Repetition: Again, and Again and Again! The second element of good design is repetition. We know through a host of research studies that repetition is…
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Contrast: How to Use It to Your Advantage? Contrast is the first lady of design. It is important because it gets your attention, drawing your…
The Power of Attention Arguably we have at least five senses—some experts say more. It is generally accepted that we take information in through our…
Fonts: What they are and how to use them? Proper use of fonts and text is good way to elevate your materials. With text, all…
Why Does My Stuff Look Like CRAP? Years ago when I taught high school desktop publishing and web design, I would talk about a principle…
Why is Visual Design About More Than Just the Visuals? Visuals are a good and inexpensive place to start because visual images have power. Neuroscience…
Most people are so consumed by the routine and so enticed by the always on status that they indicate it has not affected their stress….
The ability to be in charge of yourself and your actions requires a few things most of which you were never taught in school, at…
“The pajama effect is the ability of those connected via digitally mediated communications such as telecommuters and online learners, to blend their private and public…
“The difficulty of writing about dramatic change in the midst of it occurring is that the very drama of the effects unleashed by the change…
Virtual workers struggle with invisibility. They are concerned that what they do is not seen or recognized by the organization’s leadership. Does management know how…
Virtual work environments shine a light on the competing values of yesterday and today. Many organizations are reluctant to change. They are content with power…
Businesses and organizations are using technology exponentially to communicate and organize “Big Data.” The hope is that the organization can impact the bottom line either…
Technology is not technology if it happened before you were born. Sir Ken Robinson There has been a significant shift in the workplace in…
Work is not what it used to be. The workplace of the present is not the workplace of even a few years ago. The workplace…