Search
Design Business Council
  • Home
  • what we do
    • we mentor
    • we research
    • we write
    • we advocate
    • we run workshops
      • How to find higher-fee design work
      • How to manage and lead a creative business
      • How to explain the measurable impact of design
  • Design Business Review
  • Who we are
  • 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
      • How to build a great creative business: good for people and profits
      • What’s the risk? ebook
      • What’s a fair wage ebook
      • digital copy: the business of design publication
    • Free resources
  • Connect
  • Home
  • what we do
    • we mentor
    • we research
    • we write
    • we advocate
    • we run workshops
      • How to find higher-fee design work
      • How to manage and lead a creative business
      • How to explain the measurable impact of design
  • Design Business Review
  • Who we are
  • 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
      • How to build a great creative business: good for people and profits
      • What’s the risk? ebook
      • What’s a fair wage ebook
      • digital copy: the business of design publication
    • Free resources
  • Connect
Design Business Council > Design strategies
Is your studio ‘fit for purpose’?
04
Apr

Is your business fit for purpose? A fit for purpose business is in the right market at the right time. It has the right pricing structure, the right people in place and systems to make sure your business delivers today and in the future.

Posted in: design business coach , Design business coaching , Design business strategy , Design value chain ,
Tags: Design Business School , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Empathy mapping , Rebrand , Studio management ,
What strategy is (and isn’t)
07
Mar

Design strategy has become a common service offered, or term used, by many designers. Just Google it and you will get about 1,150,000,000 results. When you dig into this you find many interpretations of design strategy.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design value chain ,
Tags: Design Business School , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Empathy mapping , Rebrand , Studio management ,
Talking money with clients
21
Feb

Successful designers can confidently talk money with clients. The ability to explain budgets and estimates is a key skill all designers need.

Posted in: Design business strategy ,
Tags: Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Studio management ,
Why not onboard existing employees?
09
Feb

Managing a creative business is about constant change of direction, overcoming obstacles and reinvention. The skills is keeping clients and employees onside.

Posted in: Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach , female business coach , small business mentoring ,
Tags: Business of design , capability building , design business , design business coach , design business mentor , design career , design clients , design coaching , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , design studio management , designers mental health , graphic design clients , new employees , onboarding employees , Professional development , Studio management ,
Can you mandate covid vaccination
19
Oct

Can you mandate designers are COVID vaccinated? And what is the best way to achieve a safe workplace without disruption?

Posted in: Business of design , can you mandate a COVID vaccination , COVID and design , COVID vaccinations , COVID vaxxers , creative business coach , design business coach , Design business strategy , Design studio management , Small business mentoring service , Studio management ,
Tags: Design Business School , Design disruptors , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Design value chain analysis , Empathy mapping , Rebrand ,
Making COVID an opportunity
07
Sep

COVID presents us with the perfect opportunity to review and revise our operations by developing a Balanced Scorecard.

Posted in: Business of design , Design business strategy ,
Tags: Agile design business , Design disruptors , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Design value chain analysis , Empathy mapping , Rebrand , Studio management ,
Nick anGreg with halo
Who said I can’t work miracles
16
Aug

I won’t admit to being the messiah but we can help every design business with the Design Business Model Canvas.

Posted in: Business of design , Design business strategy ,
Tags: Agile design business , Design disruptors , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Design value chain analysis , Empathy mapping , Rebrand , Studio management ,
Here’s the future as we see it
20
Jul

Right now, nearly half Australia’s population in lockdown. Again.
We’ve put our head up to peer into the future. Here’s what we think…

Posted in: Business of design , Design business strategy ,
Tags: Agile design business , Design disruptors , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Design value chain analysis , Empathy mapping , Rebrand , Studio management ,
41*
06
Jul

The creative industry I joined is not the creative industry I’m part of now and that’s OK. It’s changed and I’ve changed. It’s been a career of life-long learning, both in hard and soft skills.

Posted in: Business of design , creative business coach ,
Tags: a career in design , ageism , Business of design , capability building , design career , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , hard skills , soft skills , Studio management ,
Email/call/text/slack… how do clients contact you?
29
Jun

We have made ourselves so accessible to clients — they can call/text/email/slack to contact us anywhere, anytime. It’s hard to manage.

Posted in: Business of design , design business coach ,
Tags: Aircall , Business of design , capability building , client management , dealing with emergencies , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Designers and stress , designers mental health , Dialpad , Justcall , Studio management , Zoom call ,
Profiting from referrals
22
Jun

‘Spotters fees’, ‘kick-backs’ and ‘hidden consultancy fees’ – they’re all secret commissions and they’re illegal under the Crimes Act.

Posted in: Business of design ,
Tags: Business of design , capability building , dealing with emergencies , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Designers and stress , designers mental health , hidden commission , profiting from referrals , secret commission , Studio management ,
Your lack of preparation does not constitute my emergency
10
Jun

It’s easy for designers to be overwhelmed by their workload but thinking like an emergency department of a hospital can help.

Posted in: Business of design ,
Tags: Business of design , capability building , dealing with emergencies , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Designers and stress , designers mental health , Studio management ,
  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • …
  • 10
  • Next

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we live, work and play; the Peoples of the Kulin Nation.

Home
What we do
About DBC
The Review
Store

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2022 Design Business Council

Copyright © 2022 Design Business Council
  • home
  • About DBC
  • The Review
  • Store