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How to Handle Executive Demands for Features

Understand the Full Context When executives demand features, it might feel abrupt, but there's often more to the story. The idea may have gone through multiple layers of communication—often called…

Isao August 26, 2025

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The “Lost 30 Years” and Innovation Decline

I am 54 years old, which makes me a GenX of the 1980s. Most executives and management-level professionals are in the same age group. They have grown up during the…

Isao July 7, 2025

AI Branding Design

AI 2027 mean for designers?

A new forecasting report titled "AI 2027" presents a sobering outlook: by 2027, we could see superhuman coders, widespread job displacement across all remote knowledge work, and a society grappling…

Isao June 27, 2025

AI culture Job

What Do CEOs Misunderstand About Design?

Common Misconceptions and How to Advocate for Meaningful Impact What struck me most during my conversations, particularly with three well-experienced design leaders (each with 10 to 15 years in the…

Isao May 16, 2025