The Importance of Soft Skills in Design

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Cassie McDaniel was one third of my team of bad design Avengers at AEA Denver. The other two thirds consisted of Luke Roblousky or Luke W on the Twitters and Chris Coir aka CSS Man, Episode 28. This incredibly powerful live podcast recording is now available for your listening and or viewing pleasure. Please tweet those takeaways mentioned at Cassie Mc and at user defenders.

Cassie McDaniel inspires us to get away from the ‘pick me’ mindset, and to pick ourselves. She challenges us to be willing to kill our darlings so that something better can emerge. She teaches us the importance of knowing our values, but also embracing the fact that they are going to change. She also encourages us to not just do what we’re good at, but do what we enjoy.

Secret Identity (8:27)
Origin Story (20:56)
Being Mozilla Foundation's Design Director (24:09)
Biggest Failure (36:36)
Kill Your Darlings (40:24)
Design Superpower (52:54)
Habit of Success (62:59)
Invincible Resource (67:39)
Best Advice (70:33)

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