More often that not, the average responses of a group to a certain class of problems are better than any individual response from that group - such is the power of a prominent principle, called crowd intelligence - all about it, in this episode, based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design.

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You don't need to start panicking as the deadline of your project comes closer. There is no need to believe in the myth that the printer or the photo-copier is going to break down the day before the presentation. The result-optimisation model is the one-stop solution to your project-timeline-jitters. All about it in this episode - based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler.

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How do you assess the financial return associated with adding new features into your product design? How do you understand if you're adding value for your users, or taking away? How do you make sure that your design isn't poor? Well, one very important way is cost-benefit - all about it in this episode based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design.

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As vastly important as DIY usability-testing is, and as simple and straightforward as its processes can be, it's surprisingly unfortunate how tiny a fraction of people actually get it done. Moreover, it doesn't always have to be in-person - remote-testing can get the job done too. All this and more, in this book-review episode, on Rocket Surgery Made Easy, by Steve Krug.

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Homogeneous teams don't function very well - because, everyone has the same point of view, all the time! If you cannot change your point of view, depending on the needs of the situation, it will become very problematic to understand what the correct approach to a task would be. And that is precisely why you need at least "six hats"! All this and more in this episode based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler.

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What does a hot-air balloon, a jellyfish, a rocket, a squid, a hang-glider, a stingray, an albatross, and a bat have in common? Why are they even grouped together? It's all about convergence. Learn more about it, and how you can apply it to your work as a designer, in this episode based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design.

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From employees in development, to developed employees, the path is not linear. More often than not, the level of expertise increases. But, there occur very high fluctuations in the employee morale and motivation. And it's at these very junctures, that leadership is needed. Not just an absolute standard of leadership - what we need is situational leadership. All this and more in this episode based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler.

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A dictatorship is not always wrong. Similarly, a democratic path is not always the best to pursue. In design processes, likewise, the sole-designer-says-the-final-word way is not always the best idea. Similarly, clouding a project with stakeholder buy-in, is sometimes not the correct way to go. It all depends on the situation and the work at hand - all this and much more in this episode, based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design.

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"Weapons of influence" - that's what everyones is armed with in today's world. Reciprocation, commitment and consistency, social proof, liking, authority, and scarcity - these 6 principles are foundational pillars to help you not only become a skilled persuader, but also to defend yourself against similar people. All this and more, in this episode - a review of the book, "Influence", by Dr. Robert B. Cialdini.

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Our minds work in funny ways. Many of us have high morals, we live up to strong beliefs. Yet, if we dig deep, we'd probably find that many of our actions are in stark contrast to what we believe in. Even though we know being a couch-potato is wrong, many of us still become one. This is where a guilty feeling creeps in - and we try to self-justify. It's hard to change our behaviours, but easier to tweak our beliefs into becoming consistent with our immoral actions - which in turn will get us towards no better place in life. All this and more in this episode about cognitive dissonance, based on an excerpt from The Decision Book, by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler.

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