14. Design feedback the right way, handling aggressive feedback, and lowering your defences

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The Diary Of Design Thinking

Simon Hoang and Chuck Rice

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A monthly conversation with a different expert each time. These conversations touch upon the main topic of UX design, how designers of all levels tackle projects within their organisation. Walking us through their workflow in terms of the end to end UX process techniques, design thinking and implementing best practices. Sharing the knowledge so that you can apply it in your process today. Get inspired and stay curious.

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14. Design feedback the right way, handling aggressive feedback, and lowering your defences

The Diary Of Design Thinking

55 minutes 30 seconds

2 years ago

14. Design feedback the right way, handling aggressive feedback, and lowering your defences

Designers often have an easier time progressing into leadership positions, we think, because giving feedback and critique is core to a healthy design culture. We discuss how to do it right, how to handle aggressive feedback, and techniques for lowering your defences while maintaining your dignity.

…and when you grab your iconic GTA weapons during feedback.

0:00:04—Introduction and topics overview
0:00:27—Episode starts: mic problems and camera simping
0:01:20—Uno the dog makes a guest appearance
0:02:10—Sync and async design feedback. Well, critique
0:03:50—Wrestling with getting time for design feedback
0:05:21—How do you get the right level of feedback?
0:07:00—Trying out video recordings for sharing design work
0:08:30—Embedding design crit sessions to an existing team
0:10:00—Feedback matrix: a structured way to critique design work
0:13:45—Design-only sessions, and wider cross-functional sessions. How many, and what ratio is right?
0:18:14—When should Engineers be involved in the design process?
0:21:20—What happens if you show Engineers at the end
0:23:30—What does a business with no designers look like?
0:24:55—Feedback at larger, established organisations
0:26:04—Being your authentic self at work
0:27:45—How to disagree with a piece of feedback the right way
0:29:17—Handling aggressive feedback
0:31:20—Getting data to back up your decisions
0:34:43—Sorting design choices into type 1, hard to reverse, and type 2, easy to reverse
0:37:05—Getting copy and content right, and what elements can be deferred
0:39:18—Being clear to others what’s still in flux, and what’s set in stone
0:43:01—Learning how to deliver feedback using Radical Candour
0:44:00—The other type of feedback: feeding up, and feeding down
0:44:43—How to lower your defences, if you find feedback hard to take?
0:46:20—Using fast and slow thinking to distill out the essence of feedback from tough people
0:48:48—Your mental health, and remembering you might just be in a toxic environment
0:51:19—Strategies to elicit clearer, constructive feedback from someone else
0:54:00—Wrap up and last words

Full show notes and links to resources: https://chk.fyi/SCfubd