Is There Life After Leaving a Large Brand?
YES. Everyone’s path differs in terms of career development. Some start off at large brands as I did, knowing early in their job lives the extent that companies go to...
17 Jul 2017
The Moral Struggle with your Career Contributing to Consumerism
When you research and design an actual product for mass production, the proximity heightens your awareness. ‘What am I doing’ or ‘What am I contributing to’ taunts you every so...
12 Jun 2017
Your Leadership Training Starts Now
Since our childhood, we regularly assess leadership. Sure, now a boss determines your daily tasks instead of your mom, but both sway your concept of leading. Many of us will...
05 May 2017
Aligning Your Vision with a Brand's
The most unspoken dilemma when working for a brand is rearranging your own vision. Before joining a company, you have an existing relationship with the brand. Much like getting acquainted...
15 Apr 2017
What it Means to Work for a Brand
Pledging your time and talents to a brand influences your identity. It’s a joint undertaking as both you and the brand believe in the suitable match. The points of compatibility...
20 Mar 2017
The Never-Ending Story of Defining Success
Success is as unoriginal as other buzzwords of our time. Like passion, motivation or drive, success only carries meaning when put into context. Your context, my context, her context, his...
03 Feb 2017
Recognising and Repairing Tribalism in Companies
Company structures mimic society. Both promote greater visions, while humming along to today’s theories on leading and unifying individuals. Within companies we work in smaller teams that many of us...
16 Jan 2017
For Anyone (and I mean anyone) Who Wants to Try a Hackathon
Hack…a…thon. Yes, you read that correctly - nothing in there suggests either footwear design or trend analysis. I ended up in this project development tech event to learn more about...
21 Dec 2016
Establishing a Collective Trend Process
For the last three years, I led our trend research in Europe. Many might see trend analysis as either acting like a fashion oracle or collecting pretty images. Well, it...
07 Dec 2016
I’m here to unravel and reboot your perception of presenting. By combining some tough love with yes-you-can motivation, we’ll tame your doubts and train your nerves. Presenting is going to...
16 Nov 2016
How to Talk with Baby Boomer Parents About Success
Who else to ask about the wild, wild workforce than your parents. You’re old enough to understand the value of their advice and keen enough to filter it through your...
04 Oct 2016
Better Writer Equals Better Designer
“If choosing between two equally qualified designers,” one recruiter once said “I always went with the better writer.” For the word Olympians, bask in this good fortune. For everyone else,...
16 Sep 2016