Storytelling for daily life

How to use storytelling structure at work, home, and generally in life, to connect more deeply with others.

Woodworking: my beginner's notes

My guide to the basics of woodworking, covering tools, safety, materials, and tips picked up from artisan woodworkers in the shop.

Building a company in public

Why I'm a fan of building in public, and how I make decisions about what to share. Opening the tent for others, accountability, and co-creation / community orientation lead the way.

Compensating flexible work

More folks are looking for flexible work, but compensation can be messy if you don't have a starting point. Signaling, expectations for work & outcomes, multiple comp paths, and seasonality all play a role in setting up clear & successful flex work arrangements.

Personal wellbeing & longevity practices

A collection of practices in my routine. This guide is written for me, and I'm also making it public so it might help others.

Designing Fitt Insider for clarity of purpose

What started as a side project inside another business quickly outgrew the parent brand. Could we shift the brand—and it's collection of media properties—to stand on its own?

Building a personalized farmacy of the future

Could we help customers understand more about themselves + our product, so they'd be more likely to convert? Could we streamline the funnel to help scale eCom operations?

Guiding values (Jun '23)

Things I value: what they are, how I define them, and what they look like in action. They currently are: Love, Purpose, Health, Gratitude, Creativity, Craft.

The Remote Team Playbook

I’ve worked remote my entire career, and I absolutely love it. It's the future of work. But doing it is hard. It's different. And we're just scratching the surface.

The 6-month Koso Retrospective

Could we find a product at the intersection of nutrition x coaching? Was the market ready to take telemedicine to the next level? Could we design + build a business we were excited to work on for the next decade?

Journaling for product development

Learning quickly is essential to making great products. And making time for reflection is critical to learning.

Clear async comms to improve mental health

Build trust on your distributed team, and save everyone from that shitty feeling of uncertainty by writing more clearly.

And, not or

False dichotomies, and leaving space o open by changing a single word.

New Years (2018) opportunity mapping

After leaving Territory Foods, I journaled a bit about my process to discover the next product I wanted to work on. Holistic nutrition, hiring via principles, space to refresh, mental-health-aaS, and personal finance were contenders.

Launching the Territory brand to accelerate growth

Could we help customers understand more about themselves + our product, so they'd be more likely to convert? Could we streamline the funnel to help scale eCom operations?

Scaling Power Supply to new markets across the country

Would the business model and product experience we developed in one market work in other markets across the country?

Crafting Your UX Portfolio

Brittany and I are launching a guide to help interaction designers put their best foot forward on their portfolios. Here's the story of how it came to be.

Making the switch from graphic to UX/UI design

What I share with graphic designers looking to make the switch to UI/UX design. Where to start, how to practice, getting hands-on, and adjusting identity.

The first step towards personalized nutrition at Power Supply

If we gave folks more control over their meals, would we keep them around longer? Or would decision fatigue prove too frustrating?

Designing for the growth mindset

The power of mindsets (fixed vs growth), activating the growth mindset, and applying it in design practice.