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Great coffee chat with designer friend.
“The most humbling moment of the last year was realizing that as a designer I currently only influence a small % of the decisions that actually impact our products & services”
He drew this out on a napkin.... (1/3)
“The most humbling moment of the last year was realizing that as a designer I currently only influence a small % of the decisions that actually impact our products & services”
He drew this out on a napkin.... (1/3)
...”My first instinct was to kind of retract and build a wall. I was seriously depressed though. Did I train so hard to only influence a tiny part of the overall outcome?. So I considered my options — try to control more and/or directly influence more.” (2/3)
”Controlling more could only go so far. I know. I tried. What am I going to do, camp out in legal all day. The traffic cop for all ethics decisions?
So I worked on influencing more. I saw this as my new mission, and that was hard because it wasn’t what I had trained for.” (3/3)
So I worked on influencing more. I saw this as my new mission, and that was hard because it wasn’t what I had trained for.” (3/3)
