On Compassion and Conway’s Law
By Philip Watson
Have you ever sat in a team meeting of a large website restructuring project and wondered “What are we all doing here?†If so, consider...
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By Philip Watson
Have you ever sat in a team meeting of a large website restructuring project and wondered “What are we all doing here?†If so, consider...
Read moreBy Dan Iaboni
Hiring is always exciting but comes with a sense of trepidation. Growing your team and bringing in new perspectives and skills can be...
Read moreBy Michelle Brown
The television faith healers of the digital era. The Rise of the Charlatans A lot of companies are becoming more familiar with the terms “UXâ€...
Read moreBy Leo Poll
And if they are not then they should! Why? Because the creation and/or delivery of a customer/user experience is teamwork. Just think of all the...
Read moreBy Tedde van Gelderen
Ok, we’re all humans. It is a label that encompasses us all. But in experience research and design we rarely, if ever, create for or try to...
Read moreBy Tedde van Gelderen
Empathy is a popular term in user experience design nowadays. Many sources recommend that designers need to first empathize with users to create...
Read moreBy Dominira Saul
At the time of writing this blog I am facing a real dilemma, nay even an existential crisis. Â I am torn between addressing two pressing and...
Read moreBy Andrew Stewart
Elevator Speech Last night I went to the bank to renew my mortgage. As part of the process I was asked what I do for a living… I gave a short...
Read moreBy Leo Poll
Does UX have the power to manipulate and deceive? It does. And we must use our powers for good. Let me explain… I recently was the victim of...
Read moreBy Shaun Illingworth
Being a “UX consultant†is a big deal these days. More and more, companies are (finally, sigh!) looking to improve their customer experience...
Read moreBy Amanda Billark
On November 12 & 13th, Akendi participated in RGD’s 16th annual Design Thinkers Conference, the largest Conference for Visual Design in...
Read moreBy Jen Hennings
Coming from a development background, from an old school development house, I have encountered a lot of varying responses to UX Design from...
Read moreBy Leo Poll
Recently somebody remarked that he didn’t understand what all the fuss around UX was all about. Surely this was not a professional discipline...
Read moreBy Patrick Noonan
The first time in your career that you notice things have changed since you started is a pretty exciting milestone. In a young industry like UX...
Read moreBy Tedde van Gelderen
At some point, in your early career as a UX designer, it happens: you are working on a project with multiple, even many stakeholders that each put...
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Akendi is a human experience design firm, leveraging equal parts experience research and creative design excellence. We provide strategic insights and analysis about customer and user behaviour and combine this knowledge with inspired design. The results enable organizations to improve effectiveness, engage users and provide remarkable customer experiences to their audiences.