Problem framing is the key that unlocks UX strategy

Hey folks,

Here are the top 10 things I found worth sharing and your UX tip of the week.

UX tip of the week

Refresh your understanding of problem framing and how to improve this skill.

• Take 3 minutes to learn how context affects decisions and what you can do about it in this overview of the framing effect.

• Dig deeper into how UX can get involved in the problem space through problem framing and improve this critical skill. 

Top 10 things worth sharing this week

1. "Users were up to 26% more likely to choose a product when it was positioned next to an image of the problem it solves." Read more about showing products next to the problem they solve by Thomas McKinlay.
   
   

2. Two tool updates: Adobe recently announced Photoshop on the Web with Firefly integrated. Pablo Stanley launched a new way to generate dev-ready landing page designs with Musho.AI.
   
   

3. Taras Bakusevych wrote about avoiding pitalls and delivering value fast in a step-by-step guide for how to redesign. "Each hour spent on low fidelity will save 10 hrs from being spent on high fidelity work later."
   
   

4. Back to basics: Jared Spool spells out a proven 4-step method for showing the value of good UX: [1] start with frustrations caused by poor experiences, [2] identify the frustration costs, [3] find the person in charge of reducing those costs, and [4] ask them to sponsor a lean UX outcome-based project.
   
   

5. Looking for old school grunge textures? Get tttexture for free or upgrade your quality with Dust.
   
   

6. Ulrich Boser shared 3 practical strategies to improve learning which is a learned behavior: [1] Set goals and strategies to achieve them, [2] focus on metacognition with questions like “Do I really get this idea? Could I explain it to a friend?”, and [3] spend time reflecting. See Ulrich’s book Learn Better.
   
   

7. Edward Chechique shared thoughts on how to leverage AI to improve product prototyping.
   
   

8. Grow beyond technical skills. Adam Grant wrote a forthcoming book about character skills Hidden Potential and released a free character skill quiz. Shumroze Bhat wrote about the constant tension between design tools and soft skills.
   
   

9. Did you know you can explore by Business Thinking for Designers by Ryan Rumsey in totality on DesignBetter? Do it.
   
   

10. “In the era of generative AI, the role of UX is to guide through the chaos of generative responses.” Dan Littlewood drew inspiration from the three-body problem analogy (e.g. object, trigger, response) to offer tips on navigating this chaos.

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Sincerely,
Gerren