d.MBA

d.MBA

Business confidence for designers.

  1. 8月5日

    How to Work Out What You Actually Want From Your Design Career

    Everybody thinks they know what matters to them. Then you ask them, and they can't tell you. Daniel Burka has stood at more career crossroads than most: Digg, Glitch (which became Slack), a company sold to Google, five years at Google Ventures, then eight years in global public health. Every time the stakes got high, he reached for the same thing: Job Rank, a weighted-scoring spreadsheet for choosing your next role. In this episode he opens the real template on screen and walks through exactly how it works, for designers, product people, and anyone in tech staring at a hard career decision. We get into: Why the spreadsheet isn't really the tool: 90% of the value is being forced to write down what you value and rank it If everything's important, nothing's important: how the weighting forces the trade-offs a pros and cons list politely avoids The moment the sheet told Daniel something his ego didn't want to hear about a big role at Google How the tool travels with you: same values, different weights, as your life changes Where AI fits into a decision that should stay human GET THE TEMPLATEFree to copy, in Daniel's full write-up: https://www.hardproblems.com/articles... LINKSHard Problems, helping designers and people in tech find work that matters: https://www.hardproblems.com d.MBA, business education for designers: https://d.mba 00:15 – What this episode is about02:10 – Daniel's career crossroads04:15 – Job Rank: it's just a spreadsheet04:40 – Writing down what matters to you06:25 – Weighting each value (and why not everything's a 5)09:50 – Scoring the jobs you're considering11:20 – Scoring jobs that don't exist yet13:10 – How to make your own job16:50 – The Google role his ego wanted19:10 – Why 90% of the value is just writing it down21:10 – Hard Problems: work that actually matters25:05 – Jobs that matte

  2. 2024/04/16

    105- Patagonia - Business Design Teardown

    Ready for a business adventure? For our latest Teardown, we're exploring the terrain of a brand that has revolutionized business and ethical standards. Yes, we're unearthing the tale of Patagonia, a brand that's more than just outdoor apparel. It's a testament to sustainability, innovation, and an unwavering love for the great outdoors. Patagonia is an icon of ethical business and thoughtful design. It's a brand that has masterfully woven the threads of environmental activism with cutting-edge business strategies. In this episode, Alen, Franz, and Tom will unravel how Patagonia has managed to design not just clothes but also a culture of sustainability and product innovation that other brands are dying to replicate. Join us as we explore... The relatable conflicts of Patagonia's founder, a craftsperson at heart who remains reluctant to call himself a businessmanWhy Yvon Chouinard committed early business self-sabotage in the interests of the environment he loved… and set the standard for the business's future decision-making.How Patagonia weaves philosophy into its culture, always prioritizing its most important stakeholder: our planetThe role of activism in its brand ethos and the marketing side-effects that this fostersSo, lace up your hiking boots, and let's hit the trail together in this latest Business Design Teardown. It will be one wild ride through Patagonia's business peaks and design valleys.

    105- Patagonia - Business Design Teardown

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