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UX Design Methods & Deliverables Here's a great curated list of UX Design method's and deliverable resources to help you be informed on how to gather qualitative data.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Creating something of value starts by figuring out why someone might need a product or service in the first place. Our different needs are a great way to dig into this.

Product Thinking One of our favorite approaches to making sure that we deliver real value to customers.

The Design of Everyday Things "Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door..."

UX Design Methods & Deliverables Here's a great curated list of UX Design method's and deliverable resources to help you be informed on how to gather qualitative data.

The Next Big Thing In Design? Less Choice This is a great article outlining anticipatory design principles to help automate decision making

Teardowns on UserOnboarding.com This is basically a masterclass in onboarding new users, the crux of good product design. Read as many as you can and you'll start to hear his comments in your head.

RICE Prioritization Instead of going off of gut-feel, try using RICE to score your priorities.

You are the best user researcher ever On the ground tips and tricks for teams new to conducting user interviews, including: formulating useful questions, the best ways to clarify and probe, and how to get answers to your burning questions (without leading).

Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? This is a great resource unpacking the psychology of decision making to promote the need for option optimization.

Don’t Make Me Think Since Don’t Make Me Think was first published in 2000, hundreds of thousands of Web designers and developers have relied on usability guru Steve Krug’s guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design.

Enterprise Design Sprints by Richard Banfield A Design Sprint provides a simple, timeboxed problem-solving framework for product teams to get answers quickly and effectively. The exercises embedded in the five phases are designed to reduce politics, increase collaboration across functions and put the focus on answers (outcomes) and not just assets (outputs).

GE’s Predix Design System Predix is basically like an upside down version of Atomic design. Really helpful way of looking at creating and using design systems.

Creating Usability with Motion: The UX in Motion Manifesto The following manifesto, written by Issara Willenskimer, represents his answer to the question — “As a UX or UI, designer, how do I know when and where to implement motion to support usability?”

The ultimate guide to proper use of animation in UX A collection by Taras Skytskyi of all the main principles and rules of animation in UX in one place, so that other designers who want to start animating interfaces don’t have to search for additional information.

Want a Better Pitch? Play This Game. How to talk about ideas in stories rather than just details.

Want a Better Pitch? Watch This. More about the story telling structure as demonstrated by Elon Musk.

The Greatest Sales Deck I’ve Ever Seen This is more about putting together a sales narrative.

How to Sell Anything: Aristotle and the Ancient Art of Persuasion People are emotional before rational, but you have to convince them they should listen to you first.

The Art of Storytelling This is a cool video series by Pixar about how they look at story telling. You'll be surprised how applicable it is.

Google's CEO Doesn't Use Bullet Points and Neither Should You Google's Sundar Pichai gives a master class for creating simple, engaging presentations.

We Don’t Sell Saddles Here This is how you cast a big vision for your team.

With Rifle and Bibliography The value of history, especially when the future is uncertain.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast Really great podcast about how to be an empowering leader and the signs and effects of bad leadership.

What the Best Leaders Do Ten incredibly important qualities of great leaders and the teams they grow.

Top executives need feedback—here’s how they can get it As executives become more senior, they are less likely to receive constructive performance and strategic feedback. They can get it by calling on their junior colleagues.

How the Best Leaders Get Truly Honest Feedback From Employees Here's why you should insist that feedback is given no more than 72 hours after the event that prompted it.

Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio Stories about some of the most successful companies and how they got there.

How to Start a Startup Great videos from the most famous startup incubator and their all-star mentors.

No More "Struggle Porn" There are two messages being sent. The first, the obvious one, is “Entrepreneurship is hard, work hard and you can succeed.” Nothing new or wrong with this...

Virginia Qualified Equity and Subordinated Debt Credit | Individual Tax Planning | Virginia CPA firm Do your 2017 investments qualify for the Virginia Qualified Equity and Subordinated Debt Credit?

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