Doctor's Note

This post was originally part of my newsletter Doctor’s Note. I recently tweeted a Games Studies article by M. D. Schmalzer called Janky Controls and …

Much of my thinking about the relationship between playfulness and interactivity was formed during my time as a member of Antirom. Nikola Tosic managed to …

My leaving This is Doing and This is HCD wasn’t a pleasant experience, despite my desire for conscious uncoupling instead of painful divorce. Asking …

I recently gave a talk for Dan Levy’s Future of Now series called Boiling the Ocean: Complexity, Service Design, & Systems Thinking. The session was …

After a couple of years of being on the This is HCD network, Power of Ten is going solo with the episodes at their [new home here on polaine.com](/podcasts/), …

A lot of traditional models of leadership, especially in the corporate and political worlds, take on military language. There has been a lot of it recently. …

After a lot of behind the scenes work switching from the live event and working out how we make the virtual one engaging, we are delighted to announce Design …

Since I’ve just started offering Design Leadership Coaching, I thought I’d share my experience of moving into that role. But first, some background. A journey …

No more flying by the seat of your pants. I’m now offering one-to-one or small group Design Leadership coaching. Moving into a design leadership role can …

I wrote this piece on International Women’s Day for my newsletter and forgot to post it here. I had cause to go looking for it, so here it is. One of the best …