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At the recent Balanced Team conference in Chicago, a popular theme was “broken comb people.” In response to the idea of the “T-shaped designer” who has deep expertise in one area and familiarity with many areas, Jared Spool proposed that modern teams require people with wider range of functional skills. At the un-conference portion of …
I started a roundup of blog posts created by participants in last weekend’s event. Let me know if you see more! Josh Seiden, LUXr “Balanced Team, September 2011” Shawn Crowley, Atomic Object “Balanced Team Conference 2011” Bo Campbell “Diplomacy, the greatest UX asset“
If you’re interested in following along with the event, please check out these links: We’re on the Lanyard social conference directory. We’re streaming (and archiving) video from the event at UStream. Our twitter hashcode is #balconf Update: Please see the resources page for a full list
We we asked the registered participants of the Balanced Team Conference to propose topics for the event. These are some of the proposals that attracted the most interest from the community. The list below contains a rich and interesting mix of facilitated conversations, stories, best practices and hands-on techniques from some of the leading practitioners …
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We’re pleased to announce the first Balanced Team Conference. This event builds on our previous Agile UX retreat events, and represents the continuing growth and energy surrounding the balanced team thinking and movement, of cross-disciplinary whole-team work for healthy and successful teams. Conference Theme: Getting Practical During previous retreats, our focus has been on gaining …
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