Rob Cowie

A Guide to Effective User Onboarding Best Practices

User onboarding varies significantly between platforms and individual applications. Without proper onboarding, people are left confused about how to use…

5 years ago

How to Work Remotely When It Matters Most

Life was rolling along–work, family, hobbies. Then, the headlines howled “PANDEMIC,” and your design team went remote, the white-collar antidote…

5 years ago

How to Conduct a Remote Design Sprint

Every few years, some trailblazing designer or well-known agency develops a new design method. Names are made. Books are sold.…

5 years ago

The Importance of UX and Design Thinking

Every few years, some trailblazing designer or well-known agency develops a new design method. Names are made. Books are sold.…

5 years ago

How to Perfect and Leverage Remote UX Workshops

Today’s best designers are more than creators; they are facilitators. In an increasingly multidisciplinary, collaborative, and creative process that includes…

5 years ago

Ten Essential Psychology Concepts You Should Know to Design Financial Services

Currently, in the world of finance, there is a growing number of banks and Fintech services trying to compete by…

6 years ago

How to make UX and BA work together

In my last few contracting roles, when I arrived in the agile teams, there were BAs already in place, along…

6 years ago

How to apply behavioural economics to the design process

Behavioural Design is all about creating the right environment for people to make a decision or take action towards their…

6 years ago

Dungeons & Dragons & Design Thinking

The role that facilitation plays in a design thinking workshop completely mirrors the same type of role that DMs play…

6 years ago

2019 UXD302 Teaching Module at Open Window

Completed my second teaching module over seven weeks at the Open Window Institute for Arts and Digital Sciences. The curriculum…

7 years ago