james helms·May 31, 2023Do CuriousI got the opportunity recently to see how one of my favorite instagram account’s content is created. Celestial Beerworks, in Dallas, is my…
james helms·May 19, 2023Process vs. StoryI’ve been reviewing portfolios for incoming junior designers and interns — folks coming out of school — and a trend I’ve observed is the…A response icon1A response icon1
james helms·Apr 21, 2023Leadership is a mindsetFor the past 10 or 20 years, there has been a different kind of discussion about leadership. We’ve heard about things like “having a seat…A response icon1A response icon1
james helms·Nov 18, 2022Design Maturity 101Let me first caveat that there are 1000s of frameworks and diagrams and perspectives that are much more academic than mine. So take these…
InBootcampbyjames helms·Jun 24, 2022Design is a set of toolsI hear people talk about the tools of design all the time. They mean a collection of practices, behaviors, frameworks, artifacts and…
InIntuit Engineeringbyjames helms·Feb 4, 2022The Geniuses Around MeAll around me are smart people. Especially at Intuit. We make sure of that when we identify, interview, and ultimately hire folks. Every…A response icon1A response icon1
james helms·May 6, 2021Preparing myself to be wrongIf you know me, if you’ve seen me speak, if you’ve read some of the other stuff I’ve written — I have a three-word philosophy. How I try…
james helms·Dec 1, 2020What makes you think creative thinking should be or could be easy?It started as a snarky Facebook post I made in my college major’s alumni group, poking fun at a book that was required reading my…
james helms·Oct 21, 2020It isn’t about you. It’s about them.The journey from individual contributor to manager, for me, was an enlightening one. In several of my previous companies, I was promoted…
