Stephen Gates Blog on digital, design, leadership and innovation

Weekly Inspirations: Jan 4, 2019

Here are the things that I think are worth reading and checking...

A Creative Creative – What a concept!
A designer who actually put some thought and design into his website – what a concept. We are our own worst...

Exceptional creativeStephen GatesMay 18, 2006
Can you resist?
Don”tClick.it is a fantastic usability experient that take a whole new look at interaction design. The entire site is navigated only...

Design & user experienceStephen GatesMay 18, 2006
Now that’s a cool search engine
I came across this search engine which will scrape data and images from Amazon.com in the U.S, Canada, Japan or the...

Design & user experienceStephen GatesMay 18, 2006
The Ego is Blogging
Welcome to the all singing, all dancing, testament to my self-worth.

FeaturedStephen GatesMay 18, 2001

Ep 72 Leadership: How to create REAL innovation

Innovation is easily the most abused word in the corporate lexicon because we all talk about it so much but so few companies and teams are actually able to create it. In this episode, we will look at why innovation fails, the traits of truly innovative teams and what you can start doing on your team…
Ep 71 Career: How to become a digital product designer

The number one question I get asked on a weekly basis is how to move from a marketing, branding or advertising role into a digital design or product design role. Its a tough question and I've found that there are PRETTY MUCH NO resources out there to help people figure it out. In this episode, we will…
Ep 70 Leadership: Understanding and improving your emotional intelligence

To lead creative teams you need to be able to understand your emotions, understand how other people feel and how your emotions can have an effect other people. In this episode, we are going to look at the five different parts of emotional intelligence to understand how they are all connected, how they affect you…
Ep 69 Creativity: How to fight imposter syndrome

Even the most successful creatives a little secret we all share - from time to time we feel like frauds. It's called design imposter syndrome and it is a psychological phenomenon where you have a belief that you’re inadequate despite evidence to the contrary. In this episode, we will look at why it is something…