Ross Chapman

From Day 1, obodo has been a remote first business. Whilst we are registered in the UK, our core team have been distributed in Europe - and it's worked. For those that don't know, our model right now is built upon freelance designers in Europe and LATAM. I believe freelancers

Last December, as we were heading into Christmas, we found that projects would end or pause, ready to restart in January. But when we came back in January, I realised that it actually takes a monumental effort to "restart the engine" and how you shouldn't wait for perfect projects before

Here's an excerpt from a podcast where I talked about moving into a management position at obodo. You can listen to the original episode here, or scroll down further for the formatted article. Enjoy! Becoming Managing Director recently, there's been a number of things that I've had to change about

We're needing some more people at obodo to fulfil key roles as we scale with demand. I'm documenting what that process looks like, so I thought I'd share wider and see if it's valuable. Ultimately, I'll pick the best person for the job, but what criteria do I use and

Over the past few weeks, many organisations have now found themselves operating virtually for the first time. Some are also discovering issues that were actually already present within their businesses. Misunderstandings arise related to workflows, roles and responsibilities. You can’t ‘shoulder-tap’ your colleague to find out and this can

Sales and marketing is the lifeblood of any business. If no one knows about you and you're not making new business sales, you're finished. For anyone lucky to have retained clients - what happens when they leave? Again, you're toast unless you have a pipeline. So how can you establish

The things I wish I knew 15 years ago! Well, to save any new entrant into the job market, or a wannabe UX designer needing to find some practical steps on how to engage with the community and expose their next opportunity, I’ve shared my 15 tips that I

I've been contemplating the design process the rest of this morning. About four years ago, I read the Sprint book and it changed how I approached design. The instruction manual to do my job was right there. The method was aspirational, measured and felt absolutely right. Last February, I ran

In 2020, I'm willing to bet that there is already a good template in existence to help you and your team solve a problem. Often though, it can be hard to find them, so I've put together a quick list of ones I've found to help you stop deciding how

Hybrid working is THE topic of 2021. As companies return to the office, albeit in a different way than before, the conversations I hear about being flexible in work and solving the transition through "Hybrid working." Hybrid work promises the best of both worlds. Remote workers and a group in

Online workshops are quite different to in person workshops. You can't (as easily) feed your participants or together take a walk at lunch. In some ways they are quite similar though. Focussing on the work for 8 hours is both exhausting and can sometimes be boring. A friend of mine

What is the Design Sprint?The design sprint is a methodology invented at Google by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz, perfected with more than 150 startups at GV (Google Ventures) and then shared with the world in the bestselling book “SPRINT How To Solve Big Problems and Test