Labs Live: Let’s Talk Design Sprints [VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT]
On this episode of Labs Live!, Dan and Tobi sit down with delivery lead Ryan Petrill to talk about Design Sprints -- What are they? What's the value of running one? Learn about the Design Sprint process, and how you
Labs Live: Actionable Insights with Lineage Logistics [VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT]
On this episode of Labs Live, we are joined by Eric Ristow of Lineage Logistics where we discuss actionable insights. We talk about data, user experience, and how Lineage has been able to create more efficiency across their operations. Video
UX Design and Delight: Evoking Emotion in Digital Products
Pushing past "neutral" UX design to "delightful" design can break down barriers and get a product to the point that a user has an emotional relationship with the product. In this talk, I will give examples of how this works.
How to Manage a Software Development Project
As a Delivery Lead with 9+ years of project management experience, Shannon Kubenez shows you how to successfully manage a software development project even when you think the cards are stacked against you. Transcript below. Want to see more talks from
Digital Transformation Begins With People
In this talk, Tobi Adebisi will explore three critical pieces (people-group) that influence the success of a digital transformation: customers, employees, and leaders. We’ll also examine how a redirection of the starting point in digital transformation strategies could help reduce
What Trauma Taught Me About Resilience
In this talk Experience Architect, Rok Salaysay discusses the phases of crisis and will go over coping skills based on her experience as a traumatic brain injury survivor. Transcript below! Want to see more talks from LabsCon 2019? Check out our
Unconscious Bias and Combating Anti-Black Racism
Diversity and inclusion are part of every organization’s values but it can be hard to know how to *do* diversity and inclusion if we don't identify our unconscious bias. In this talk, we’re going to focus on anti-Black racism and
How My Background in Journalism Made Me a Better QA
By Katrina Ohlemacher Douglas Adams once said, “Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a piece of blank paper until a drop of blood forms on your forehead.” While it’s true that it can be difficult to transfer thoughts
Ford, Detroit Labs Create Tomorrow’s Talent Today in Southeast Michigan with Apprenticeship Program
Originally posted on Ford Website by Drew Kidd Kim Sfreddo faced a daunting task one afternoon while flipping through a stack of résumés looking to find a new software engineer. “You invest a lot of time and energy going through résumés, interviewing
Tips For Your First Tech Conference
by Aisha Blake This post was originally featured on Aisha's blog A coworker recently came to me for advice on attending his first conference. He was about to leave for Google I/O (he thinks big!) and wasn’t sure how to make the