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Published in UX Collective

·Updated Jan 4

Adopting a reflective practice: documenting learnings to inspire personal growth

The new year always prompts reflection, and it’s often the only time we take a moment to pause before moving forward. For a while now, I’ve been trying to adopt a reflective practice to regularly slow down, organize my thoughts, and hopefully grow as a leader and design practitioner. When…

Design

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Adopting a reflective practice: documenting learnings to inspire personal growth
Adopting a reflective practice: documenting learnings to inspire personal growth
Design

9 min read


May 29, 2022

Untangling grief

“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to…

Grief

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Untangling grief
Untangling grief
Grief

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Published in UX Collective

·Updated Jan 28, 2022

How returning to the craft taught me to be a better leader

I recently made a few "fresh starts" in my life; moving countries and changing roles in my career were two of the most significant. With my job, I decided to move away from design leadership and return to being a product designer. …

Design

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How returning to the craft taught me to be a better leader
How returning to the craft taught me to be a better leader
Design

9 min read


Published in Bootcamp

·Sep 27, 2021

A Fresh Start: Reflections on New Beginnings

I recently made a few significant changes in my life. During the pandemic, my partner and I quit our jobs and moved countries to make a fresh start. For me, autumn always brings about a sense of new beginnings. With the seasons shifting and back to school excitement, I thought…

Change

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A fresh start: Reflections on new beginnings
A fresh start: Reflections on new beginnings
Change

10 min read


Published in WeAreSnook

·Jun 17, 2021

Designing Responsible Technology:

Why asking questions about the wider system is essential — The questions we ask before designing a product or service are crucial. They frame our understanding of the problem and inform the product decisions we make. Unintended consequences often arise when the framing of the problem space was too narrow or the questions asked didn’t consider the wider system. I’m…

Systems Thinking

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Designing Responsible Technology:
Designing Responsible Technology:
Systems Thinking

7 min read


May 12, 2021

Resources for mental health awareness

Creating space to care for yourself and others — With it being Mental Health Awareness week, I was asked if I would share my personal journey at an online event. I have never openly discussed the impact that mental illness and addiction has had on me and my family in a public space. …

Mental Health

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Resources for mental health awareness
Resources for mental health awareness
Mental Health

8 min read


Published in WeAreSnook

·Mar 11, 2021

Creating the scaffolding for teams to do their best work

Creating space for casual ‘water-cooler conversations’ is difficult in a remote setting. It often feels forced. It’s hard enough for established teams to find space to reflect and exchange stories, let alone for those who’ve never connected with their colleagues in real life because they’ve switched jobs during the pandemic. …

Design

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Creating the scaffolding for teams to do their best work
Creating the scaffolding for teams to do their best work
Design

12 min read


Published in UX Collective

·Jan 4, 2021

Adopting a reflective practice

How I catalogue my learning to grow as a practitioner — I’m one of those people that can’t sleep until the thoughts floating around in my head are either written down or sketched out. I used to see this as a negative thing, like an obsession to think through all possible scenarios of a given challenge or idea. Over the last…

Reflections

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Adopting a reflective practice
Adopting a reflective practice
Reflections

10 min read


May 21, 2019

Resources for applying a systems lens to your work

When was the last time someone asked you ‘what are the unintended consequences of releasing this feature?’ Or ‘who else may be directly or indirectly affected by these product decisions?’ …

Design

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Resources for applying a systems lens to your work
Resources for applying a systems lens to your work
Design

4 min read

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Aly Blenkin

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