My work with clients and independent product ideas.
Download the full PDF here. I’ve been experimenting with AI since 2018, using it as both a design accelerant and a creative partner. Long before that—back in the early days of the internet—I was lucky enough to work with bands…
download the full design PDF here. Rethinking How We Read the News We’re at a turning point in how people discover, interpret, and trust the news. During my time leading design for the new People magazine app, I pushed deeply into…
These case studies reflect my journey as a lead product designer and innovation strategist —shaped by storytelling, anthropology, and a curiosity about how technology can better serve people. Each project is both a test and a story, showing how design…
As a student of anthropology interested in linguistics and big fan of the work of George Lakoff, I built this prototype with the help of AI (Figma Make) to help me understand sentiment, framing metaphors and splitting language being used…
Using ElevenLabs to create my own conversation agent. Source documents include my resume, various personality tests and portfolio. I thought it might be a nice way for folks to get to know my work style, what I value and to…
So nice to see that Havas went all the way and officially launched Arcadia into the world. What started as a small idea when I was doing a workshop for a client in Munich became a much bigger idea with…
Co:Create is a methodology I developed with my team to closely partner with clients, their internal teams and their customers to help define new product and service offerings and marketing plans to support them. Co:Create is a workshop and stage-gated…
In February we wanted to see if we could add an element to our workshops at Oliver Wyman that would bring a bit more depth and interaction to the content we present. Our choice was to add a layer of…
Perhaps the most considered task of any workshop are the shapes and forms of the materials used in the room to spur lateral thinking. A roomful of people can generally stomach three group activities over the course of a day.…
Always much to learn from facilitating a workshop. First off, no more than three exercises during the course of a day. That’s nearly a given now even though I always try to pack in more. But – more importantly for…
I’ve read Matthew Crawford‘s book, “Shop Class as Soulcraft” a few times now. It has earned a permanent place on my bedside table. I plan on reading it again several more times. He is a senior fellow at UVA’s Institute…
There area a myriad of tools now out that purport to make journey mapping a simple drag and drop process. A few of them are quite good and will certainly get better. I’ve been using my MET framework in my…
How can we reframe and unbias our news media habits? How could we become aware of our political biases? What if we created a news reader that could keep track of how many blue and red news articles we’ve read?…
Another amazing workshop – this time in Munich. Much to learn each and every time I do these workshops. For the first time my team in New York generated a customer journey using an algorithm written by Joe McHeffey that…
Architecture swallows violence. The streets are washed clean. The walls patched. The holes filled. The windows repaired. And the names and lives of those lost are slowly forgotten. Mothers, fathers, daughters and sons, sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles and…
