Author: mpullen

“Difference between fortune, chance and luck Fortune is things that are out of your control. I’m fortunate to be born in this place in time. I’m fortunate to be healthy. Chance is something – you have to do something. You have to roll the dice, or you have to buy a lottery ticket, or you… Continue reading Difference between fortune, chance and luck by Tina Seelig

As a company our key assets are the elite consultants working for our clients. Remaining elite requires consultants to “increase <our> potential 10%, 20%, or 30%, by enhancing <our> talents …” – Warren Buffett My value to my clients is my deep expertise in product design and execution with a broad knowledge of around 12… Continue reading Increasing your potential by enhancing your talents

When do you hide vs disable a control? In a large stateful application, on every screen the user can be doing work and encounter functionality they do not have access to. There are two categories of functionality that is not available: The state of the data and controls on the screen is not ready The… Continue reading Binary opposition: Hide vs Disable

Innovate or die, right? You run your business line better than anyone else ever has. But you see it all the time. These little startups come from nowhere and eat your lunch. Innovation is great in concept but you know that you cannot risk a big change and negatively impact your current business line. What… Continue reading Innovation: manage the risk

Don’t just do product innovation. Anyone can do that. You can do ten types of innovation. The Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs – by Larry Keeley is a fabulous book. It helps you and your organization reframe the scope of your effort to something that will provide the most impact. Here… Continue reading Outperform your competitors by 2X with 5+types of innovation

Sprinkling a little innovation here and a little there is not going to do much unless you are lucky. Creating innovation theater makes a lot of people feel good during the show but you are left only with memories when the show is done. Creating a way to embed innovation into your organization with the… Continue reading Innovation fairy dust and innovation theater are not needed

… Not the other way around. No matter whether the solution was done on the back of napkin in a bar or by an excellent optimized process, requirements come from a solution. So what should you do? Know your market. Observe your customers and prospects. Understand the problem. Clearly state the problem. Open the solution… Continue reading Requirements are generated from the solution

Design thinking is the business’ acknowledgement that the users’ experience matters. Take this time to show how having user empathy delivers more in tune solutions. Bring everyone along. Use the clear albeit rigid process. Get people to draw, not talk about solutions. Prototype immediately. User test. Do it rapidly to show results. Rinse and repeat.… Continue reading Playing your Design Thinking cards right

Bad Chad Hot rod designer/ maker Wild cars Uses his brain Solves problems Learns from others Networks Car shows Passion for what he does Simple explanations Approach to problems is fantastic. … Creates prototypes … Creates patterns … Reuses … Makes big and whole then cuts back … Does not look for perfect first, he… Continue reading Designer/Maker Inspiration

If I ever have a demo day for my start up, this is my entrance song. Set Up Shop Damian encourages us all to start a company and make our lives better. Entrepreneurship is not only for the rich, it is for the every person. “If you love yourself then my suggestion unno fi setup… Continue reading If you love yourself then you need to setup shop

Checkboxes and radio buttons should be used in very different ways in a user interface. A checkbox is for selection. Checking demonstrates inclusion. Radio buttons are for a mutually exclusive choice. When you have 2,3 or maybe 4 options to choose from, use radio buttons. A checkmark should not be used for a selection where… Continue reading Binary opposition: checkbox and radio buttons

Dry Bar We all need to laugh every day.

Raconteurs studio session with Ashley Monroe and Ricky Skaggs Brilliant peek into musicians working out the piece together. Final cut… Beautiful Old Enough

Stephen West is a fantastic teacher. He takes the most complicated of philosophy topics and makes then relevant and interesting. My favorite episode was David Hume’s is vs ought Read about it: wikipedi: Is–ought_problem Here you try. Binge this: philosophizethis.org