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Storytelling That Sells UX Design: Define Requirements and Engage Leadership

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How to Break into UI Design: Design Skills That Make You Irreplaceable by AI

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Why are design skills so important right now?

Design skills are valuable for both you personally and for your company.

For you personally, design skills are important because:

  • Design roles are growing faster than average. The World Economic Forum ranks human-centered design among the fastest-growing skill areas through 2030.

  • Employers increasingly expect design skills across roles, not just from designers. Knowing design thinking, user research, or UX principles makes you more competitive in any field.

  • Designers who combine human-centered skills with AI expertise are in especially high demand.

For your company, design skills are important because:

  • Design skills help your team increase sales, retain customers, and improve customer satisfaction. Better customer experiences lead directly to better business results.

  • Companies that invest in design outperform the S&P 500 Index by 228% (Design Management Institute, Design Value Index).

  • Design is more than aesthetics. It's how teams make products easier to use, services more efficient, and technology more human. These skills create value across every department.

I’m not a designer. Why should I learn design and AI?

Design and tech skills can open up career opportunities.

For example, if you’re in a field such as:

  • Marketing, communication, HR, software development, customer service, business management, healthcare, teaching, and many more.

Why can design skills make you valuable in these jobs and industries?

That's because:

  • Design skills help your team increase sales, retain customers, and improve customer satisfaction. Better customer experiences lead directly to better business results.

  • Companies that invest in design outperform the S&P 500 Index by 228% (Design Management Institute, Design Value Index).

  • Design is more than aesthetics. It's how teams make products easier to use, services more efficient, and technology more human. These skills create value across every department.

Do I need any prior experience in design or tech?

No.

Our courses, master classes, and career programs cover everything from the fundamentals to advanced topics.

Whether you're completely new to design or an experienced professional, you'll find courses, master classes and career programs at your level.

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Join meet-ups in your city: Join the regular meet-ups in your city in a nearby cafe or office building to have fun and learn with people just like you. You get full access to IxDF Local Groups where you can build your network, find new opportunities, or simply enjoy yourself in the company of people who are passionate about design. The meetings are completely optional and are spread across app. 500 cities worldwide.

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Learn From 209 Industry Leaders

Learn the skills designers use at Google, NASA, and Adobe. Put them to work this week.

Build high-impact AI and design skills in 42 self-paced, always-updated courses and 160 one-hour master classes.

How to Deal with People Who Don't Get Design

How to Deal with People Who Don't Get Design

Design for the 21st Century with Don Norman

Design for the 21st Century with Don Norman

Game UX Design Foundations: Starter Edition

Game UX Design Foundations: Starter Edition

Radical Participatory Design: Insights From NASA’s Service Design Lead

Radical Participatory Design: Insights From NASA’s Service Design Lead

Exclusive: Design for a Better World, a Discussion with Don Norman

Exclusive: Design for a Better World, a Discussion with Don Norman

AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career

AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career

Design KPIs: From Insights to Impact

Design KPIs: From Insights to Impact

Earn Your Seat at the Table: Leadership Lessons for Designers

Earn Your Seat at the Table: Leadership Lessons for Designers

Storytelling That Sells UX Design: Define Requirements and Engage Leadership

Storytelling That Sells UX Design: Define Requirements and Engage Leadership

Storytelling Strategies for Future Thinkers and Design Leaders

Storytelling Strategies for Future Thinkers and Design Leaders

The AI Playbook: How to Capitalize on Machine Learning

The AI Playbook: How to Capitalize on Machine Learning

The ROI of User Research: Prove the Value, Get Buy-In, Stay Relevant

The ROI of User Research: Prove the Value, Get Buy-In, Stay Relevant

Demonstrate the ROI of Design Thinking and Win Stakeholder Support

Demonstrate the ROI of Design Thinking and Win Stakeholder Support

Design for AI Agents: Healthcare and High-Stakes Systems

Design for AI Agents: Healthcare and High-Stakes Systems

How to Build Agentic AI Workflows for Product Design: Go from Prompts to Systems

How to Build Agentic AI Workflows for Product Design: Go from Prompts to Systems

AI in Healthcare UX: How You Can Design Trustworthy Interfaces in High-Stakes Environments

AI in Healthcare UX: How You Can Design Trustworthy Interfaces in High-Stakes Environments

Vibe Coding for Everyone: Build and Launch Real Products with AI

Vibe Coding for Everyone: Build and Launch Real Products with AI

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– George UX Conf

Review from SAP Community Network
"Top-grade educational materials by the world's technology elite... on how to make technology more people-oriented and easy-to-use."

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Review from Canon
"IxDF helps us bring UX maturity into real company projects. IxDF also represents the professionalization of the design craft—and shows that design is a growing, valuable discipline for companies that embrace it. Moreover, IxDF gave our team the freedom to keep learning—at a pace that fits into busy work routines, and sparked conversations across our team—it’s become part of how we grow together as designers."

– Canon

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– UI Gradient

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– UX Salon Barcelona

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"...the oldest and largest operator in the field of UX, with well-respected tutors such as Don Norman. That specialism in UX makes a huge difference... they aren't a ‘teach me anything' learning platform. They are specialists with all of the associated credibility that comes with that."

– Paul Boag

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