We are all chimpanzees that got lucky. Our firmware hasn’t changed that much since we came down from the trees.
Collaboration
User Experience is a team sport. This is easier said than done. The skills needed to collaborate across disciplines and departments, communicating ideas effectively and working as a team, are often overlooked. Instead we can easily focus only upon technical competency and practice.
Successful collaboration in UX is essential to be able to deliver successful projects, build and maintain teams and defuse stressful relationships with stakeholders and clients.
Lean UX and co-location
Nothing is more effective than walking over to a colleague, showing some work, discussing, sketching, exchanging ideas, understanding facial expressions and body language, and reaching a resolution on a thorny topic.
Finally got around to reading my copy of Lean UX that I won at UX London 2013 (!)
