– Storytelling based on statistics has never been more interesting! Anyone can see it, the sharp curves that spike around march 2020, when looking at the Google Trends website for search history on words like “Order at home” and “Working at home with kids”. But searches that really hit the ceiling this past year were “Kid’s desk” and “Office chair”. At the same time, surprisingly enough, since humans on earth are spending more time at home than ever, searches for “Counseling” dipped to an all time low. The reason for the phenomenon: the world’s worst pandemic since WWII.

– if you let them — Organizations with leaders who have a hard time letting go of being in control, hold back innovative ideas, champion outdated management methods, and cannot see the benefits of diversity and inclusion, must realize that these attitudes are an obstacle to both development and business success. That’s not only a point of view, it’s a fact supported by statistics. But, there is hope! Agile methods and UX-designers can help. All you need is to be flexible, open, and ready for the rapid changes that are inevitable when you invite them to your playground.

Tales & Facts from the Hyper Island UX upskill program — Imagine yourself setting out in a small open boat on a wild and stormy ocean, without a certain destination, equipped only with the trust that somehow you will soon learn how to master sailing. That’s the feeling, the beauty and terror, of Hyper Island’s learning-by-doing-methods: While you are clinging to the rudder, thinking you have no idea what you’re doing, the creative confusion storm keeps bringing you closer towards understanding the what and the why. And that’s where my story begins. Read on to know more.

– shrinking the gap between expectations and reality. — When I was offered an internship as a “Robot personality designer” with Furhat Robotics, a small swedish company that produces one of the worlds most sophisticated interactive Social Robots, I did not think twice. I was super happy to try the role, part of a campaign on future jobtitles. I got to take baby steps in robot programming, and a starstruck selfie with robot creator Samer Al Moubayed.