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Exercises for Developing Design Talent
Charles Erdman Charles Erdman

Exercises for Developing Design Talent

Today's product creators don't learn enough on the job. Product design leaders must find novel ways to train their teams to improve on both soft and hard skills. Here are three, for free!

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2023 Essential Design Books
Charles Erdman Charles Erdman

2023 Essential Design Books

Here are 15 solid go-to resources I recommend all designers and creatively-curious folks check out. They aren’t just focused on improving your craft, but also improving your person.

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Core 77 Juror Experience
Charles Erdman Charles Erdman

Core 77 Juror Experience

The results of the 2021 Core 77 design awards are live. Being a juror for such an event is no small commitment. Fortunately, the depth of thought and ingenuity of the submissions made it all worth while. What can you learn?

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Blockchain Network Funding Mechanisms
Charles Erdman Charles Erdman

Blockchain Network Funding Mechanisms

Blockchain enabled companies have proliferated in recent years. This post, started and forgotten in 2019, attempted to capture the investment vehicles types that were crowd-funding the industry. It’s a quick primer on definitions.

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Quarantine Inspiration Log
Charles Erdman Charles Erdman

Quarantine Inspiration Log

Isolation and slowing life down has generated some inspiring and glorious human acts. Not to dismiss the tragedy of this time, but thankfully, is it being balanced with our desire for life. Life, and all its oddities, breads creativity. In this post, I’ve curated some of the best that have come my way.

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A Visiting Lecturer's Field Notes
Charles Erdman Charles Erdman

A Visiting Lecturer's Field Notes

The energy sector is ripe for a revolution. It hasn’t changed in over a 100-years and is functioning on top of a brittle architecture, delivery system and business model. That’s now being challenged. Blockchain startups and some progressive incumbents are pressuring the system from the bottom up with renewable, distributed energy resources and reimagined customer experiences. Here is a presentation I gave at the CU Business School.

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