🤫 The Silent Career Killer #39

Clean design with no point of view | Unmasking 50 hidden threats to your UX career | part 39 of 50

Sometimes, even your best UX work doesn’t lead to action.

You cleaned up the experience.
You removed friction.
You made the flows easier to follow.

But leadership doesn’t act.
No roadmap shift.
No follow-up conversations.

Your work is objectively better. So why does it feel invisible?

This week’s trap:

You’re polishing designs, but not provoking decisions.

This issue is for designers stuck in that frustrating middle zone:
✔ Skilled enough to deliver clean, thoughtful work
❌ But rarely looped in at the strategic level
✔ Trusted to execute
❌ But not invited to shape direction

If that’s you, keep reading.

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✅ Why "design with no POV" keeps strong ICs stuck
✅ A real case study (how one mentee made leadership care)
✅ The 3-question “Decidability Check” I use with coaching clients
✅ Downloadable worksheet: Frame your work so it drives action

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