As a UX designer, joining a product team involves handling design tasks while collaborating with one or more product managers and a varying number of engineers. It’s crucial to build trust quickly to establish credibility and gain greater control over the design process.
So, how can you build this trust?
I think that as a new designer on the team, you need to quickly show outstanding performance in these three areas: learning, design expertise, and communication.
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From acting passively to proactively to having a sense of ownership — check out my write-up for this sketchnote in Chinese 《视觉笔记 • 从被动到主动，再到主人翁意识》。
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Some say good attitudes = good outcomes. But good managers know that this is not true. Here’s a framework from my coworker on developing people.
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At the end of the day, maintaining a healthy partnership is really a balancing act. It’s not about who wins, but find out a way to make all of us succeed.
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A write-up (in Chinese) on how I overcame my fear when speaking in front of a group.
在美国工作的最初几年，总感到自己在唇枪舌战的集体会议上无话可说。身边的同事基本都非常擅于表达自己的意见，管他对的错的，说出来再说。科技公司们也很鼓励这种氛围。我从小到大一直挺内向的，表达自己观点的机会不多，也不太习惯在众人面前表达，不太适应大家都积极发言的环境。可是，总不能总做个默默的观众吧？在美国的公司里，如果不能抓住时机表达自己的观点，那么我就会逐渐地被忽略了。我为这件事焦虑了很久，最终还是觉得不行动不行。
Continue readingI went to a wonderful panel event with the theme “Yes, I’m Ready. Getting Women to Believe in Their Own Career Preparedness.”, hosted by Leap.ai. Here are notes from this event & answers from these great female leaders.
Continue readingAs a user experience designer, aside from being a advocate for user needs and business objectives, should be a good communicator among different teams, especially if you want team onboard with your design decisions.
Continue readingWhen someone asks you to evaluate an opinion she has, or an item she made, it’s very tempting to bla out your ideas, but it’s very important not to do so.
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I truly felt proud when I was finally able to sit down and enjoy the show, I saw my name coming up as part of the volunteers on the screen.
Continue readingWhen you’re the meeting host, after the meeting begins, the first thing is to provide context to your attendees, then state clear goals for the meeting.
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