by Brian Crawford | Aug 17, 2023 | Product Design
Like most grocery stores in Europe (at least that I’ve seen), you must weigh your own produce before bringing it to the cashier. The local Tesco is no exception. Unlike grocery scales at other stores whose UI starts with a menu, this one also features a list of...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 20, 2023 | Product Design, Product Management
Last week I read the book Design Thinking: The Handbook by Falk Uebernickel et al. I was surprised by how much I liked it, and by how much I agreed with much of the way the Design Thinking process is, well, designed. Design Thinking is a way of designing by using...
by Brian Crawford | May 17, 2021 | Leadership
When I got up this morning I told myself I’d go for a run through the park near my apartment this evening. Then this evening came around. I was tired. I’d eaten dinner not too long ago. And to top it off, it had rained during the afternoon, and if I went...
by Brian Crawford | May 7, 2021 | Productivity
I’ve just finished reading Gary Keller’s book The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results. One thing I found interesting after having read the book is that, for some time, I have already been following some of the book’s...
by Brian Crawford | May 6, 2021 | Tech Tips, Technology
Microsoft Windows can sometimes be frustrating, as it tends to try to be a little bit too smart for its own good. One example of this is when you’re using Windows search. When you attempt to search your Windows directories for a file containing a keyword –...
by Brian Crawford | May 5, 2021 | International Business, Language and Culture
Here’s a hypothetical story for you. When Josh was 19 years old, he moved to the big city after growing up in the country. Upon his arrival in the city, one of Josh’s new neighbors invited him to a fancy annual dinner party. Josh hadn’t had any...
by Brian Crawford | Apr 18, 2021 | Productivity
“What is your greatest weakness?” Have you been asked this question during interviews? I have. It’s a tough question to answer. Some people recommend answering this question with “perfectionism”, as it sounds like a strength as well as a...
by Brian Crawford | Apr 14, 2021 | Leadership
Hey, I’m back! and I’m here to tell you something Benjamin Franklin taught me. Well, not personally, of course. I’ve been reading Dale Carnegie’s classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People, which contains some surprisingly modern...
by Brian Crawford | May 29, 2017 | Project Management
The other day I was shown some targeted marketing for a T-shirt on my Facebook feed. The T-shirt was geared toward senior project managers (which is something I’d listed in my work experience). This is what it said: Senior Project Manager: We do precision guess...
by Brian Crawford | Dec 6, 2016 | PMP Certification, Project Management
Chetan Ramesh from Bangalore, India sent me a tweet to let me know that he’d included a quote from this web site in an infographic he had created for Simplilearn. His infographic shows a global comparison between the experiences and salaries of men and women,...
