Published inA View from AboveLessons in Maintaining Digital Safe Spaces: How strong digital company culture can not only endure…How to grow and evolve a digital company culture in a way that doesn’t become stagnant the longer we work from home.Mar 17, 2021Mar 17, 2021
Published inA View from AboveWhen numbers don’t cut it: how to use empirical design challenges as catalysts for actionable…Diversity in the workplace has been a big topic to weigh in on this year. While the notion that ‘diversity adds value to the workplace’ is…Nov 10, 2020Nov 10, 2020
Published inA View from AboveA Taste of UX Research’s Future: Social media as a stand-alone UX research methodologyGuidelines for using social media as a stand-alone UX research methodology for a purely digital UX future.May 13, 2020May 13, 2020
Published inA View from AboveLessons in Creating Digital Safe Spaces: How company culture can permeate remote working practicesHow strong physical company culture can translate into positive, productive, and creative digital safe spaces during the COVID-19 pademicMar 23, 2020Mar 23, 2020
Published inThe StartupWhen is it time to move back home? The culture shock of unemploymentWhen I moved to Sweden four years ago to do a masters in applied cultural analysis (fancy term for cultural anthropology) at Lund…Sep 16, 20192Sep 16, 20192
The Ground’s Hidden TreasuresBefore summer, I wrote an article using The Ground co-working space as a case study for organic business growth.Sep 4, 2019Sep 4, 2019
An El Pasoean’s thoughts on today’s mass shootingI was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. Despite this, I’ve spent the majority of my life trying to distance myself from my hometown. I…Aug 3, 2019Aug 3, 2019
Startups don’t care about the humanities, but they should.In 2018, the New York Times published an article about humanities disciplines dying out and being replaced by a growing preference for…Jul 29, 20192Jul 29, 20192
Planting a seed & watching it grow: The Ground as an example of “organic” business growthOn an unassuming side street in Värnhem in Malmö, Sweden are two equally unassuming housing complexes located at Bredgatan 4 and 6. From…Jun 20, 2019Jun 20, 2019
“It’s me, Mario”: lessons to consider from a crowd-sourced espresso machineCoffee is a key component of Swedish culture, and The Ground, a co-working space in Malmö where I work, proves no exception. In fact…May 9, 2019May 9, 2019