Design career ladders: Fix them or throw them out?

Join us for our next Loose Threads event on October 30, featuring Desirée García, Shelby Bower, and Shani Jayant.

Shifting beyond what we can buy, sell, and consume

Join us September 18 for a free workshop with Ida Persson on designing for something more than growth, speed, and efficiency.

You keep using that word.

I do not think it means what you think it means.

Passion doesn't equal power

If you want to break the burnout cycle AND build real influence, find the spaces where you have both.

Mapping what's possible

Visualizing power dynamics, partner relationships, and forward paths.

Self-worth? I don't know her.

Ok but what if THIS is the pottery class that finally fixes me?

Power Shift is BACK! Sessions start April 8.

Register by March 8 to save $100 on our flagship leadership program. Need assistance? Apply for a scholarship by March 13.

Get weird again

Professionalization did a lot for UX. But it can’t give us what we need right now.

Posting through it

In hard times, it's tempting to outsource our sensemaking to loud voices with simple answers. It's also dangerous.

Introducing: Throughline 2026

Let’s write design’s next chapter. January 29-30, online.

The future of design isn’t yesterday’s hiring boom.

It’s normal to grieve what was—but what happens when we turn our attention to what UX could be next?

Perfectionism isn't high standards

Perfectionism tells us that if we were just good enough, if our work were just impeccable enough, we'd be OK. Safe. Accepted. But there’s no bar you can hit with your work that will make you feel worthy as a person.

What's your definition of success?

What if there's a difference between what looks good on paper... and what actually brings you joy?

Should I give up on success?

What should you do when you feel like you just can’t win at work? That’s the question we answer in this week’s episode of Per My Last Email—the podcast about what to do when work gets weird.

It’s not just burnout

A new study says nearly half of tech workers are significantly burned out. But we don't need more grit. We need to name the forces that are actually breaking us—so we can get real about what we can do about them.

Nice Work: You're not Sisyphus

Nice Work: The gloom and the good

Nice Work: A team that talks, works, and wins together

Nice Work: I’m just supposed to pretend like everything’s OK?

Nice Work: Refusing despair

Nice Work: How are you taking care of yourself this week?

Nice Work: Unpacking “leadership presence”

Making Meaning

Most of the content leaders I know joined the field because the work felt meaningful. But what happens when we our desire for meaning turns the job into an identity?

Nice Work: The power of repair 🛠️

Nice Work: Choosing who to be