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I became a Top Design Voice in 2 Weeks That’s all I gave it - 2 Weeks.  14 days are enough to get you one step closer to that shiny badge.  Here’s how I did it. Save this post so that you don’t miss it! 🧡 1) You’re late. Be strategic. - Pick a niche that has a relatively lower level of contributors.  - Most big categories are oversaturated. - The riches are in the niches. Example :  Instead of “Design” you can pick  -- Design Leadership -- Design Research -- Design Thinking -- Design Strategy  -- and so much more You get the point. 2) 5x per week.  4x per day.  3x per article - Contribute to articles 5x a week, 4 articles at a time, and 3 contributions per article. - It might seem like a lot, but you’ll get into the groove of it quickly. 3) Cut the BS Don’t give generic advice.  Don’t tell people what they already know.  Add value. 3 Ways :  - Tell a story - Share what NOT to do - Craft a plan of action (like this one!) Have a question? Comment below and I will answer all your questions for first 10 comments! 🧡 Follow me for more hacks :)

Leading a creative team requires finding ways to unblock and empower your team's creative potential. In this post, I dig into how leaders can help create the circumstances for their teams to have incredible creative conversations. Enjoy! https://bit.ly/4bfRVQd

Strategy Action Plan vs the Design Thinking Action Plan? 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ Strategy Action Plan and Design Thinking Action Plan serve different purposes- one is focused on delivering strategies to overcome future challenges while the other is focused delivering solutions to solve complex problems. Here's the similarities: Understanding and Empathy Both Action Plan focused on understanding the problem or challenge from the perspective of the users. Problem Framing: Both frame the problem or opportunity based on insights gained from the previous Phase. Ideation and Decision Making: Both will generate and evaluate potential solutions to address the identified problem or opportunity. Implementation and Iteration: Both will implement the chosen solutions and continuously iterate based on feedback and insights Here's the difference: Design Thinking Action Plan: Solve Complex VUCA Problems Focus on Current Adopt Inside-out and Outside-in mindset Impact Customer Experience, Innovation and Productivity Strategy Action Plan: Solve Future Scenarios Focus on Planning Adopt Forward-back or Present-forward mindset Impact Business Readiness, Viability and Competitive Advantage With this two Action Plans- if Design Thinking can 10X your value in the marketplace- then Strategy can double your 10X easily. Let's deep-dive into their similarities and differences.. get to work. 💪🏻💪🏻 _______________ 👋🏻 I'm Daniel Ling- design leader in the financial and e-commerce industry and author of Design Thinking Guide for Successful Professionals 👆🏻 Click my name + follow + 🔔 for more posts on Design Thinking, Innovation, Strategy and Design Leadership. 👍🏻 Like or repost this to your network if you learned something new about this post. 🤘🏻 Get 222-page FREE BOOK (Pay Only Shipping) via my profile link 👀 Save this post to review and reflect later! #design #networking #designthinking #innovation #leadership #coaching #creativity #strategy #businessplanning #designleadership #designleaders #mentorship #reflection #designcommunity #training

I found 4 similarities between Design Thinking Action Plan vs Strategy Action Plan- PART 1 1️⃣ Understanding and Empathy 🔍 In both Design Thinking and Strategy Action Plans- understanding and empathy are foundational. By deeply comprehending the context and perspectives of the target audience, we create solutions that truly address Needs. Pain points. Delighters. This approach not only ensure insights and clarity that will help to define the issue or problem better. For example- the Empathize Phase (Design Thinking) focus on target users to understand their needs so that you can further define the key problem to solve later. In Diagnose Phase (Strategy)- we take a different approach to look for an organisational perspective in understanding context, trends, competitors and future personas in order to have empathy. These Phases (Empathize and Diagnose) in the both Action Plan- are easily the most crucial mindset shift amongst all frameworks - EMPATHY - where most of us so readily leave out in our quest to solve problems or make strategies. _______________ 👋🏻 I'm Daniel Ling- CEO / Founder of Emerge Creatives Training Co and was Head of Design in the financial and e-commerce industry. Author of Design Thinking Guide for Successful Professionals. 👆🏻 Click my name + follow + 🔔 for more posts on Design Thinking, Innovation, Strategy and Design Leadership. 👍🏻 Like or repost this to your network if you learned something new about this post. 🤘🏻 Get 222-page FREE BOOK (Pay Only Shipping) via my profile link 👀 Save this post to review and reflect later! #design #networking #designthinking #innovation #leadership #coaching #creativity #strategy #businessplanning #designleadership #designleaders #mentorship #reflection #designcommunity #training

The emphasis on avoiding generic advice is crucial. Can you share an example from your own experience where providing specific, value-added content made a noticeable impact on engagement or feedback?

I found 4 similarities between Design Thinking Action Plan vs Strategy Action Plan- PART 2 2️⃣ Problem Framing 🧩 Both Design Thinking and Strategy Action Plans- emphasize the importance of framing the problem accurately. By leveraging insights gained from Empathize Phase (Design Thinking) or Diagnose Phase (Strategy), we can define a current problem or forecast a future challenge effectively. This clarity helps in focusing efforts on what truly matters. Remember, a well-framed problem is half-solved! Key mindsets: Ask the right questions. Think critical. Collaborate and discuss as a team. Be structured. Align with business and creative lens. However, higher difficulty of Frame & Forecast Phase (Strategy) is the fact that the challenge may only happen in the future- it may or may not happen! This requires more than just defining a VUCA problem perceived right now but a potential VUCA challenge in the FUTURE. So on top of the above convergence mindsets, we also need divergence ability to brainstorm the future scenario as well! _______________ 👋🏻 I'm Daniel Ling- CEO / Founder of Emerge Creatives Training Co and was Head of Design in the financial and e-commerce industry. Author of Design Thinking Guide for Successful Professionals. 👆🏻 Click my name + follow + 🔔 for more posts on Design Thinking, Innovation, Strategy and Design Leadership. 👍🏻 Like or repost this to your network if you learned something new about this post. 🤘🏻 Get 222-page FREE BOOK (Pay Only Shipping) via my profile link 👀 Save this post to review and reflect later! #design #networking #designthinking #innovation #leadership #coaching #creativity #strategy #businessplanning #designleadership #designleaders #mentorship #reflection #designcommunity #training

Here's a 1-minute test you can do to see if niching down might be the right play. ==== ✅ Your category is already established. Buyers know what it is and who it's for. ✅ There's demand and budget for solutions like yours. ✅ 1 or 2 companies are clear leaders in your space. ✅ You aren't one of them. ✅ The category is growing. ✅ You can find one or more segments that still don't have a great solution for them. Hope that helps! ===== 𝗜 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝟮𝗕 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗛𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 🔔.

Nothing can more epitomize management vs leadership thinking than the daily standup. People line up to give updates on their current projects, usually coupled with a combination of blame and excuses. But couldn’t these updates be made asynchronously? And couldn’t they be less aggressive? In my opinion, if you’re going to force people to face the gauntlet every day, why not alternate with a brainstorming session? Pretty much anything can be brainstormed, and new products and ideas can easily be born this way. Save the redundant updates for just a few days a week. I’ve linked an article by one of my favorite design firms and training companies IDEO that focuses on #designthinking and #creativity. Let me know what you think! #texcg #salesforce #salesforcepartner #salesforcedeveloper #salesforceconsultant #data https://lnkd.in/gquvtJ7

Sprinkling in some brainstorming can make daily stand ups a lot more palatable.

Design is not an individual / a spectator sport It doesn’t work on it’s own. Period. To have any sort of meaningful impact whether on the bottom line or for the customer, other disciplines need to be involved. As a leader if you are only focused on the design org, your impact will be limited. Horizontal integration is key. Personally I think that 'Design as a vertical' is why so many are struggling to make the impact they desire. If design works to cut across teams, there will be more opportunities to: - Connect dots - Build relationships - Find areas of opportunity - Provide meaningful value - Be pulled into more conversations It’s a tall ask but real transformation requires both change management and cultural transformation. #Design #Transformation