@ChrisBrainUX

Frequent drink of coffee and occasional doer of other things | Director at @Digi_District | Mentor at @DesignClub and @interacting | He/Him/His

 Coventry, England
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Joined August 2017
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GDS@GDSTeam1 Sep 2022
Service designers at GDS mainly design services for other government departments to help them to deliver public services. In this blog post a few of them share examples of the kind of work they do: designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2022… #ServiceDesign

A day in the life of a service designer at GDS

In this blog post, 7 service designers on different teams at GDS give some examples of the kind of work they do to help people understand the role at GDS.

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Design Club@designclub23 Feb 2022
Fabulous blog from our mentor @ChrisBrainUX @Digi_District on running mini retros and testing with real life users. 🚀 #uxdesign medium.com/design-club/meet-…

Meet the Mentor — Chris

Chris runs a digital consultancy in Coventry. He’s now facilitating his third cohort of Design Club at a local primary school.

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Design Club@designclub2 Feb 2022
Our first Mentor Show + Tell is on 2 March! Join us to hear @londrareale @ChrisBrainUX @loveyourusers and Rose Tan share tips + insights. 💜🌈 #uxdesign meetup.com/designclub/events…
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This is why we do design #UsabilityTesting. Users do things we don’t necessarily expect.
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Devs watching QA test the product
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Giving people space to fail without fear doesn't just create a healthier environment. It empowers teams, it encourages transparency, and it’s bloody effective. youtu.be/9vJRopau0g0 #FailFastLearnQuickly #OnlyNewMistakes #agile #SuperMario
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Design Club@designclub29 Oct 2020
Exploring ways to reboot #DesignClub: thanks everyone who joined our Meetup last night. Special shoutout to our fab facilitators @ChrisBrainUX @amtstevens @minarama @DonGazara @gerireid @danielgost 🙌🏼🌟🚀
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An amazing opportunity to experience working with some truly awesome folks on some really meaningful projects that make a difference. All while getting paid 🤑 #digital #usercentreddesign #apprenticeships #opportunity
SIDE Labs@sidelabs_22 Jun 2020
Today we launch SIDE Academy. A 6-month digital apprenticeship to nurture talent for social impact. Find out more: sidelabs.org/academy

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"Think like a system, act like an entrepreneur" An interesting article by @theRSAorg on combining the power of systems thinking with the user-centricity of design thinking. link.medium.com/wpdfldbxe7 #systemsthinking #designthinking #usercentreddesign #servicedesign #agile

Marrying design and systems thinking

Considering the social challenges we face, while innovating in new ways to meet the human needs of the future.

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A plea, to everyone — from content designers, everywhere: medium.com/ux-in-plain-engli… #Content #ContentDesign #Design #DesignProcess #UX

A plea, to everyone — from content designers, everywhere

Content design is a specialist discipline organisations should recognise its value just as must as they recognise other designers….

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Attention to BSL users. For the signs for Black Lives Matter, we, Black Deaf Group, prefers the sign for ‘matter’ as important. One finger represents us as human being with value. And it signifies one life, therefore it is important to stay alive and fight for equal. Thank you.
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Interesting argument for why active & transitive sentence construction are more powerful From the Science of Storytelling
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Will you want to continue working from home after lockdown? This is why I think your answer shouldn't be based on the last 12 weeks. #workingfromhome #wfh #remoteworking #mentalhealth #lockdown #homeschooling linkedin.com/pulse/truth-loc…

The truth about lockdown and working from home

I've seen lots of posts about working at home during lockdown, and how people can't wait to get back to the normality of their daily commute and their employers' offices. I realise that many of these...

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Replying to @ChrisBrainUX @ContentDesignLN
This is gold Chris! I am saving this to share with anyone who ever asks me "Aren't you just a content writer".
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Using VR to prototype infrastructure, and observe and measure users’ experiences of non-digital touchpoints. linkedin.com/pulse/gamifying… #usercentreddesign #ucd #userexperience #ux #vr #userresearch #usability #accessibikity #gamification #transport

Gamifying our transport future in a COVID-19 world where the user experience is literally unreal

The most important consideration we must address when designing transport systems is that of the end user. User centred design (UCD) ensures that citizens’ voices are heard, and their needs are used...

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A thing I wrote about content designers, and why organisations should recognise their value as specialists #content #contentdesign #designprocess #agile #digital #design #productdesign linkedin.com/pulse/plea-ever…

A plea, to everyone - from content designers, everywhere

Content design is an actual thing It sounds obvious, but content design is a real thing. Before trying to advocate what content designers are, it’s probably easier to explain what they're not.

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Chris Brain retweeted
GDS@GDSTeam21 May 2020
It’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day! We’ve got a packed agenda of expert-led talks, workshops and webinars ahead. Will you be joining us or are you hosting an event in your organisation? Share your plans with us using #AccessibilityRegulations #GAAD
Global Accessibility Awareness Day with GDS 21 May 2020 #AccessibilityRegulations #GAAD

ALT Global Accessibility Awareness Day with GDS 21 May 2020 #AccessibilityRegulations #GAAD

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I've updated my reply to #recruiters and #hiring folks Profile stuff at linkedin.com/in/chrisbrainuk *Spoiler alert* I'm a user-centred #digital #services person with quite a lot of #publicsector experience and competence in all the #GDS stuff #product #userresearch #servicedesign
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I'm finishing up my current contract in a couple of weeks and will be available for #productowner, #servicedesign and #userresearch roles Loads of public sector experience and highly conversant with all things #GDS #recruiters hit me up Linkedin profile lishorturl.at/krzJ1
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Linkedin profile linkedin.com/in/ChrisBrainUK
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