Saielle DaSilva - Blossom at Work

A pottery artefact stands among shards of other broken pots.

How to Hack the Culture Stack

I'm proud to share thoughts with the BoSConference folks and to bring an updated version of this content to bear on software leaders everywhere. Mark, Jo, Kirk, and all the crew have worked very hard to put on a lovely event and I'm honoured to join you all as a

Leadership

Building Stronger Product Cultures

I'm proud to share thoughts with the good folks in Edinburgh at 2021's Turing Fest. I know Brian and the crew have worked very hard to put on a lovely event and I'm honoured to join you all as a speaker. If you enjoyed this talk, you can subscribe to

Meet Saielle DaSilva

Hi everyone, I'm writing you all this letter because I'd like to announce what is essentially a personal matter, but will definitely impact my life publicly and how I expect to be treated by friends and colleagues going forward. The solstice is a time for the changing of seasons, and

Beyond Human Centred Design

We've built an entire economy on convenience and now we need to think of ways beyond that.

Getting the most out of product discovery

As a product team the ultimate goal isn't the features you ship or how often it's clarity about what to do and why it matters. Almost any team's culture can ship things; the truth is, not all of them are valuable. Shipping things that matter is another story. Valuable things

Culture

Mental health as a product person

Imposter syndrome, depression, and anxiety are just some of the mental health challenges facing us in the workplace. Let's be better together.

Storytelling

Presenting product ideas

Present product ideas by putting in the hard work

Hiring

5 reasons not to hire a product or design candidate

Hiring is hard. Hiring UX designers and product managers is harder. There are lots of reasons you might pass on a candidate. Here's a quick list that helps you reduce bias in your hiring process by focusing on tangible reasons to pass on someone. Having hired designers and product managers

Hiring

Hire disabled people, for fuck's sake

We fail to provide simple and basic accommodations for disabled people in society and it's unacceptable. Hire disabled people.

Mental Health

Depression, anxiety, politics at work, and product leadership

The personal is political, and maybe by writing this neither of us has to be alone.

Org Design

Content is a product discipline

Words? Words are hard. The only thing harder than words is taking them seriously. Let's talk about content, product and what needs to change.

Culture

There is bias in your hiring process

As a design leader, it is your responsibility to design the outcomes and work conditions for your team to succeed.

Design

7 ways a product leader needs to advocate for user research

We can make design suck less by choosing to value insight over ideas. Insight culture means people are trading in data, facts, anecdotes and observations over ideas.

Welcome to Blossom

I hope you flourish. Software is hard work.