Each and every product out there, progresses through basic sequential stages of creation. Once you understand and use effective strategies for each stage, you as a designer can maximise your product's probability for success - all about this and more in this episode, based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design.

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"The internet is the world's largest library. It's just that all the books are on the floor." At first glance, you'd think the best-selling 20% of the products on sale in the internet are the ones that generate 80% of the revenue. In terms of profit, that might hold true, but when it comes to the overall turnover, it's the Long Tail that gets the last laugh. More about it all in this episode based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler.

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Those worn out paths where people naturally walk, those beaten paths that trail off the sidewalk, those shortcuts to reach your destination faster - not just in landscape design, but in usable web and application design too; all about Desire Lines in this episode, based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design.

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"Do not read this book unless you want a new way of living" - that's how strong Tim's advices are to anyone who wants to escape the monotonous 9-to-5 and join the group of elite productivity experts called that "new rich". All this and more in this book review episode, based on The 4-hour Work Week, by Timothy Ferris.

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In 1990, James Reason illustrated the causes and effects of human errors using what is popularly known as the Swiss cheese model. In the ideal error-free world, a block of cheese has no holes. But the reality is different - all about it in this episode based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler.

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Rote learning, learning by heart, mugging it all up, gulping down pages after pages of notes - that might get the job done in the short term, but that will only be superficial. You would not be scratching even just the surface of your brain's processing power. That is why you need to maximise your depth of processing - all about it in this episode based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design.

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It's magical to be a part of a team that just clicks! There's no hard feelings, there's complete trust and openness, and efficiency is at its peak. But this is almost a mythical entity that we're talking about here. In reality - most teams are just groups of people. So how do you transform a group into a team - all about it in this episode based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler.

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We all need the environment that we live in, to deter crime. And for that very reason, we need markers, surveillance, and signs of ownership - three main pillars of defensible spaces. All about these in this episode, based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design.

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"The book I would choose as pillow and plate, alone on a deserted island." These words by Jeanette Winterson perfectly embody the powerful spell that Italo Calvino casts through his masterpiece, Invisible Cities - and this episode is a humble attempt at reviewing this vintage jewel.

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Your market conditions, timing, customer research, funding, team, vision, motivation - none of these matter much when it comes to executing the "perfect" project. In the end, you can only have it good and fast, or good and cheap, or fast and cheap. Good, fast and cheap - that would've been perfect - but then, that's impossible! All about this, in this episode, based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler.

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