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The Weekly Wit is a UX design and research newsletter for practitioners who want to sharpen their craft. Each issue shares practical tools, emerging trends and UI/UX insights — helping designers stay current, apply new methods and grow within today’s evolving product landscape.
Are you struggling with your COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) software solution? This post helps uncover the root cause of failing COTS solutions and contains tips for making sure your COTS solution will be as successful as possible.
Our design team has created the only UX Survival Guide you’ll ever need! As designers and researchers, we’re up against unique challenges in our day-to-day work. Learn important skills like managing project timelines, advocating for UX, navigating your career, and more.
Welcome to the ultimate guide to understanding service design! We’re going back to the basics, explaining what service design is, how it shows up in your day-to-day life, the tiers of design, and five must-have skills for service designers. Plus, read all the way through for a helpful service design blueprint example!
Leaders are usually being pulled in a million directions on a day-to-day basis, and that’s true now more than ever. So what’s the key to effectively steering teams toward success in this fast-paced and constantly changing climate? More and more leaders are turning to values-based leadership approaches to drive results and inspire innovation. Read all about values-based leadership in this post.
Explore our list of top-rated UX, service design, HCD, and research conferences happening both virtually and in person in 2024!
In Part 2 of our series on unblocking creativity, we’re discussing creative ways to inspire your UX teams when collaboration falters and new ideas are few and far between. And, as a bonus, our Outwitly Team has gotten together to share their top techniques for finding inspiration in their specific types of work.
Any practitioner who works in UX, UI or service design has drawn a blank at some point in their career. Feeling creatively blocked is completely normal, but it can still cause a lot of stress, especially when deadlines are looming. Read along as we discuss the 4 most common cases where UXers and designers get stuck, how to get unstuck and how to get into a creative “flow” state.
In Part Two of our series on digital service design in government, we’re laying down our 10 best tips for leading successful service design projects in the public sector. Guiding your government team toward innovation is possible through great communication, problem-solving and priority sorting. Read on for our practical pointers.
Written by Kristin Swan, Outwitly’s Director of Strategic Design, this post covers the importance of clarity, communication, and collaboration in UX and service design teams, and the five cultural components teams need to thrive.
This post is a collaborative effort from Outwitly’s Design Team! We dive into what makes a great UX and service design team. Successful design teams require many elements– from individual skills and expertise to team dynamics and communication. Read on for key takeaways and top tips for success.
Check out our list of top-ranked conferences for UX design and research and HCD in 2023! There’s sure to be an event for every design practitioner out there.