Strategy as the Human Layer

UX Strategy Tools

• Strategy Canvas by the Fountain Institute

• Strategy Kernel Canvas by Chris Butler

• Strategy Canvas by mpath insight

• Strategy Blueprint by Jim Kalbach

Strategy Videos

• UX Strategy Info Session by Jeff Humble

• Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: the difference and why it matters by Richard Rumelt

• The Infrastructure of Daily Life by Dan Hill

• Henry Mintzberg on Strategy

• Content/Communication by Kristina Halvorson

• Strategy and Tactics in Design by Design Disciplin

• How to Lead with UX Strategy by Jeff Humble

Strategy Articles

• I Fight for the User: Business-Centered vs. User-Centered Design by Jeff Humble

• “Let’s do all the UX Stuff!” by Jeff Humble

• WTF is Strategy by Vince Law

• The Product Strategy Stack by Ravi Mehta

• Using Design to Solve Business Problems by Jim Kalbach

• What is Strategic Design? by Jeff Humble

• The Perils of Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt

• How to Escape the Product Delivery Trap by Jeff Humble

• Defining UX Strategy, 22 days of workshops to learn how to design a UX strategy

Strategy Book Recommendations

• Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt

• The Strategy Safari by Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand, and Joseph Lampel

• Trojan Horses and Dark Matter: A Strategic Design Vocabulary by Dan Hill

• UX Strategy by Jaime Levy

• The Art of Action by Stephen Bungay

• Strategic Design: 8 Essential Practices Every Strategic Designer Must Master by Giulia Calabretta, Gerda Gemser, Ingo Karpen

• Your Strategy Needs a Strategy by Martin Reeves, Knut Haanæs, and Janmejaya Sinha

• The Field Guide to UX Strategy by Robert Hoekman Jr.

• Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows

• Blue Ocean Strategy by Renée Mauborgne and W. Chan Kim

• Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance by Michael Porter

• Strategize: Product Strategy and Product Roadmap Practices for the Digital Age by Roman Pichler

• Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick by Chris Bradley, Martin Hirt, and Sven Smit

• Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Lenny Lind and Sam Kaner

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