Design, at its heart, is about solving problems. That’s why it’s so easy to talk to designers. They can explain exactly how their interface is built to help you navigate through your phone, or how a device was shaped to make it possible for mass manufacturing on the assembly line.But over the course of hundreds of conversations with designers, I’ve begun to wonder: If most people’s goal is to live a happy life, why did I never hear designers explain how they’d built something to make me happy?

Source: How To Design Happiness | Co.Design

The basic Microbit is a pocket-sized computer circuit board, with USB, Bluetooth, accelerometer, temperature and moisture sensors. In short, it’s like the guts of a smartphone, only it has no screen, and it’s designed to be hooked up to all kinds of other devices. The idea is that kids can learn to build computer-based hardware projects the way you and I learned to build things out of wood, metal, plastic, and cardboard when we were in school. It was made by the BBC in partnership with U.K. startup Technology Will Save Us.

Source: The BBC Gives Computer Hacking Kits To 1 Million U.K. School Kids | Co.Exist

A quick introduction to service design, a growing discipline that draws on many concepts, ranging from user experience, marketing and project management in order to optimize new services.

Source: What is Service Design? — Medium

Long gone are the days of a room full of lookalike salespeople following the same robotic spiel and working towards the same goals – diversity is a strength when managed well

Source: From Millennials to Technophobes: Managing Personalities at Work- Raconteur.net

Photo: Jon Sullivan. public-domain-image.com

Take a look at this list and see how many apply to you — and how many you want work to make sure can apply to you in the future.

Source: Be Bold, Be Daring, Be Heroic: 11 Habits of Genuinely Brave People | Inc.com