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Talking money with clients
21
Feb

Successful designers can confidently talk money with clients. The ability to explain budgets and estimates is a key skill all designers need.

Posted in: Design business strategy ,
Tags: Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , 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 ,
Behaving like a lean design startup
07
Feb

Behaving like a lean design startup. It’s no longer business as usual. Now is the time to rethink your design business and there’s a lot to be learnt from the lean startup process. Build, Measure, Learn…

Posted in: Design business strategy ,
Tags: Design Business School , Design management , Design strategy , 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 ,
Changing your studio from the inside-out
26
Oct

Management gurus say there are two ruling paradigms in business today; outside-in and inside-out. These two approaches use very different means to achieve the same end; business growth.

Posted in: Business model canvas , creative business coach , design business coach , Design business strategy , Human centred design ,
Tags: Design Business School , Design management , Design strategy ,
Can you mandate covid vaccination
19
Oct

Can you mandate designers are COVID vaccinated? And what is the best way to achieve a safe workplace without disruption?

Posted in: Business of design , can you mandate a COVID vaccination , COVID and design , COVID vaccinations , COVID vaxxers , creative business coach , design business coach , Design business strategy , Design studio management , Small business mentoring service , Studio management ,
Tags: Design Business School , Design disruptors , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Design value chain analysis , Empathy mapping , Rebrand ,
Convincing clients design has value
11
Oct

One focus of our creative business coaching is proving design value to clients. We actively research how designers can persuade clients design is valuable.

Posted in: Business model canvas , creative business coach , Design business strategy , design maturity index , Design value chain , new business for designers , Small business mentoring service ,
Tags: Design management , Design strategy ,
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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 ,
Making COVID an opportunity
07
Sep

COVID presents us with the perfect opportunity to review and revise our operations by developing a Balanced Scorecard.

Posted in: Business of design , Design business strategy ,
Tags: Agile design business , Design disruptors , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Design value chain analysis , Empathy mapping , Rebrand , Studio management ,
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 ,
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