In reflecting on the past year, the author shares key lessons learned from 2024, marked by achievements and setbacks. The importance of slowing down to prioritise tasks, trusting one's instincts in decision-making, and embracing uncertainty within a professional environment are valuable insights. Ultimately, the author views the year positively, recognising the growth and knowledge gained despite challenges.

How to leverage your UX skills to create a better portfolio

Being a Data-driven designer empowers you to identify problems and make informed decisions by leveraging user feedback, analytics, and cross-team insights. Venessa discusses how to become a data-driven designer.

Venessa shows you how to advocate for users in a business setting with a lack of user testing. Covering how to: understand your users, gather metrics, connect data to business goals, and compare/present the data to advocate for design changes.

Venessa discusses the importance of staying relevant in an ever-evolving design industry

Venessa emphasises the importance of showing your design process in case studies. Documenting each step, from sketches to final outcomes, helps to show hiring managers how you think.

Diverse design teams enhance creativity, product quality, and profitability. To achieve this, hiring managers should use inclusive job postings, standardised evaluations, and collaborative assessments. The focus should be on "culture add" rather than "culture fit," aiming to build teams that reflect the diversity of product users and bring varied perspectives to the design process.

Discover the top three things I've learned in three months since joining a legal-tech company.

I spoke with Penny de Valk last year, and we discussed her tendency to step outside of her comfort zone and how her tribe empowers her.

This year I ventured into the realm of public speaking. It was a big challenge for me, but it was something that I wanted to master. Here are my learnings after a year of speaking.

I sat down with Louis Badcock as he was leaving Cazoo and about to join Runa. We discussed some of his learnings during his time at Cazoo and our thoughts on AI and the future of design.

Receiving negative feedback is not easy - here are my tips on how to deal with negative feedback.

I believe you can learn from every situation you go through. Here are my top learnings from 2022.

Starting a new job can be hard especially joining a large company here are some tips as to how you can be more than just another employee and make a difference.