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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.