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Korhan Buyukdemirci describes himself as a strategist in mind, a designer at heart. He is a principal designer at Futurice Helsinki. He believes in the power of combining analytical thinking with intuition to deliver purposeful solutions. As a consultant, he has worked with many global companies and start-ups. He has won several awards and personal concepts featured in Mashable, FastCo, Core77, Gizmodo.
This keynote is one of the most inspiring talks I have listened to in recent months. Benedict Evans gives a macro perspective on changes in the tech industry, Future (Tech visions for what’s next) Present (Start up´s deploy the ideas of the last decade), and Catching up (Old economy adjusts the ideas from the 2000s). As a (strategic) designer we are positioned in the core of these transitions and I think it is a must-watch to zoom out and see historic perspectives.
Most leaders say they’re customer-centric, but if everything they measure is company-centric, how could that be true? This HBR article written by Gene Cornfield brings new insights on defining customer performance indicators.
Data & Design are getting closer to each other and Designers are constantly looking for new ways of working with Data Scientists. What is inspiring in this webinar is moving the starting focus from data to the outcome. Not being data-driven but being decision-driven. We should focus on decisions rather than finding a meaning for data.
“Care personally and challenge directly”. Author of the international bestseller book Radical Condor talks about how to be a great leader. I think this talk is vital for anyone who wants to grow as a design leader or more practical things such as how to give good design critiques.
Expressing creativity and designing new things has always been my passion. It is like solving a multidimensional puzzle of user needs, business objectives, and tech constraints.
Name one superpower that makes you different from the others One superpower I have and also learning to get better every day is simplifying complex things, storytelling, and visually communicating them. This skill is fundamental for aligning multiple stakeholders on vision, objectives, and future outcomes.
What would you have wanted to tell yourself 5 years back Spending more time developing soft skills, for example communication, leadership, assertiveness, adaptability, etc. Understanding how different personalities work together (for instance, DISC profiles) and adapting accordingly. I think this is an essential part of teamwork and getting better outcomes.
One thing you would recommend all designers to try out? Don’t fall in love with your design. Instead, I would suggest designers put themselves into the shoes of business decision-makers as much as customers and challenge ideas. My approach is switching from thinking like a designer to thinking like a business person and outcomes. Then switching back to thinking like a designer. It is a back, and forth mindset change to be objective. It was not easy initially, but it settled with the time.
Most interesting design case you’ve worked with... This is a bit difficult question to answer since many of the projects are confidential, but if I name one that could be the Chefstein project. It was interesting because the multidisciplinary team of business designers, Service & UI designers, data scientists, and developers worked in great harmony to define and solve the correct problems, whether a UX, data, or holistic CX. In addition, we have worked on strategical, operational, and tactical levels while redesigning the product.
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