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The UX Designer’s Roadmap to Leadership
A step-by-step guide to building the skills, awareness, and confidence to move from designer to leader.
 • Krispin Dolbear
Negotiation Skills & Effective Communication: Building Consent Culture
The shift from approval-seeking to trust-building in design work.
 • Krispin Dolbear
Decision Velocity: How Senior ICs Lead Teams Without a Title
For mid-career designers who lead by influence, not org charts.
 • Krispin Dolbear
Proving the Value of Brand Expression
How to test the business impact of photography, copy, helpful content, and design craft.
 • Krispin Dolbear
Sit With It, Literally, To Gain Insight
Part 2 of 2 on Tapping into Your Inner Wisdom
 • Krispin Dolbear
Freewriting as a Tool for Career Clarity
Part 1 of 2 on Tapping into Your Inner Wisdom
 • Krispin Dolbear
Generative Tools as Design Assistants
A grounded guide to using AI as a force multiplier in the design process
 • Krispin Dolbear
A Designer's Weekly Blueprint to Turn Chaos into Clarity
Plan with intention. Build for impact. Lead by example.
 • Krispin Dolbear
Peer Leadership: Influence Without Authority
Why learning to lead across builds trust, reputation, and career momentum.
 • Krispin Dolbear
Invisible Skills That Make or Break Design Careers
The most critical skills for advancing in UX and design leadership don’t show up in your portfolio — but they show up everywhere else.
 • Krispin Dolbear
From Burnout to Boundaries: How to Redesign Your Role Before You Quit
You’re not broken, but maybe your role alignment is.
 • Krispin Dolbear
No Post This Week, and That’s the Point
A weekend of fatherhood, family, and fulfillment — and why stepping back is sometimes the most forward move you can make.
 • Krispin Dolbear
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I'm a design leader and career coach drawing upon my decades of experience to offer designers the support I wish I had in my professional life.
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