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Illustration by maulana ahmad on Unsplash About a year ago, on literally the other side of the world, everything collided at once. A dozen yeses said months beforehand had all landed at the same time: Supporting 6 startups Monthly podcast recordings Volunteering for a student award Moving location every 3 weeks A weekly blog post challenge Private 1:1 clients A full time job, on site A 3 hour round trip daily commute, filled with calls and emails All whilst navigating a city

Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash I once was interviewing a candidate for a design engineer role and I was really struggling. The candidate was trying to explain their final year project thesis and, from words alone, I couldn't follow. Without thinking, they picked up a pencil and started drawing on a nearby notepad, and their dialogue immediately stopped. They needed to communicate visually in order to explain more clearly. Words for them was not enough. A visual c

Photo by Nadir sYzYgY on Unsplash I recently wrapped up another cycle of the Kerning the Gap mentoring program, where I’d been...