Jonathan Stephens

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Advice on Productivity

Insights on what's worked for me as I've recovered from burnout

1 – 2 min read ·

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Creating a design system for neurodivergent humans

Documenting steps and research that's informing options & decisions

6 – 9 min read ·

Design Systems Neurodivergence Process Naming Craft Scale Web Design Systems Product Design Leantime.io Consulting Accessibility

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Creating a design system for neurodivergent humans

Documenting steps and research that's informing options & decisions

6 – 9 min read ·

Leantime.io Neurodivergence Design Systems Product Design Process Consulting

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Everyone forgets about mourning

Understanding the cyclical nature of team development stages

2 – 3 min read ·

Management Team Development Change Framework Nature Leadership Purpose Process

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Growing my own digital garden

One guiding ethos as I build my website from scratch

4 – 6 min read ·

Digital Garden IndieWeb Small Tech Practice Rituals Purpose Goals Nature Process Curating Internet History Pricing Models Website

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My process

Working on nailing it down to more accurately communicate to stakeholders: clients, employers, collaborators, contractors, colleagues, etc.

1 – 2 min read ·

Process

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Plan for /books

Working through my site's URL design

2 – 3 min read ·

Books Writing Move Slow and Bake Things Wired for Design Purpose Website IndieWeb Process Small Tech Slow

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Thinking, speeds and processes

Onboarding flows and prepositional thinking: fast and slow; bottom-up and top-down

2 – 4 min read ·

Neurodivergence Leantime.io Thinking Disability Design Process Onboarding

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Watching a spider weave its web

Spending 15-min closely observing the process for the first time ever, IRL.

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Animals Nature Spiders Process Sensemaking

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Steering the Craft

A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

Writing Guide Process Storytelling

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The Business Birthing Handbook

A Theory of Trimesters

Business Metaphoric Method Entreprenuership Process

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Process

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18F Methods

Process Methods Tools List Human-centered Design

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A threat model for accessibility on the web - Alice

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Accessibility Front End Development Web Development Process Research a11y Listening

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"Just doing things" is not a path to value

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Product Management UX Technology Product Development Process Nonlinear Thinking Bottom-up Processing Knowledge Work People Management Middle Management Alignment Facilitation Move Slow and Bake Things User Experience

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Anatomy of Julie's Job Search

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Job Market Job Search Documentation Process Reverse Job Posting Resource Reference

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Coggle

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Tool Thinking Mapping Free Process

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Creative Maladjustment

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Practice Process Words Creativity Labor

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Design Kit Methods

Resource Methods Human-centered Design Process Design Research

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A Design Research Framework

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Design Research Reference Tool Process Process Model Framework Model Collaborative Research