articles within the ‘Strategy’ category

Framing the Right Questions

By James Caldwell | Published: March 31st, 2009

I recently attended a workshop headed by Peter Jones of reDESIGNreSEARCH whose company focuses on better design through in depth research. He also manages a website Designing with Dialogue which promotes a Toronto-based ‘dialogue community of practice’ which advocates better methods for communication.

A Designer’s Many Hats

By James Caldwell | Published: March 4th, 2009

Lately I have heard a lot of people describe and define what it means to be a leader, an entrepreneur, an innovator and a designer. Each of these requires various skills to succeed and each is hard to master. To an extent, each seems too complex to properly describe.

Editorial Markup

By James Caldwell | Published: January 20th, 2009

I realize that this article should be common knowledge but it bears repeating because not everyone is aware of standardized editing marks. I am sure anyone that has worked in a business environment has received feedback on something they wrote and had to figure out what the proofreader was trying to say.

Stages of an Online Project

By James Caldwell | Published: January 13th, 2009

One of the very first important issues I had to deal with when starting my first business was how to effectively manage a client through a project. At first the jobs were relatively small, so I reinvented the wheel with each of my clients, but that quickly became tiresome and besides I was focusing on the business fundamentals of project timelines more than that of the creative. Then the jobs became larger and more complex and I knew I had to make some time and figure out a process description that would allow me to handle any potential project.