Product strategy and experience design consultancy. We help B2B and B2B2C teams use design to clarify complexity and align their people around a shared purpose.

San Francisco, CA
Joined May 2009
Visit us at #RSAC to learn how Cisco #XDR simplifies #security operations, elevates productivity, and helps you to stay resilient against the most sophisticated threats. ✨ Learn more in today's launch blog by VP, Threat Detection & Response, AJ Shipley: cs.co/6016Orpfk
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Our work with @DesignMap to envision the future of network management has made the @IxDAwards short-list for #InteractionDesign. Congrats to all honorees! Learn more and vote for us here ⬇️ cs.co/60193sLkf #IxDA
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🎉 The Meraki dashboard made the short-list for the 2023 @IxDAwards, which celebrates excellence in #InteractionDesign. Congrats to the #CiscoMeraki and @DesignMap teams! Learn more about our project here ⬇️ awards.ixda.org/entry/2023/c… #IxDA
Our work with @meraki to envision the future of network management has made the @IxDAwards shortlist! Read about our collaboration and, if you like what you see, vote for our project to be considered for the People's Choice Award. Congrats to all honorees! hubs.ly/Q01C5_b40
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Not once but twice in the 5 days someone has mentioned the Cloudgenix user experience design as the bar that a competitor was aiming for. Designed by @Designmap in 2014-2015, acquired by @palotaltonetwks in 2020 and we're still talking about it in 2023. Just sayin'.
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for those in the product community finding themselves in need of a new job, @phylterry is organizing a special community to help: NeverSearchAlone.com
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Is there ever a time when "Big-D-Discovery" is appropriate? Thinking not of @ttorres -style continuous discovery (of which I'm a HUGE fan), but, "Let's take a step back and see where we are." (1 of 3)
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I was thrilled to share ideas about getting out of the feature team rut last week at #mtpcon. My closing slide... with many thanks to @MindtheProduct for the invite, and to @cagan @peterme @Ang_Duggan @huck Tina Qi, Amber Vipond & Cassandra Carmichael for inspiration and ideas!
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After 15 years in Venture Capital and endless work on this issue, I think this time may finally be different Thanks to @TheEconomist for talking with me & my sis @sydney_lykes about the Silicon Valley diversity problem, but more importantly, the solution econ.trib.al/Jj1y0wL – at San Francisco, CA
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"The lack of diversity in tech isn’t just a pipeline problem; it’s a retention problem. Here are a few key steps to becoming a more thoughtful—and inclusive—team leader." pantheon.io/becoming-an-incl… (TY @sparklingrobots for recommending our weekly "5 Ally Actions" newsletter.)
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Audrey Crane, @audcrane on Design in Organizations theinformed.life/2020/06/07/… via @informed_life by @jarango
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Barack Obama
@BarackObama16 Jun 2020
Today reminds us that progress might be slow. It might take decades. But no matter what things might look like today, it’s always possible. Happy Pride month, everybody.
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An update on the history behind the question. Links to the resources shared can be found on our website.
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We're using our platform to elevate the good work happening at @InneractProject empowering the next generation of black and brown designers. You'll see a donate button on each live event page which directly connects you with their donation page app.moonclerk.com/pay/2djign…
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As we demonstrate, donate, read, and call for antiracist policy change, let’s ensure we’re not engaged in what I call “feelings advocacy” in #HowToBeAnAntiracist. Let’s ensure we’re focused on making society better, not our feelings better, as I implored in a recent @Ted convo.
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Diversity Theater in Tech / VC 🎭 (🗣miss me with it) “I don’t want to look up from this moment and the number of black and brown people has increased, but it hasn’t changed at the top” TBC, I commend ALL of the work ref’d. Structural change tho 🔑 washingtonpost.com/technolog… – at San Francisco, CA
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This short film from @ProcterGamble gets straight to the point on *who* should address systemic racism and how. #TheChoice pg.com/takeonrace
Want to know what #racism looks like in the workplace? Here you go. Buckle your seatbelts. It could be a bumpy, surprising journey.
On LinkedIn I posted about recruiters encountering racism from clients/hiring managers, either overtly or thru microagressions. Here is a thread of some responses and examples, some of which were DMs...
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RSVPs are back open! Thanks for your patience as we worked hard to accommodate even more of you in this event! We appreciate all who reached out and offered to help us scale. This tireless work is all in effort to continually make this event more accessible.
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It's time that we ask, #WhereAreTheBlackDesigners?" Please join us in starting this conversation at our virtual conference on June 27th, 2020! #BlackLivesMatter
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