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You may have the ultimate picture of who your users are, but can you say the same thing about your organisation?

Do you work within a large organisation? Are frustrated when you try to improve their web strategy? Remember that you are not alone and whatever you do, don't lose your positivity. Anything is possible.

A successful website is about a lot more than web design. But who is helping clients deal with these bigger issues?

There is no point of spending money on an Intranet platform such as Sharepoint if you are not also going to invest in managing the content and creating a strong user experience.

Should designers be more multidisciplinary? I.e know UI, layout, graphics, copy, HTML etc??

Adding details to your design may increase customer satisfaction and engagement, but they can often be hard to justify financially.

Why are companies quite happy to invest in the design of their websites, but think the intranet is unimportant? Is an intranet really less important?

What is the best way of dealing with negative feedback online? The answer is rarely to ignore the problem and hope it goes away!

I am worried that as a web design community we might not be giving our clients the best solution when it comes to mobile. There is so much excitement about mobile, both within the web design community and among our clients, that we are rushing into mobile, without really thinking through what the client actually needs. This has concerned me so much that myself and Rob Borley decided to write an article for Smashing Magazine. If you have a few minutes, please take the time to read it. I really believe we need to think twice before suggesting potentially expensive solutions to our clients. If you don’t have time to read the article, try listening to it instead using the player above. Read the post