Business

February 6, 2018

Networking for the Rest of Us: Building Social Capital

    I was shocked when I found out two important pieces of knowledge in the past 5 years: most successful entrepreneurs come from wealth and that …

January 22, 2018

Design Thinking for Business Innovation

  This is an article I wrote for a client involved in creating social and economic value through innovative, creative and sustainable solutions for communities and organizations: Today, …

December 6, 2017

4 Business Skills Graphic Designers Need

  I learned a long time ago that you should observe people’s faces when you tell them that you are a graphic designer. Some light up …

October 26, 2017

We Won a Design Award! Wahoo! But Does it Mean Anything?

One of our projects for a philanthropic foundation won a 2017 Graphic Design USA award. Yay! It will be published along with the other winning entries in print, …

September 19, 2017

What if the Design Industry Loved Black People as much as it Loves Black Culture?

Cultural Appropriation is a dirty word today. Well, depending how one uses it and what group feels violated, it has always been a dirty word. Today’s entertainers are increasingly …