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Published in Sprint Stories

·Jul 15, 2022

This startup used design to make industrial A.I. trustworthy to humans

This is the story of a startup called Phaidra, who makes an advanced A.I. that helps industrial plants save huge amounts on their energy bills. Last year my VC firm Character invested in Phaidra, then ran Design Sprints to help them find product-market fit. Today, Phaidra is announcing a $25M…

Design

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This startup used design to make industrial A.I. trustworthy to humans
This startup used design to make industrial A.I. trustworthy to humans
Design

10 min read


Apr 7, 2021

What a Design Researcher Can Teach You About the Art of Effective Listening

An interview with Ximena Vengoechea, author of ‘Listen Like You Mean It’ — Not long ago, I received an advance copy of a new book called Listen Like You Mean It. I quickly judged it by its cover (intriguing, fun), flipped through a few random pages (amazing illustrations, witty writing), then decided to actually read it. …

Design

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What a Design Researcher Can Teach You About Effective Listening
What a Design Researcher Can Teach You About Effective Listening
Design

8 min read


Jun 29, 2020

The Remote Design Sprint Cheat Sheet

33 tricks for facilitation and teamwork over video — Hey there! This post is a cheat sheet version of The Remote Design Sprint Guide which I created with John Zeratsky, Jackie Colburn, and the input, advice, and smart ideas of over one hundred Design Sprint experts from around the world (see below). This cheat sheet is pretty good, but…

Design Sprint

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The Remote Design Sprint Cheat Sheet
The Remote Design Sprint Cheat Sheet
Design Sprint

10 min read


Published in Modus

·Aug 26, 2019

Advice for New Designers

A quick pep talk for those feeling lost or discouraged — I just moved back to Seattle after eight years in San Francisco. It feels really great to be home. And it reminds me that I’ve been a designer for a while. In Seattle, phantoms of my earlier life are everywhere. The University of Washington campus, where I stubbornly majored in…

Design

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Advice for New Designers
Advice for New Designers
Design

3 min read


May 29, 2019

How a designer builds a startup

An interview with Range co-founder Braden Kowitz — When I joined Google in 2007, everybody said, “If you want to learn how to get things done, watch Braden Kowitz.” Braden was a designer who’d worked on the first versions of Google Sheets, Google Trends, and Google for Business (which is now G Suite). Over the years, I learned…

Design

8 min read

How a designer builds a startup
How a designer builds a startup
Design

8 min read


Published in Make Time

·Nov 27, 2018

Six Years With a Distraction-Free iPhone

(and how to try your own low-stress experiment) — In 2012, I realized I had a problem. My iPhone made me twitchy. It called to me from my pocket, the way the Ring called Bilbo Baggins. My moment of clarity happened in my living room. …

Technology

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Six Years With a Distraction-Free iPhone
Six Years With a Distraction-Free iPhone
Technology

11 min read


Nov 23, 2018

Books are cheap

My friend Stefan once said “Books are cheap” and I asked him what he meant. He said that even if you only get one idea or mental model from a book, it’s a great return on investment, and it’s pretty easy to get one idea from most books. And I…

Books

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Books

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Published in Forge

·Sep 19, 2018

How to Make Time for In-Between Sized Projects

The small stuff needs to get done now. The big stuff is overwhelming. Here’s how to tackle the stuff in the middle. — Co-authored with John Zeratsky If you want to make time for things that matter, the Busy Bandwagon will tell you the answer is to do more. Get more done. Be more efficient. Set more goals and make more plans. …

Productivity

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How to Make Time for In-Between Sized Projects
How to Make Time for In-Between Sized Projects
Productivity

6 min read


Published in NYT Open

·Aug 30, 2018

How to Run 13 Design Sprints at Once: Inside Maker Week at The New York Times

This summer I got to do a super fun project, and I thought I’d write it up. It started several months ago, when I got an email from Laura Prah, who leads culture and engagement at The New York Times. Among other things, Laura is in charge of an event…

Design Sprint

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How to Run 13 Design Sprints at Once: Inside Maker Week at The New York Times
How to Run 13 Design Sprints at Once: Inside Maker Week at The New York Times
Design Sprint

9 min read


Mar 26, 2018

Build your design portfolio around one awesome story

There’s plenty of great advice out there for making a design portfolio, much of it written by excellent designers who hire other excellent designers. If you’re a designer, you should do what they say. Me? You should be skeptical of my advice—I’m a solid designer, but not amazing, and I’ve…

Design

6 min read

Build your design portfolio around one awesome story
Build your design portfolio around one awesome story
Design

6 min read

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Jake Knapp

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Writer, designer, person. Author of SPRINT and MAKE TIME. Co-founder of character.vc. More at jakeknapp.com.

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