IT'S NICE THAT
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Designers should write about design
Elizabeth Goodspeed argues writing is another way to work through the same questions your design already circles, and well worth the effort.
Field Notes · Tactic
Storytelling & narrative
The way design teams shape and share the story of the work.
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ALPHA BYTES
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Why Taste Becomes the Moat
As AI flattens production, the author argues cultivated taste and a clear point of view become a designer's real edge.
UX COLLECTIVE
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When the Metric Becomes the Harm
Bertini argues engagement-maximizing AI doesn't fail by accident, and that designers and product leaders own the direction it takes.
DESIGN SYSTEMS COLLECTIVE
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How to Position System-Level Design Work So It Actually Gets Funded
Frame it as infrastructure, not UX, or it gets deprioritized before the meeting ends. · If you don't define the cost of inaction, leadership assumes there isn't one.
DESIGN SYSTEMS COLLECTIVE
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Your System Can't Explain Itself. That's the Problem.
Most design systems are a shared palette and a Confluence page nobody trusts. · A real system enforces its contracts; agents expose every gap you papered over.
MICROSOFT WORKLAB
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The transformation paradox, in data
Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index covers 100,000+ Copilot conversations and surveys 20,000 workers across ten countries. Only 26 percent say leadership is consistently aligned on AI.