Productivity
How To Build A Collaborative Workplace
It’s 1:30 in the afternoon and, despite the sun shining in through your office window, you swear you hear crickets chirping as you search your brain for ideas. Suddenly, the imaginary crickets go silent, and the words of a late-20th century philosopher bubble to the forefront of your mind: “All right, stop. Collaborate and listen.”…
How To Increase Workflow Efficiency Without Killing Creativity
We don’t often associate creative workflows with efficiency. It’s not that we view them as polar opposites, just as incompatible. Clients, unfortunately, don’t usually accept “I’ll get it to you when I get it to you” as a due date. Design projects usually come with a deadline, and meeting that deadline does require a certain…
The Iron Triangle Of Design Project Management
Design projects are bound by certain limitations; while designers are often the “go with the flow” type, you’d be hard-pressed to find a client with no budget, no deadline, and no opinion on the project requirements. In the field of design project management, these constraints are referred to as the Iron Triangle. The corners represent…
Seven Projects To Refine Your Graphic Design Process
Most people can’t just walk onto a football field and score a touchdown, enter a kitchen and bake a perfect soufflé, or sit down at a piano for the first time and beautifully play Chopin’s nocturnes; expertise takes trial and error, and graphic design is no exception. Whether you’re an artist between projects, a student…
The Collaboration Skills Checklist for Creative Teams
All teams need certain skills to succeed. Collaborative teams, however, have a few more requirements. Teamwork occurs when a group of people combines their individual efforts to work towards a common goal. Everyone has their own task that contributes to the final result, and they can work somewhat independently on that task. Collaboration goes a…
Building Creative Agency Operations One Brick at a Time
Creative agencies are a key piece of the economic puzzle. They stimulate the economy and support businesses by giving clients in especially competitive industries a much needed boost. However, just because they’re vital for the success of other businesses does not mean an agency cannot fail. In fact, they fail all the time. That’s because…
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