Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 08/08/2025We tried to make orgs care about Design for over a decade. Design Thinking was the original AI — hyped up to solve all problems for ever and 10x your returns. Where is Design Thinking now? Dead. In the end, no one cared. Whatever influence design had gained proved to be fleeting. 3362
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 08/08/2025The only option left is to earn personal trust with stakeholders. Establish a reputation of someone with good judgment and effective track record, rather than a gatekeeper, and they'll be coming *to you* to ask if their shitty AI-gen dashboard is good (it won't be, don't worry). 1301
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 08/08/2025I've written on this topic before in my weekly newsletter (it's good, you should subscribe to it)productpicnic.beehiiv.comTaste is a dead end; what you should have is a point of viewBy justifying decisions on the basis of taste, designers are throwing away the influence they need for preventing low-value feature bloat 2241