesday 04.03.19
Posted by Thomas Essl
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The UX of an Earthquake

What natural disasters teach you about design

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tags: Product development, Consultancy, UX Design, Essay
categories: Design
Tuesday 03.19.19
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Behold the Post-it

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How to make best use of the unsung hero of ideation workshops

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tags: Ideation, innovation, design, workshop, design thinking
categories: Design
Tuesday 10.16.18
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

QA in UX: How To Ensure Your Vision Reaches Your Users

Quality assurance should be part of every design project. Here is a checklist to help you consider all that’s important.

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tags: UX Design, QA, Process, Quality
categories: Design
Tuesday 07.24.18
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

How To Teach a Colleague on the Job

Being asked to share the tricks of your trade can be rewarding. It can also ruin your relationships.

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tags: Teaching, UX Design, Mentoring, Learning, career
categories: Design, Humanity
Thursday 11.23.17
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

To Solve Your Hardest Problems Don’t Think About Them — For a While

Take advantage of the ‘Deliberation-Without-Attention’ effect and create your own eureka moments

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tags: mind hack, productivity, Psychology, Design, Work, Creativity
categories: Creativity
Wednesday 11.15.17
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

3 Easy Steps To Map Your Google Location History

Learn how to map out where you’ve been in the world, ever. Well, since you started using an Android phone that is…

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tags: Data, Google, Mapping, Location, Tutorial
categories: Ingenuity
Wednesday 03.22.17
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

8 Stakeholder Interview Questions For Unique Insights

To succeed with your project, you need to gain a deep understanding of others’ motivations

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tags: Interview, UX, Design, Research, Stakeholders
categories: Design
Tuesday 01.31.17
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Will Artificial Intelligence Destroy UX Design?

When computers start to know us better than we do, will they start to design our technology too?

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tags: AI, Artifician Intelligence, future, Work
categories: Design
Sunday 06.19.16
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Is the Business of Innovation Stuck in Tradition?

Challenges For The Future Of Design Consultancies

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tags: Design, Innovation, Consultancy, Agency, Future, Business
categories: Design
Sunday 05.22.16
Posted by Thomas Essl
 
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