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		<title>For the  record</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2023 17:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had a chat recently with my former boss at Fathom, Gareth Dunlop, for Issue #1 of the Journal of UX Leadership. I&#8217;m somewhat out of place amongst the great and the good interviewed there, but it was enjoyable to reminisce about my career-to-date (moreso in the original conversation), and my more recent career in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Back to life, back to reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had a palpable feeling of gratitude this week, hosting the first in-person UX Belfast meetup since November 2019. Wednesday evening saw guests&#160;Michael Metts&#160;and&#160;Andy Welfle&#160;take questions on their book &#8216;Writing is Designing: Words and the User Experience&#8216;. There was much to inspire any designer, product manager or writer. Based on extensive design industry experience,&#160;Jill Spratt&#8216;s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Law of the Instrument</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Very early in my career, I made the mistake of applying for a job that put more emphasis on the tool used for the work than the person needed. “Mac Operator required” read the headline. It wasn’t false advertising. I got the job, and true enough the work was&#160;operating a Mac&#160;in a sweatshop environment, producing [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Small (micro) wins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2022 09:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, that is a satisfying conclusion! I managed to fit the study for this into some of the busiest months of my career earlier this year. The result is a nice payoff of course, but the syllabus alone was worth it. This will not be my last experience with the Open University. I commend it [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Living &#038; learning</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Monro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2022 19:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am currently studying for a micro-credential in Organisation Design and Development with Open University. There is a fantastic mix of what I already know, what I thought I knew, and completely new information. In the latter category is the fact that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has established principles that characterise a human-centred [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Back to the books</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Monro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 21:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Always good to get a new UX Belfast lineup secured. It&#8217;s getting close to 10 years since I took over the bookclub that Design By Front established as a regular fixture in the Belfast design calendar. I remember well the great evenings with a small bunch of design friends, all needing out over the book [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lecture: Ulster University</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Monro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2021 11:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back to in-real-life speaking this week, addressing students from the MA in User Experience and Service Design at Ulster University. Two hours back on my feet, after many months of sitting and talking to gallery view on Zoom, was a real thrill. The topic was behaviour change, examining factors in the adoption of new products and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Managing Oneself</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Monro]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Self-awareness is increasingly identified as a critical leadership quality and a worthwhile pursuit for any professional.&#160;This little book is a great place to start. Peter Drucker’s classic ‘Managing Oneself’ has been an indispensable reference over the years.&#160;The book (more of an essay really) promotes self-awareness and offers a simple framework for self-reflection: • What are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A model for self-reflection</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Monro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 16:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was fortunate to speak this week at the latest event from Ladies that UX Belfast, ‘The Winding Road to Design’. My theme was growth through self-awareness, which featured a model for self-reflection adapted from the ‘Making-of’ model by Mikael Krogerus &#38; Roman Tschappeler To reflect on any given situation (a project, an objective), think [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>UX Belfast, October 2021</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Monro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Organising meet-ups has become a tricky business of late. After being all online for over 18 months, some are starting to get back to &#8216;in real life&#8217; (IRL) events. Not so UX Belfast! Still online-only, and hybrid events still feel a couple of months away. The generosity and knowledge of guests continue to be a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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