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Thinking

Notes I'd defend in a meeting.

Short pieces on design leadership, accessibility in enterprise products, design systems, and what AI actually changes. Opinions, lightly held but clearly stated.

Writing

  • May 2026 2 min read

    Design debt is just business debt wearing a turtleneck.

    Why "we'll fix the UX later" is a balance-sheet decision, not a backlog item—and how to make the cost legible to the people who control the roadmap.

  • March 2026 2 min read

    Responsible AI is a design problem first.

    Model quality gets the headlines. Trust, graceful failure, and disclosure get the adoption. A field note from shipping generative features from concept to GA.

  • January 2026 2 min read

    A career ladder is a product. Ship it like one.

    Notes from building a Career Progression Model and Growth Dimensions framework—and why "do good work and hope someone notices" fails everyone, slowly.

  • November 2025 1 min read

    WCAG 2.2 in the enterprise, without the slide deck.

    How to make inclusive design operational instead of aspirational, in a real product org with real deadlines and real legacy code.

  • September 2025 1 min read

    The craft-vs-strategy choice is a trap.

    The best design leaders refuse to pick a side. A short argument for staying technical, staying close to the work, and still owning the business case.

© 2026 Griffin Kelton · griffin.kelton@gmail.com

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