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James Helm, VP of Design at Intuit [Photo: Intuit]

At the Helm: Intuit VP of Design on Being ‘Design-Led, Through and Through’

by | Sep 24, 2018
Intuit has embraced design thinking, says Intuit VP of Design James Helm. He talks with Dave Moore about the thinking that precedes formal design and how the company retains designers who may get multiple recruiting calls each week.
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Don Relyea, head of design at BBVA  [Photo: BBVA]
Money Talks: Don Relyea Takes User Experience to the Bank
by | Sep 24, 2018
Don Relyea — who Incorporated a 19-person core design team to BBVA Compass within a couple weeks — says that the addition of designers to global banking firm BBVA is introducing constructive problem-solving to operations across 35 countries.
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My second year (in teaching high school English), things began looking up. I cracked the code and figured out how to motivate students. I had lessons I could improve upon. And I started getting curious — what could the sciences teach me about how we learn? Most of what I read at that time could be classified as pop psychology — secondhand accounts of “brain science” studies. ...One particular study involved our sense of smell and memory. I had been reading Robert Jutte’s 2004 book “A History of Senses,” and I stumbled upon this interesting remark: “Our sense of smell is most directly linked to memory.” Hmm — smell and memory are linked. I began to think how this could be applied to some of our creative writing assignments... Excerpt from “Seductive Interaction Design,” by Stephen Anderson [Sources: Capital One, Stephen Anderson]
Custom Build: An Acquisition and Ties to Higher Ed Led UX Thoughtleader to Capital One’s Garage
by | Sep 24, 2018
Q+A | Stephen Anderson, head of design at Capital One’s Garage, (literally) wrote the book on “Seductive Interaction Design.” He talks about finding talent and how design thinking is applied to daily life.
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Tatiana Miller, executive director of design at USAA [Photo, logo: USAA]
Users First: An Interview With USAA’s Tatiana Miller
by | Sep 24, 2018
Q+A | Tatiana Miller, executive director of design at USAA, tells Dave Moore how the company invests in design, what she's most proud of, and how she manages some 60 creative professionals.
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Big Design

How the Big Design Conference Came to Be

by | Sep 20, 2018
Big Design co-founder Brian Sullivan shares its origin story.
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DFW UX Design
Design With a Big ‘D’: The DFW Experience
by | Sep 20, 2018
Four out of 10 Texas user-experience professionals work in Dallas-Fort Worth. Part 1 of our series explores Dallas-Fort Worth as a UX hotspot.
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DFW Innovation Economy:
Economic Grounding in 8 Infographics
by | Sep 14, 2018
Part 9 of our series looks at metrics that help to describe the overall economic stability of the region
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DFW Innovation Economy: Appendix
by | Sep 11, 2018
This appendix shares some of the metrics behind each chapter of the DFW Innovation Guide.
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On Tap: Dallas Chocolate Festival, Hay Festival, & TechNest Fall Series

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On Tap: Rebel With a Cause, Gathering of Games & Ideation Week
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DFW Innovation Economy: Funding the Future in Four Charts
by | Aug 28, 2018
Part 6 of our innovation economy series addresses access to capital — and where we stand.
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DFW Innovation Economy: Frameworks for Success in 9 Infographics
by | Aug 24, 2018
Part 5 of our innovation economy series explores entrepreneurial communities and why metros including DFW are increasing efforts to support them.
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Dallas Innovates things to do

On Tap: Around the World at Trinity Groves, PawFest & Women Power Technology

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DFW Innovation Economy: The Entrepreneurial Drive
by | Aug 14, 2018
Part 7 of our innovation economy series explores entrepreneurial communities and why metros including DFW are increasing efforts to support them.
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DFW Innovation Economy:
The Next Big Breakthrough
by | Aug 9, 2018
Part 4 of our innovation economy series examines the role of ideas — where they are nurtured and how to protect them. 
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Clockwise, from upper left: Daily Goldie, Deep Ellum Water Balloon Wars, UX/UI Demystified, and SHE Summit 2018. [Courtesy artwork + UX concept: BlackSalmon via iStockphoto.]
On Tap: UX/UI Demystified, Dallas Creative Connects & S.H.E. Summit Bacardi
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