March 25: No Choice Transformation
I’ll be speaking at an upcoming UXStrat Design Thinktank event focused on Innovation in Times of Uncertainty. My topic, No Choice Transformation, will review how industries and companies are doing with their backs against the wall.
March 17: Evolving Customer Experience in the Drive-Thru
I’ll be joining a conversation focused on Evolving Customer Experience in the Drive-Thru, hosted by Publicis Sapient, with my wicked smart colleague Jackie Walker.. She knows more about this stuff than anyone… and I know a little bit. :D
Service Design & Product Management - Friend or Foes?
Proposing a model to drive clarity in how potentially conflicting approaches are actually complementary, specifically in the context of business favored topic of the day–Digital Business Transformation.
Agents vs Agency: Battle for Control in the IoT
Presented at the global IXDA conference interaction17, on February 8, 2017, Agents vs Agency shares my thoughts on how to integrate AI into daily design decisions.
The Appification of Things: Smart Attributes
Apps allow us introduce a set of “smart attributes” which help humans interact more successfully with products. These are the ways in which apps extend a smart product or, in the words of Mike Kunaviasky, provide “services” to “avatars”. When creating smart products and companion apps, be sure to consider and embed these five smart attributes.
The Appification of Things
The “Appification of Things” will be the first wave of truly ubiquitous computing. People’s comfort and engagement with apps takes the fuzzy, intangible notions of pervasive computing or smart objects and makes them gettable, tangible and personal. It’s a natural, incremental step in a larger shift.