Interaction Designing
I work in the area of financial data visualization. I study innovation, project management and entrepreneurship. This is my online notebook.
KAREN LOInteraction designer in Vancouver. Digital & film photographer. Loves to draw, bake, read non-fiction.
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How Did I Get Here? by Ian Swinson (from SalesForce User Experience)
UX VPs didn’t exist 10 years ago. Career path of interaction design to management:
Skill transition where individual design work ↓ and management conceptual work (strategy) ↑
- Preparing
Set Goals. Start small & expand. Get a mentor. Ask if its for you.- Transition
Be Selflessness. Let go–trust your people. Stay connected to your craft. Facilitate design process/output.- Performing
Listen & Learn. Translate business problems into design opportunities. Facilitate. Process & people. Strategy & tactics. (meta-level design)”..in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.”
– Peter Principle, 1969↓
“In a hierarchy every employee should rise to the level of their passion.”
– Arnie Lund (UX VP, Microsoft, 2012)
