👋🏾

Yep. It allows you to debug the steps instead of prematurely writing off a strategy as nonviable

成果ではなく、行動を測る note.com/coreylee/n/n11572b0…

Story of my life.

言語のハンデを抱えて16年やってきて気づいたのは、つかめる機会が、何よりも自分の価値の語り方次第だということ。 これは才能じゃなくて、誰でも身につけられるスキルだ。非ネイティブの私ができるなら、きっとそうだと思う。

話すのが上手いかどうか。 営業向きの性格かどうか。 実績や肩書きがあるかどうか。 人前に出られない理由ってよく挙がるけど、やってみたらどれも本当の理由じゃなかった。 言葉で勝てないなら、アプローチで勝つしかない。何が問題なのか、目指したくなるビジョン、なぜそれが大事なのか。

それでも、コミュニケーション力に頼る仕事でキャリアをつくってきた。 日本語でのデザインの登壇は100回ほど。 案件を決めて、経営者に戦略を任せてもらえる確率は、周りより高いと思う。 今ではなぜか、日本人のデザイナーに日本語での伝え方を教えている。

東京に住んで16年になる。 デザイナーとしてのキャリアのほとんどを、母語じゃない日本語で、ネイティブのデザイナーと競いながら積み上げてきた。 語彙力も表現力も、勝てない。

こういう時に相手がデザインに求めている成果を整理し、合意してもらう。それが明確になたら、相手が求めている成果と主観的な意見のバッティングを論理的に議論できる。まともに考えているなら意見より成果を優先してくれる。 もちろん、デザイン意図を目指す成果に一致しないと

Got it. So what's your fix here?

If you look at the differences and timeline of PC adoption, internet access and software usage it's really interesting. Japan historically had lower PC adoption and was more consumption based, starting on mobile devices while in the US creation based software was more accessible

Ironically that came full circle when I eventually got to help localize Figma into Japanese and Korean. I think leanring Japanese has helped me become a better designer by reducing some of my design biases and gaining an understanding of problems monolinguals might miss.

A lot of people take for granted how easy it is to use software in Latin script languages. CJK is still causes a lot of challenges. When I first started using Figma you couldn't even type japanese characters so I sent a request to fox that.

Perfectly on brand for SG.

Curious what your specific reference point was.

All of the above + language are just an extension of user context. Context influences the effectiveness of design patterns, so without cultural or language fluency most of the conversations are simply about aesthetic preferences. Which is fine, but that just a subset of design.

Probably does. But what's the reference point modern design here, as a Chinese native experience?

What is the definition of good design? Is it what aligns to your expectations of what you think is good design? Or is it design that is effective at what it does? I can say from experience effective design is often different from what most English speakers think it is.

For every era of technology, design has been there to shape it into something humans can use. When technology evolves the role stays consistent but our definition of design shifts. figma.com/blog/why-design-is…