Written by: Raffaele Di Meo

How to stay relevant as a UX Designer in 2026

Photo by Viva Luna Studios on Unsplash A few months ago, our design team hit pause to do something rare: reflect. We spent a couple of days listening, discussing, and experimenting to understand what’s happening in the …
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November 24, 2025

Stop treating B2B AI like a chatbot. It’s all about trust. Here’s why.

Over the past year, I’ve been working with my team on how artificial intelligence can help retailers reduce the cost of returns. This is no small problem. Returns are expensive, complex, and often feel …
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November 24, 2025

Leadership in the age of AI

We’re in a strange time for leadership. Across industries, there's a pattern emerging: leaders telling teams to ship faster, but can urgency be ordered? I find it pretty unrealistic, if not counterproductive. Somehow, we’ve …
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November 24, 2025

Creating a career ladder at Doddle

One of the most critical yet overlooked design leadership challenges is ensuring your team has clarity on how to grow. At Doddle, during a pivotal moment of company expansion, I developed our design career …
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May 29, 2025

What AI can’t do in UX research

When discussing user experience, the focus often revolves around enhancing the experience for end-users—those who interact with consumer-facing applications for shopping, entertainment, or social media. The team’s goals typically aim to reduce the number …
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February 28, 2025

Collaboration is not a workshop, it’s a mindset

Let’s make this straight. Collaboration isn’t about doing a brainstorming exercise and forgetting that it has even happened. I know workshops sometimes feel like a never-ending episode of a typical reality show (my go-to …
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January 22, 2025

The rise of individualism and the effects on the workplace

How many of you remember the Spices Girls or Backstreet Boys? The late '90s and early 2000s were dominated by iconic girl and boy bands. We couldn't get enough of them. I remember those …
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October 6, 2024

How to get hired as a junior designer in 2024

Strategies on how to stand out as a junior designer in a saturated design market Last week, I was asked to speak at a great meetup event from the amazing design community called The Clan. …
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August 16, 2024

Hiring, lip service and inclusion

I've spent my life not fitting into any group, and then when it comes to work, they want me to be a cultural fit, whatever that means. I am queer, working class, and a …
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July 11, 2024

Don’t be fooled by Figma ‘make design’ new AI feature

‘Don’t be fooled by the rocks that I got I am still I am still Jenny from the block.’ That’s how the chorus of a famous J Lo song goes. I am a kid …
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June 27, 2024