Business coach for designers

Is persuasion a fundamental skills to be good at new business? No, it’s actually really hard to change behaviour and using just persuasion isn’t the answer…

Four expat designers in Berlin chose challenge over comfort. Their stories reveal how changing environment, not skills, can transform creative careers.

Most creative business owners chase new clients before analysing how many they need or whether their current ones are profitable. Start with numbers you know.

Designers fear specialisation will limit their skills. Amsterdam’s canal museum proves the opposite — true specialisation expands capabilities.

Amsterdam design practitioners have found technical skills alone won\\\’t sustain careers. It\\\’s self-mastery and strategic thinking separate thriving designers.

Amsterdam design practitioners have found technical skills alone won’t sustain careers. It’s self-mastery and strategic thinking separate thriving designers.

Here’s how to run design experiments to help clients understand design does make a difference. The key is to start with a strong hypothesis and go from there…

New business isn’t a skillset common to the creative industry so talent comes from outside, but there’s mismatch between traditional sales approaches and design.

We know design makes a difference, but sheeesh we also know it’s a struggle to prove it. Here’s a simple framework to follow to run effective design experiments.

We combine travel with work and this year we’re heading to Europe. We work while holidaying, meeting with like-minded designers to investigate what’s happening in design businesses in other parts of the world.

Good designers don’t just create great work. They create the conditions where the work gets approved and implemented. They influence client behaviour ethically.

The difference between clients who haggle and those who invest in strategic design? Their position on the design ladder. Here’s how to move them from “make it pretty” to “help us innovate”