Most management consultants hone their skills in deductive, convergent thinking. Considering pros and cons and making informed decisions.

When a problem is initially stated, everyone assumes they understand it in the same way. That might be false because we tend to unconsciously fill the gaps with our own projections, and colour in the words with our own point of view. 

As kids we have learned that the best way to impress and to entertain is by telling. We compete against our peers by telling the most interesting fact, the most outrageous story, the best joke. We have learned that we win by telling and listen…

Ageing

The demographic landscape of our cities is changing as our cities grow and the population ages. The number of people in the UK aged 85 or more is expected to be more than double in the next 25 years.

Here are the highlights for day 3 of my trip to UX London 2017.

Here are the highlights for day 2 of my trip to UX London 2017.

After a short stroll down Deptford’s Creekside, the sky blue T-shirts of the volunteers came into view. Past hidden industrial units, artist’s spaces and railway arches there appeared an iridescent box glimmering in the sunshine of the hottest day…

A few thoughts about data visualisation after a talk by David McCandless

We've seen a massive increase in the number of disruptive technologies emerging over the past few years. 

Slack (the communication software) is used by 5 million people on a daily basis (that's roughly the entire population of Norway), signed in for on average 10 hours per day - sending direct messages, sharing files, funny cat GIFS, making calls, you…

Thursday the 18th of May is Global Accessibility Awareness Day.

As part of our effort to promote this event, we’ve put together five steps that anyone involved in web development can take to make the internet a more inclusive environment for all.…

Throughout our seven year history Red Badger have been vocal advocates of online accessibility.

A search of our blog listings will throw up a number of articles, ranging from encouraging inclusive design, to impassioned thought pieces. But how do we…

In a large corporate environment, a client once challenged how I spent my time everyday.

This time 3 months ago (give or take) I didn't have much of an understanding of how to code. I’d been working with digital products for two years by then but my background in product/industrial design meant that I had been focussed on creating…

“Thank you for signing up!”Phew. You finally got them. Perhaps you’ve teased your latest paying customer with a free month to their annual subscription, or lured them in with shiny promises that’ll change their life. Whatever the reason, they bought…

You might have read that we had 2 weeks to play around with Alexa and build a sommelier skill to recommend wine pairings to your food. 

As the name implies, this is the perfect companion to Design Thinking. For those who don't know, Design Thinking is a collaboration method that helps a group pool their collective IQs and come up with startling good problem solving ideas. 

Increasingly, VR is being used as a tool for different sectors like healthcare, education, tourism, automotive and retailers and I want to focus on how these changes could have a positive impact on these sectors.

Red Badger is prototyping a series of play cards to help solve sticky challenges with inspiration from Lean, Agile and Coaching. Our research has shown that the toughest challenges for design consultants may not be in design or tech. In this third…

This title is a bit of an oxymoron. You can’t really call it a cross-functional team if there isn’t UX and Design in it to deliver your product. But we see so many times we have to dig deep to keep these disciplines in our delivery teams.