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15 Better Reasons Why Designers Should Learn Business

Understanding business isn't about advancing your career – it's about knowing when to walk away and having the power to do it.

15 Better Reasons Why Designers Should Learn Business

So many other people can express the way I feel much better than I can. Mike Monteiro is such a person.

Two years ago, I joined Mike and Erika Hall on Quarantine Book Club, and he asked me, "why should designers learn business?" I gave a very mediocre answer that day.

I talked about sense-making, finding confidence in their decisions, and communicating in ways others can understand. That's all true, but it's not at the core of why I believe designers should learn business.

Here's how I'd answer those questions now:

Many thanks to people like Mike and Erika for sharing their voices & helping me find mine. Thanks to Brendan Jarvis for hosting Mike on the Brave UX podcast. It's a good jolt & reminder to speak about what I feel.

Special thanks to Erica Courdae and India Jackson from Pause On The Play® for facilitating a special session with the Second Wave Dive team two weeks ago.

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