Jared Spool
@jmspool.bsky.social
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Always focused on eliminating all the poorly-designed products and services from our world. People’s lives are complicated enough. We don’t have to make it worse for them. You can find me at CenterCentre.com and in the Leaders of Awesomeness community.
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That’s your loss.
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In many orgs, UX work is a never-ending stream of wireframes, tactical design decisions, & under-valued usability testing. I talked with PMX Chicago about how effective UX leaders have turned their organization from reactive to proactive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6rFBXVMBTs
Jared Spool - What Goes Into a Proactive UX Strategy
Jared Spool presents "What Goes Into a Proactive UX Strategy" at UXD Chicago Meetup on 7-21-2022.
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Political suicide is no longer a meaningful deterrent, it seems.
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I’m going live in 1 hour at 12pm (16.00 GMT) to discuss: Setting Measurable UX Objectives and Key Results.

Discover how successful UX leaders align their goals with organizational priorities while advocating for user-centered impact.

RSVP at Leaders of Awesomeness https://leaders.centercentre.com/
Leaders of Awesomeness
UX leaders from all over the world join the Leaders of Awesomeness community, to share wisdom and learn from their peers. Hosted by Jared Spool and Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman, the co-founders of Center Centre, this community brings together th...
leaders.centercentre.com
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New Talk UX Strategy live discussion on Monday, October 6 at noon ET (16.00 GMT).

Setting Measurable UX Objectives and Key Results

Discover how successful UX leaders align their goals with organizational priorities while advocating for user-centered impact.

RSVP https://leaders.centercentre.com/
Leaders of Awesomeness
UX leaders from all over the world join the Leaders of Awesomeness community, to share wisdom and learn from their peers. Hosted by Jared Spool and Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman, the co-founders of Center Centre, this community brings together th...
leaders.centercentre.com
jmspool.bsky.social
New Talk UX Strategy live discussion on Monday, October 6 at noon ET (16.00 GMT).

Setting Measurable UX Objectives and Key Results

Discover how successful UX leaders align their goals with organizational priorities while advocating for user-centered impact.

RSVP https://leaders.centercentre.com/
Leaders of Awesomeness
UX leaders from all over the world join the Leaders of Awesomeness community, to share wisdom and learn from their peers. Hosted by Jared Spool and Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman, the co-founders of Center Centre, this community brings together th...
leaders.centercentre.com
jmspool.bsky.social
Andrea Saez describes roadmapping as a contentious subject, & while no one really knew what product roadmaps were supposed to look like, we all knew something had to change.

How Saez views a product roadmap: https://medium.com/prodpad/how-to-build-a-product-roadmap-everyone-understands-522b36270e5
How To Build A Product Roadmap Everyone Understands
This product roadmap template gets the job done.
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This memo from Slacks founder Stewart Butterfield (and the thinking behind it) is a great example of a story about delivering fantastic UX into the world.

https://medium.com/@stewart/we-dont-sell-saddles-here-4c59524d650d
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Knowing how to create a category schema for the future can be difficult. Dan Brown gives a great description of how some organization schemes may want "cross-cutting" topics.

https://medium.com/eightshapes-llc/cross-cutting-topics-a6908dbf9b0c
Cross-Cutting Topics
Identifying, validating, and designing for topics that cut across other topics in your site’s information architecture.
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Scott Berkun does a great job of collecting thoughtful questions proposed by Neil Postman that every designer needs to consider before launching a new project: https://scottberkun.com/2016/the-7-questions-for-any-technological-idea/
TBM 30/52: Why Don’t We Have a Strategy?
The problem isn't that people can't think strategically.
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Does your organization tolerate, encourage, or reward continuous learning?

This is the question that Erika Hall explores in this article: https://medium.com/mule-design/is-fear-a-factor-37b9d8104980
Is Fear a Factor?
A metric to help you assess your organization’s ability to learn
medium.com
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Nick Bowmast shares a detailed analysis of how organizations invest late in design to compensate for not investing at the start:
http://www.userexperience.co.nz/2017/07/duped-by-the-double-diamond/
Duped by the Double Diamond? | User Experience NZ
www.userexperience.co.nz
jmspool.bsky.social
In many orgs, UX work is a never-ending stream of wireframes, tactical design decisions, & under-valued usability testing. I talked with PMX Chicago about how effective UX leaders have turned their organization from reactive to proactive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6rFBXVMBTs
Jared Spool - What Goes Into a Proactive UX Strategy
Jared Spool presents "What Goes Into a Proactive UX Strategy" at UXD Chicago Meetup on 7-21-2022.
www.youtube.com