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Ian Alexander is a hands-on VP / Head of Design who builds design orgs, ships AI-native products, and removes what slows organizations down.

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February 18, 2026

Internal Product Requests Are Relationships

The way you respond to internal requests is how the rest of the org learns what design is. Every interaction is either building trust or eroding it.

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Feb 2026

AI Is Turning Us All Into Cheetahs

AI selects for one cognitive style — fast, focused, output-driven. But resilient teams need cognitive diversity. What happens when the whole jungle becomes a sprint?

Oct 2025

If Design and Code Are Easy, What’s Left to Optimize?

AI can generate layouts in seconds. Copilot writes production-ready code. But as the making part gets easier, the thinking part becomes the bottleneck.

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“He didn’t just make things look better — he changed how the team thought about the problem.”

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Available for VP/Head of Design roles and fractional design leadership engagements.

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Build the team.Ship the product.

Your process was built for a world where building was expensive.

Your team doesn't have a collaboration problem. It has a visibility problem.

Shipping fast but nothing compounds. The product stays still.

Internal Product Requests Are Relationships

AI Is Turning Us All Into Cheetahs

If Design and Code Are Easy, What’s Left to Optimize?

Let's figure out the right problem to solve

Build the team.
Ship the product.