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The Three Cs of Leadership: Why Caring, Clarifying, and Committing Matter at Every Level

Sep 27

The Three Cs of Leadership: Why Caring, Clarifying, and Committing Matter at Every Level

Sep 27

The Noetic Dimension of Design Intuition

What neuroscience, noetic science, and design practice reveal about the quiet intelligence behind great user experiences.

Oct 11

How trained awareness becomes design instinct.

Oct 11

When the Interface Fades: Designing AI Systems That Feel More Like Partners Than Products

Rachel Kobetz said it well: “The interface of the future is not chat. It’s multimodal and ubiquitous.” (read her full post)

Jun 29

When the Interface Fades: Designing AI Systems That Feel More Like Partners Than Products

Jun 29

Pushing on Signals

A culture of challenge doesn’t come from courage alone. It comes from trust in the room.

Jun 28

Pushing on Signals

Jun 28

Everyone Has a Take. Make Your Own.

How secondhand opinions cloud leadership judgment and what to do about it.

Jun 25

Everyone Has a Take. Make Your Own.

Jun 25

From Soloist to Conductor: Lessons in Creative Leadership

The hardest thing about becoming a leader isn’t learning what to do . It’s unlearning the things that used to make you successful.

Apr 20

From Soloist to Conductor: Lessons in Creative Leadership

Apr 20

When Great User Experience Feels Like Coming Home

Feb 16

When Great User Experience Feels Like Coming Home

Feb 16

The Art of Not Losing Your Mind: A Recovering Hothead’s Guide to Patience

As we approach 2025, instead of making the same old resolutions — exercise more, eat better, save money — what if we tackled something…

Dec 28, 2024

The Art of Not Losing Your Mind:
A Recovering Hothead’s Guide to Patience

Dec 28, 2024

Bringing Fantasy to Life: How AI Art Helped Me Visualize N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth

As a design leader in the tech industry, I’ve watched the AI revolution unfold with equal parts curiosity and excitement. But it wasn’t…

Dec 24, 2024

Bringing Fantasy to Life: How AI Art Helped Me Visualize N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth

Dec 24, 2024

The Product Designer of 2025: Five Evolutions Shaping Our Future

As I kick off two weeks of intentional disconnect from work (a gift from SimplePractice for which I’m deeply grateful), I’ve been…

Dec 24, 2024

The Product Designer of 2025: Five Evolutions Shaping Our Future

Dec 24, 2024

Leonardo De La Rocha

Leonardo De La Rocha

Dad, designer, coffee liker, advocate of respectable cocktails. Currently serving SimplePractice as Head of Design. delarocha.myportfolio.com

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