English structures from books (1)

• I saw how poweful design was in bringing products to life.
• Great design is the expected norm.
• Now designers are at the center of the product development cycle in a way that previously was thought to be unnecessary.
• A meeting with clients and stakeholders at which we present and talk about our design decisions.
• This book is meant to bridge that gap and help you convince them your decisions are the best choice.
• You may be a black belt, but every time you enter the ring you can lose if you're not practiced, ready and aware.
• She has contributed more to this than she'd take credit for.
• It's critical to the success of a project.
• The most articulate person usually wins.
• They want to tell you how they think it should work.
• an entire season's worth of projects.
• I'm amazed at the number of designers who apply for a job yet lack basic communication skills.
• How will we know if we've done our job? By looking at the results before and after and tracking some specific metric.
• We're not always in tune with our own thought process to help others understand why we did what we did.
• This is where commen sense comes to play.
• If a stakeholder won't support us, we aren't going to het anywhere at all.
• We begin here, with a high-level view of our stakeholder relationships so that we can approach them in the most effective way.
• If we can help them be successful, that will help us be successful as a byproduct.
• It just didn't make sense nor did it line up with what we had agreed on previously.
• Your priority for communication with them has shifted from a position of defense to one of solidarity.
• Don't get so personal that you overstep normal social hehavior.

Description

• The list view is sorted alphabetically by country by default. The standard sort menu is available in the top right. I made each item in the list exactly the right height for a mobile tough target.
• On far left of each item is that country's flag. We thought that would make them more easily identifical to people.
• A short description of the project directly underneath, is smaller gray type.