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🤿 Dive Club | 5 ways to attack ambiguity

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You know... the kind that's full of complex, interconnected problems where it's super unclear how to get started 😅 How do you attack that ambiguity and get momentum quickly? I asked Jenny Wen (the original designer of Figjam) this question and loved her answer. So here's the breakdown (and a bit of my own process)👇 When Jenny was conceptualizing Figjam, her first step was hopping into a design file and dumping every question she could think of. Big questions like "what's the relationship between Figma and Figjam?" all the way down to more tactical questions like "how do you manipulate text on the canvas?" Similar to Jenny, my process often starts out looking something like this 👇 Spatial writing is my favorite way to think which is why I always begin by opening up Figjam. You goal is to figure out which questions, if answered, likely unlock answers to other questions as well. Nerdier folk refer to these as "Eigenquestions" and they're a key way to frame problems more effectively. "O

Imagine you've just been asked to lead a new project 💭 You know... the kind that's full of complex, interconnected problems where it's super unclear how to get started 😅 How do you attack that ambiguity and get momentum quickly? I asked Jenny Wen (the original designer of Figjam) this question and loved her answer. So here's the breakdown (and a bit of my own process)👇 Attacking ambiguity in 5 phases 1) Write out all of the questions When Jenny was conceptualizing Figjam, her first step was hopping into a design file and dumping every question she could think of. Big questions…

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