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Tim Allan

Design is a team sport

Rejecting the ‘rock star designer’ trope — deisgn force for good in unifying teams and processes towards a common goal

4 min readJan 23, 2024

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Design is a team sport

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Tim Allan

The Balancing act — the challenge of product design’s dual focus

Digital design weaves between detailed execution and big-picture thinking, requiring constant context switching for impactful experiences

4 min readDec 18, 2023

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The Balancing act — the challenge of product design’s dual focus

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Tim Allan

Emergent Practice versus Formulaic Production

Digital Design transcends feature assembly. It’s about emergent practice and iteration, key to creating software that resonates.

6 min readDec 7, 2023

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Emergent Practice versus Formulaic Production

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Tim Allan

How telling the business that you can’t trust our users, leads to ways you can trust users more.

Recognising user data’s unreliability in product design is crucial. Using diverse research methods transforms this challenge into…

6 min readNov 28, 2023

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How telling the business that you can’t trust our users, leads to ways you can trust users more.

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Tim Allan

Digital expereinces are better designed non-digitally

Drawing, beyond a simple sketching tool, sharpens thinking, aids problem-solving, and enhances digital design through its tangible process.

7 min readNov 22, 2023

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ChatGPT generated image showing a pencil sketch version of a user interface for an iOS travel app

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Tim Allan

When user research gets in the way of users.

Effective user-centered design requires broad research to uncover latent needs, going beyond obvious user statements for deeper insights.

4 min readNov 13, 2023

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When user research gets in the way of users.

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Tim Allan

Feature-Driven vs Connection-Driven Design: recognising the often ignored levels of user experience

Beyond features: Digital design’s core is connecting users to narratives.

3 min readNov 7, 2023

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Feature-Driven vs Connection-Driven Design: recognising the often ignored levels of user experience

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Tim Allan

‘Dual track’ is often just another ‘feature factory’

Merging Agile and Design is a challenge. Places I have worked have adopted a ‘dual track’ approach, and all have had problems.

9 min readJun 20, 2022

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‘Dual track’ is often just another ‘feature factory’

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Tim Allan

Making the right thing.

Great teams I have been involved have always been keenly focused on understanding their user as the basis for building the right thing.

8 min readNov 2, 2021

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Making the right thing.

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Tim Allan

The Future of digital healthcare isn’t just for healthcare professionals

Recent Guardian article focused on telehealth’s impact on care delivery. But digital health could benefit from a wider view.

4 min readFeb 2, 2021

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The Future of digital healthcare isn’t just for healthcare professionals

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Tim Allan

Tim Allan

https://timallan.io Fmr: Design Manager for clinical care @ Babylon. Fmr Lead Design/research in Urgent & Emergency Care at NHS.uk. RCA MRES

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