There are design lessons I learned in college that I still think of today: 1) More doesn’t mean “more valuable”, and 2) Who has the time? When working on concepts or options for a client or team, limit yourself to 1 or 2 concepts max.
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I thought before becoming a parent that I would be at the top of my game creatively before kids, and that once I had my son it would get harder. Partially because of sleep deprivation, and also partially because somehow I would be this other person, and all my perspectives would change. I was concerned, and a little afraid, but also accepting of my new reality.
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I am and have always been an introvert. I’m the type that is grateful for the modern world because I can order a pizza through an app on my phone instead of making an actual phone call. It takes me a while to open up, and speaking to new people or presenting to a crowd is my idea of a nightmare.
So, if talking to people just isn’t your thing, how do you pitch your ideas and get buy in?
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So I do a lot of my work in-house as a corporate designer. Being in-house and especially being in corporate, you spend a lot of your time trying to build value around your work. This happens a lot because most of your “clients” or stakeholders in the project are not designers. Instead, they come from backgrounds like sales, marketing, engineering, or project management. In those worlds value comes from dollars, or time, or resources. Design can be an afterthought. We’ve all heard this before: “Make it look pretty.”
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I recently attended the BIF 2017 conference and spent two days fully immersed in other peoples' success stories, goals, visions, innovations, and life-changing moments. After that conference I felt so invigorated to launch into my passions and find my own way to change the world.
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