Work – Page 3 – Duncan Stephen

Article — 20 November 2018 — 478 words

“Do you have any questions for us?”

Whether I’m the interviewee or an interviewer, I find this section of a job interview one of the most interesting and telling moments.

Article — 11 November 2018 — 1,015 words

How to get results in the ultimate agile environment

Business — Formula 1 — Technology — Work

How lessons from how Formula 1 teams are managed could apply to other businesses.

Article — 14 October 2018 — 854 words

How Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman has supported my career

Economics — Social science — User experience — Work

Last week I attended the Public Sector Design Community Meet-up. Attendees were invited to share a book, podcast or talk that has influenced or supported their career.

Article — 24 July 2018 — 879 words

How I learnt to embrace handwriting, sketching and sticking stuff on walls

Design — Digital — User experience — Work

Working on walls is an unbeatable way to create ideas as well as communicating them. But I learnt that lesson the hard way.

Article — 20 June 2018 — 558 words

Why I value working in user experience in higher education

Edinburgh — Technology — User experience — Work

The University of Edinburgh is currently recruiting for four UX-related roles. I’m passing on the message because it’s an exciting time to be pushing forward with UX work at the university.

Article — 23 November 2017 — 193 words

Why I wouldn’t reduce the length of my commute

Politics — Travel — Work

We often think of commuting as wasteful and inconvenient. But is it entirely negative?

Article — 26 October 2017 — 382 words

Why you shouldn’t follow your passion

Culture — Work

It’s something we want to believe. But if work was meant to help you follow your passion, you wouldn’t have to be paid for it.

Article — 6 October 2017 — 1,664 words

Why the cruel culture of coding is damaging society

Digital — Technology — Work

When a former Google engineer’s ill-informed anti-diversity essay became news during the summer, it shone a light on problems with the the tech industry’s makeup. The diversity issue is the tip of the iceberg. A host of cultural problems face the tech scene.

Article — 22 April 2017 — 767 words

Pastures new

Digital — Work

After almost two years at SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College), I have decided to move on. The opportunity to work with the University of Edinburgh Website Programme was too good to ignore.

Article — 26 July 2016 — 1,679 words

Reflections on IWMW16

Digital — Work

My highlights from the the Institutional Web Management Workshop, the valuable annual conference for (mostly) higher education web managers.

Article — 2 July 2016 — 671 words

Building a digital team (almost) from scratch – IWMW16 plenary session P6

Digital — Work

I was delighted to be given the opportunity to speak to my colleagues last week at IWMW 2016, the Institutional Web Management Workshop. I spoke about my experience building new teams at the University of St Andrews and SRUC.

Article — 29 April 2016 — 94 words

Reflections on six years of IWMW

Digital — Web — Work

A guest post about the Institutional Web Management Workshop.