20 unhelpful thinking styles and how to fix them:
1. Binary Thinking: Seeing the world in black and white, with no middle ground.
2. Magnification and Minimization: Exaggerate or downplay situations excessively.
3. Jumping to Conclusions: Making assumptions without sufficient evidence.
4. Selective Attention: Focusing on a single detail while ignoring the bigger picture.
5. Catastrophizing: Assuming the worst possible … Read the rest
Month: May 2025
UX Metrics
UX metrics are quantifiable measurements that assess the quality of user interactions with a product or service. They help designers understand how users experience a product, identify areas for improvement, and track the effectiveness of design changes. These metrics can be categorized as behavioral, attitudinal, or business-related
Comprehensive list of 26 UX design metrics + definitions. There are 4 … Read the rest
Data-driven UX design
Data-driven UX design is an approach where designers use data and analytics to inform and improve user experience (UX) design decisions. It involves gathering, analyzing, and interpreting user data to understand their needs, preferences, and behaviors, moving away from relying solely on intuition or assumptions.
Discover how data-driven design is transforming the UX landscape. This step-by-step guide offers real-life … Read the rest
Should UX design guide product development?
Yes, UX design should guide product development by focusing on user needs and goals at every stage to ensure a valuable, user-friendly, and successful product. A UX-driven approach integrates UX research and design into the entire product development lifecycle, leading to increased user satisfaction, higher adoption rates, greater customer loyalty, and reduced churn.
How UX Design Guides Product Development
- Early User
Design articles to read
10 Most-Liked Medium Articles Every UI/UX Designer Should Read. Hereโs your reading list ๐
- 7 Practical Tips for Cheating at Design โ Adam Wathan & Steve Schoger
Super actionable UI advice. Still one of the best out there. Link
– - A Quick Beginnerโs Guide to Drawing โ Ralph Ammer
Great for sketching ideas and explaining design with a pencil. Link
Business Thinking for Designers:
Business Thinking for Designers is the guide to increasing your
impact and value at work by learning how design connects
to the bottom line. Discover the essential vocabulary and
strategies to effectively communicate with your business
partners, plus tools, tips, and frameworks that a designer can put
right to work.
The Potential of Business Savvy Designers – Stephanie Kabi
https://stephaniekabi.com/business-thinking-for-designers-summary/
Organization UX vision
Setting the overall direction for UX within the organization, aligning it with business objectives.
Setting the overall UX direction and aligning it with business objectives involves creating a UX strategy that connects user needs with organizational goals.
This includes defining a clear vision, mission, and values for UX, as well as establishing objectives and key results (OKRs) that directly … Read the rest
UX research
UX research is ๐ป๐ผ๐ losing relevance. Itโs entering a golden era with the power of AI.
Understanding users is still a key skill for every PM.
It reduces guesswork. Reveals real problems.
Strengthens decisions across the product lifecycle.
Hereโs a breakdown of research methods every PM should use:
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โ Interviews, field studies, contextual inquiry
โ Understand the … Read the rest
Accessibility resources
Here’s a list of top 20 resources for Accessibility in UX design in 2025 ๐
๐Figma plugins:
Stark:
Able:
A11y:
Adee:
Include:
๐Books:
Accessible by Design: A Comprehensive Guide to UX Accessibility for Designers by William Webb: https://lnkd.in/dW6dEmEn
A11Y Unraveled: Become a Web Accessibility Ninja by Dimitris Georgakas: https://lnkd.in/dcp5Cjtw
Approachable Accessibility: Planning for Success by … Read the rest
Big Data Management & UX
IP assets are valuable to companies, it gives a strong market position and competitive advantage. And an IP Asset Management system streamlines tasks and delivers comprehensive reporting to manage their IP, tools provide a data-driven performance and further, analyzing productivity metrics to identify areas for internal improvement.
An outcome โ Higher profit or returns on investment.
Need of UX
An … Read the rest