When I’ve started this blog I promised myself to generate content for the design management community rather than replicating other peoples stuff. For quite a while now I see a growing number of blogs acting more like link repositories than actual content generators. While this is a matter of personal preference I try to avoid simply throwing links at my readers eyes whenever I can.
However times are not there yet, that you can afford a living from just blogging. Accordingly from time to time I have limited my time efforts for my postings to an acceptable level. While last week has been a very active blog week this week my time budget is quite limited.
Anyway, from the various comments being added to the design definitions posting I’ve concluded that this is an issue the design management community is still interested in.
Let’s see if a similar discussion arises from Victor Lombardi’s posting about “Business Design Quotes”. Here is my favourite from Angela Dumas and Henry Mintzberg originally from an Design Management Insitute Journal Article:
This role of manager as designer is hardly mentioned in the literature, and barely acknowledged in business practice. …Managers practice “silent design”…the many decisions taken by non-designers who enter directly into the design process, no matter how unaware they or others may be of their impact.
Now it’s your turn!
