Advice for building digital products at scale.
If you build digital products or manage a team that does, you've probably experienced the disconnect between the big ideas for your product... and what actually makes it into the hands of the customer.
It's often messy, with many teams, competing priorities, and tech debt. And this mess leads to spinning wheels, wasted time, burnout, and a bad customer experience.
I created Practical Design Systems to help orgs with multiple teams and products solve these problems. It's a small consultancy with a mission to promote better process, tools, and communication between stakeholders, designers, and developers.
Design Systems to the rescue?
Maybe. Maybe not. Each organization is different. The design system (or parts of one) that makes sense for your product or organization can vary wildly from the “standard model” you may have read about in a Medium article.
Jump into my free 30 Days of Design Systems email course to learn more...
Hi, I'm Jesse.
I've been in the industry for 20 years, both as a solo entrepreneur and in leadership at large organizations. I started in design and pivoted to engineering, so I understand both disciplines well and can provide both high-level strategy for leaders as well as hands-on tips for practitioners.
Interested? Join my list or contact me.
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People I've Helped
"Jesse was great and very easy to get along with — but I also felt like he was personally engaged with the project. It wasn't just a job, it was something that he wanted to do well, that he'd be proud of, and that I'd be happy with. And I was right."
"Speed and quality, rigor and experimentation, intentionality and flexibility can co-exist when working with someone who understands the technical and design side as well as the business and human side. Jesse was on our side and truly cared. He was a wonderful collaborator."