What’s Good About Bad Ideas?

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  Don Norman: How You Can Rapidly Move Up by Thinking in Systems (Not Features)

  How can you move up in a company? Learn the fundamentals of business such as statistics, finance, accounting, marketing, supply chain and administration. How do you do that? One way to do this is to get a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. But Don says you can also learn them without go

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  How to Find Your Voice: Speak with Confidence and Clarity

  You’ve heard it before “It’s not what you said—it’s how you said it.” Your voice can change how people feel—even if your message doesn’t. If you vary your tone and pacing, you can make your ideas sound more trustworthy, exciting, or urgent. Harness this neuroscience-backed communication power and yo

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  Avoid Death by PowerPoint: Structure Your Slides for Maximum Impact

  Your message is ready, your delivery honed. Now, how do you put that brilliance on slides? Discover how to structure your slide deck strategically so that it supports your message, whether you present live or share it for independent review.Whether you're pitching to stakeholders, leading a team mee

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  Use Feedback as Your Superpower: Learn, Improve, Shine

  Feedback: the word alone can inspire apprehension. Yet, it’s the lifeblood of great design. Whether it’s subtle critique or blunt rejection, how you respond to feedback matters more than you think. You can defend your design—or you can use that moment to learn, improve, and show you're the kind of p

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  Overcome the Self-Doubt That Stops You from Being an Excellent Presenter

  Do you doubt your ability to speak up, thinking you’re not the public speaking type? Many people do. But the truth is, most beliefs about presentation skills are simply wrong. Let’s break down these myths and boost your confidence—you’ve got far more potential than you think.In the next video, Morga

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  Present Like a Pro: Become a Designer Who Leads

  Your ideas are only as powerful as your ability to communicate them. You can design the perfect solution ... but if nobody understands it, cares about it, or champions it? It goes nowhere. If you can master presentation skills, you’ll open new doors in your design career, access new opportunities, a

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  Presentation Pitfalls and How You Avoid Them

  You’ve worked hard on your ideas—don’t let simple messaging missteps keep them from landing. Make your brilliant ideas shine in every presentation by deftly sidestepping common messaging missteps, and give your hard work the influence it deserves every time.Morgane Peng, Head of Product Design & AI

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  How to Change Your Career from Software Development to UX Design

  Most people believe that an aesthetic sense or a formal education in visual design is necessary to become a user experience (UX) designer. This perception unfortunately becomes an obstacle for software developers who want to switch their career to UX design.If you’re a software developer who wants t

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  Design League Savings, AI Tutor, and Pricing Updates

  Rikke and I started IxDF in 2002 with nothing. We lived in a bamboo hut in Thailand with no investors, no safety net, and no plan B. We had a conviction that world-class design education should not be a privilege reserved for people who could afford a $15,000 degree.That conviction has never changed

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  If You Don’t Fail, You’re Not Trying Hard Enough

  In some cultures, people never recover from failure, and Don Norman says this is wrong. In other cultures, failure is seen as a way to learn. David Kelley, the founder of design firm IDEO, once said, “Fail faster, succeed sooner.” Don says this is good, but encourages us to take it one step further,

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