Upstream digital transformation: A practical approach to defining digital capabilities in government | by Jack Strachan | Feb, 2024

[ad_1] Digital transformation is about strategy, not technology. As you lounge by the riverside with a friend, a sudden shriek fills the air — a child is drowning. Reacting instinctively, you both plunge into the water, rescue the child, and get back to shore. Before either of you can catch your breath, you hear another […]

To get interviewers to engage with your design portfolio, tell a story | by Kai Wong | Feb, 2024

[ad_1] How a five-minute story can help you engage with interviewers Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko: https://www.pexels.com/photo/candidate-having-an-interview-5439152/ “I’m not having much luck with interviews,” a Junior Designer said as we reviewed his portfolio. “I usually don’t get past talking with recruiters.” Like many others, he was following what he learned in school in a design portfolio: […]

Design in the era of conspiratorial mirror worlds | by Sanna Rau | Feb, 2024

[ad_1] Having just finished reading Naomi Klein’s book Doppelganger I find myself pondering over the relation between a highly suspicious, defensive and scared mirror world, and the way we design in a divisive society. The book Doppelganger, by Naomi Klein, screenshot from Klein’s website. Divisive is the way many of us currently describe our society, […]