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Design Business Council > capability building
How to make confident business decisions
06
Feb

Designers make decisions every day. The more knowledge, the more confident you can be in those decisions. Use these reports to help build confidence.

Posted in: Business coach for designers , Business coaching for designers , Design business mentor , design mentor , Value-add clients , Value-add pricing ,
Tags: Business of design , capability building , Client relationships , Design disruptors , Design professional development , Studio management ,
Giving honest feedback
23
Nov

Giving honest feedback to creatives is challenging. Design thrives on the unpredictable but small business owners need to reduce risk and deliver predictable results. There lies the conundrum.

Posted in: Business coach for designers , Business coaching for designers , Design business mentor , design mentor , Value-add clients , Value-add pricing ,
Tags: Business of design , capability building , Client relationships , Design disruptors , Design professional development , Studio management ,
The problem with value-add pricing
22
Nov

Value-add pricing is a hot topic but it comes with problems. It’s not the right business model for every client. The skill is identifying the right clients.

Posted in: Business coach for designers , Business coaching for designers , Design business mentor , design mentor , Value-add clients , Value-add pricing ,
Tags: Business of design , capability building , Client relationships , Design disruptors , Design professional development , Studio management ,
Why not onboard existing employees?
09
Feb

Managing a creative business is about constant change of direction, overcoming obstacles and reinvention. The skills is keeping clients and employees onside.

Posted in: Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach , female business coach , small business mentoring ,
Tags: Business of design , capability building , design business , design business coach , design business mentor , design career , design clients , design coaching , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , design studio management , designers mental health , graphic design clients , new employees , onboarding employees , Professional development , Studio management ,
Clients need help
01
Nov

Clients like to work with designers interested in their business, their goals and their activities. Show that’s you by sharing information to make your client’s life easier.

Posted in: account service , Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach , designers finding new business , female business coach , how designers find new business , how to find clients , managing clients , small business mentoring ,
Tags: business models , Business of design , capability building , design career , Design management , design studio business models ,
man sharing information with clients
Sharing information with clients
05
Oct

Clients like to work with designers interested in their business, their goals and their activities. Show that’s you by sharing information to make your client’s life easier.

Posted in: account service , Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach , female business coach , managing clients , small business mentoring ,
Tags: business models , Business of design , capability building , design career , Design management , design studio business models , film model , finding your onlyness , hollywood model , journey mapping , theatre model ,
The theatre model
28
Sep

Many creative businesses are moving to the theatre model. Instead of employing, they hire on a project-by-project basis. I think many are missing the main point of the model…

Posted in: Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach ,
Tags: business models , Business of design , capability building , design career , Design management , design studio business models , film model , finding your onlyness , hollywood model , journey mapping , theatre model ,
How to make your studio stand out
14
Sep

We build websites using similar templates, then choose the same words to describe what we do. No wonder we end up looking the same.

Posted in: Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach ,
Tags: Business of design , capability building , design career , Design management , finding your onlyness , journey mapping , onlyness , personal journey map , self promotion for designers , writing for designers ,
How to write about your work
24
Aug

Most designers choose a creative career because they’re good at and like creating imagery. Problem is to promote our work we must write.

Posted in: Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach ,
Tags: Business of design , capability building , design career , Design management , designers who write , how to write about designn , writing about your work , writing for designers , writing tips for designers ,
A community of knowledge
27
Jul

A community of knowledge is a group of people sharing what they know. As the creative industry fractures, they are proving more and more valuable.

Posted in: Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach ,
Tags: Business of design , capability building , design career , design education , Design management , Learning design , Slack community ,
This project exists in every organisation
13
Jul

Every client needs to onboard new staff. It’s the one project that exists in every organisation, and it’s a perfect way to get more from existing clients.

Posted in: Business of design , creative business coach ,
Tags: a career in design , ageism , Business of design , capability building , design career , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , hard skills , soft skills , Studio management ,
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06
Jul

The creative industry I joined is not the creative industry I’m part of now and that’s OK. It’s changed and I’ve changed. It’s been a career of life-long learning, both in hard and soft skills.

Posted in: Business of design , creative business coach ,
Tags: a career in design , ageism , Business of design , capability building , design career , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , hard skills , soft skills , Studio management ,
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