unhurried design
Coaching for a life-centered approach to design thinking that prioritizes relationships and reflection, going the right pace at the right time, to yield resilient solutions with less material waste.
What if we all are designers?
My friend Johnnie Moore and I co-created unhurried design during the pandemic because we noticed designers, engineers, and leaders were in need of creating a future with more presence and less panic.
Some of its principles
Practice, practice.
Design theory has its use, but we’re actually more interested in the practice: the experimenting, playing, and exploring that creates connections and lets something useful emerge. So we share stories, practice being half-a-shade braver, play with doubt and uncertainty and take the risk of sharing more of our feelings.
More than a process.
More than adhering to a process, we want to see humans design with greater calmness and presence, and to find more meaning and relationship in their work. We invite people to tend their interior condition when designing, which we believe has an outsized effect on what’s created. unhurried design is not a fixed process. It can be iterated upon and reimagined by its practitioners.
Context matters.
We want design to contribute to a sustainable future. We embrace nature: we design in nature, noticing its patterns and rhythms. Allowing its color and vitality to enhance our experience. Taking into account context also includes designing alongside our local communities.
Leveling the playing field.
Too often, design feels like its an expert skill for the select few, who then take on a role of designing for, rather than with, others. We believe everyone is creative and can be involved in the process of design, with an emphasis on those belonging to traditionally subordinated groups.
Design that brings people more alive.
How you can practice
Design coaching.
Johnnie Moore and I draw upon 40+ years of experience in working with people and teams to help you design products, processes, and services in a non-anxious way. We can offer coaching 2-to-1, or you can choose to work with either of us 1-on-1. Once we define your challenge/opportunity, we will guide you through a non-linear approach to unhurried design, referencing its practices (pause, position, and play) and principles.
Deliverables:
7 design coaching sessions
Field work involving stakeholders—people and nature
Apprehension of unhurried design practices and principles
Creation of a non-human persona
Creation of a low-resolution prototype + testing plan
More creative confidence, resilience, tolerance for ambiguity, and grounded presence
Investment
If you are paying:
1450 USD (payment plans available)
This experience is not refundable.
If your corporation is paying:
3000 USD
This experience is not refundable.
What people are saying
“Jordan is a very strong, principle-based coach, and his 'unhurried philosophy' to helping his clients make decisions and take actions, can actually lead to accelerated change and organizational success.”
John Farrell
Managing Director
“There definitely was an unhurried, non-anxious presence brought to every interaction. It’s immediately noticeable and puts people at ease."
Nidhi Gupta
Senior Sales Director
“Over many years of working on complex problems, I have found it sometimes necessary to, ‘Slow down in order to go fast.’ unhurried design seems a systemic and unaffected methodology to productively approach difficult situations.”
Mark Maher
General Director, Global Technology Operations