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  • Design Business Review
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  • How we can help
    • Costing pricing profit toolkit
    • …build financial knowledge
      • Financial mentoring for designers
      • ebook: Finance in a design studio ebook
      • ebook: Bookkeeping for designers
      • ebook: What’s a fair wage?
      • digital copy: the business of design publication
    • … grow your business
      • Business development mentoring
      • ebook: LinkedIn for designers
      • What’s a fair wage ebook
      • digital copy: the business of design publication
    • … build management and leadership skills
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      • What’s the risk? ebook
      • What’s a fair wage ebook
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Design Business Council > Design management
Stop chasing work-life balance
17
Feb

Every creative business evolves through distinct stages. Understanding where you are – and where your business is – helps explain what’s working, what isn’t, and what’s next…

Posted in: Business advice for designers , Business coach for designers , Business coaching for designers , Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach , Design business coaching ,
Tags: Business of design , design career , Design management , managing a design studio , risk management for designers , risks for creatives , risks for design studios , risks for designers ,
How to find design projects beyond the marketing team
09
Feb

While most designers jostle for marketing’s attention, many other parts of a business struggle with problems design could solve, often with larger budgets.

Posted in: Business advice for designers , Business coach for designers , Business coaching for designers , Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach , Design business coaching ,
Tags: Business of design , design career , Design management , managing a design studio , risk management for designers , risks for creatives , risks for design studios , risks for designers ,
The lifecycle of a creative business
04
Feb

Every creative business evolves through distinct stages. Understanding where you are – and where your business is – helps explain what’s working, what isn’t, and what’s next…

Posted in: Business advice for designers , Business coach for designers , Business coaching for designers , Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach , Design business coaching ,
Tags: Business of design , design career , Design management , managing a design studio , risk management for designers , risks for creatives , risks for design studios , risks for designers ,
5 benchmarks for a creative business
30
Nov

We work with many creative businesses and gather heaps of data and knowledge along the way. We know these 5 benchmarks are common to many successful businesses.

Posted in: Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach , Design business coaching , main risks for creatives running a business , risks for creatives running a business ,
Tags: Business of design , design career , Design management , managing a design studio , risk management for designers , risks for creatives , risks for design studios , risks for designers ,
pricing your design on impact
The truth about design impact
12
Nov

There’s a lot of talk about design impact. Yep, impact not value. Why the language change to impact? Because most clients won’t accept design adds value.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
design impact disruption
Leading in the new reality of design and business
05
Nov

The current design market is the new reality of design and business; we can’t just adapt, we have to disrupt. Design leaders are recognising design impact is the new reality of design and business.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
How we run a small business and take holidays
29
Oct

Most of us start a business to gain flexibility but in reality it feels like you have less time and the first thing to suffer is holidays. We think we’ve found the perfect solution…

Posted in: Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach , Design business coaching , main risks for creatives running a business , risks for creatives running a business ,
Tags: Business of design , design career , Design management , managing a design studio , risk management for designers , risks for creatives , risks for design studios , risks for designers ,
Behavioural design is the future
14
Oct

In the world of design and user experience, there’s a realisation that while design inspires, it’s ultimately behaviour change that delivers meaningful results.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
How to run a good meeting
08
Oct

An article explaining how a designer can run a good meeting: handy because a good meeting can be the difference between a smooth project and an ugly bunfight!

Posted in: Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach , Design business coaching , main risks for creatives running a business , risks for creatives running a business ,
Tags: Business of design , design career , Design management , managing a design studio , risk management for designers , risks for creatives , risks for design studios , risks for designers ,
disrupt to grow
Disrupt and grow
30
Sep

As part of the research for our article on the status quo approach to design we did a great deal of research into ways to disrupt design business models. Not just for design but more broadly for design clients.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
Why designers (may) need a bookkeeper
17
Sep

In the world of design and user experience, there’s a realisation that while design inspires, it’s ultimately behaviour change that delivers meaningful results.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
design industry
The design industry is broken; We need a rebrand!
02
Sep

We’ve been researching the state of the design nation through talking to design business owners across the country. We’ve come to the conclusion we need to rebrand our industry!

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design index , Design pricing , design value , Human centred design ,
Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design Business School , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , ROI , Studio management ,
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