🚨 Signal Over Noise

How to build 1:1s with the people who ACTUALLY decide your promotion

The most "connected" designer I know got passed over. Here's why.

Apr 18 • Marina Krutchinsky

The 72-Hour Reorg Playbook for Design Leaders

A reorg isn't chaos, but a chessboard that just got reset. And the first 72 hours determine your influence for the next 6 months.

Apr 11 • Marina Krutchinsky

You spent the last year learning AI...but it didn't move your career an inch.

Everyone told you to learn AI. The people who got promoted didn't listen.

Apr 4 • Marina Krutchinsky

Your VP doesn't care about your research. They only care about what it costs them to IGNORE it.

You used to be the only one with user data. Now there are 5 other people with "insights" ... and none of them talked to a single user.

Mar 28 • Marina Krutchinsky

You’re being evaluated in meetings you weren’t invited to.

Do you know what they’re saying?

Mar 21 • Marina Krutchinsky

AI didn’t take your job. It took your excuse for not being strategic.

The ask you’re not making is costing you more than the budget you don’t have.

Mar 14 • Marina Krutchinsky

Am I growing or just aging in my role?

The question we should ask ourselves at a 2-3 year mark in a "new" role

Mar 7 • Marina Krutchinsky

Why your best presentation still lost the room

The one slide you’re missing is the only one the VP wants to see.

Feb 28 • Marina Krutchinsky

"Why does my manager keep saying that I'm 'not ready for leadership yet' when my solutions are better than everyone else's?"

Because you're solving the problem in front of you. They're evaluating whether you see the one behind it.

Feb 21 • Marina Krutchinsky

"Political" UX skills that change by environment

Startup vs. Enterprise vs. Agency → how to win decisions before meeting starts

Feb 14 • Marina Krutchinsky

Your Brain is Lying to You (and It's Costing You the Promotion)

The behavioral shift happening around you right now that you're completely missing

Feb 7 • Marina Krutchinsky

Saying "no" is your strongest career leverage (and most UXers are allergic to it)

Your career is stuck because you’re too easy to use.

Jan 31 • Marina Krutchinsky

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