Coaching for designers and strategists.
I coach designers, strategists and small teams who want to get better at the work they’re already doing, and at leading it. We meet every fortnight, and in between you can send me whatever you’re stuck on.
As of
Start with a chat →Who I work with
- Designers moving from doing the work to leading it.
- Design and strategy leads building a practice inside an organisation.
- Small teams, two to six people, getting better at something together on live projects.
- People setting up a practice of their own.
- People partway through something long and unclear: a PhD, a big research project, a change of career.
What we work on
Your actual work, looked at through whichever of these helps.
- Systems. Why things stay the way they are, and what it takes to shift them.
- Consulting. Scoping, proposals, running the room, and keeping a client with you when it gets messy. More in A project is a promise.
- Design. Framing and reframing. Making things to think with.
- Analysis and synthesis. Getting from a pile of research to something people will act on.
Underneath all of it is reflective practice: writing down what happened and what you learned, so it stays with you. I learned that the hard way, in a PhD; it’s in Grokking the swamp.
How it works
- A 75-minute session every fortnight, or 90 for a team. On video, or at my studio in the Nicholas Building.
- Between sessions, send me drafts, decks or questions. I reply within two working days.
- A short note after each session, and a review every three months.
- Three months to start, then month by month.
I keep my client list small so I can reply properly. When it’s full, there’s a waiting list.
Fees are a fixed monthly amount, not hourly, and they’re different if your employer is paying. I send them with my first reply, before we talk, so there are no surprises. My first few clients get a founding rate.
Background
- RMIT University, 17 years. Redesigning how design was taught. I designed and launched the Master of Design Futures, and handed it over about ten years ago.
- Consulting, a decade. Service and strategic design, mostly for government, first with Meld Studios and now independently. At Meld I helped the studio expand into a new city and market, and was part of the team named Design Team of the Year at the 2022 Good Design Awards.
The rest of what I do is on the front page.
Getting started
Tell me a bit about what you’re working on. I’ll reply with fees and a link to book a free 30-minute chat.
If it’s a fit, I’ll send a proposal within two working days: what we’ll work on, and the agreement.
We start.
What you bring stays confidential. If I’m not the right person, I’ll say so and suggest someone who is.
Start with a chat →Or email jeremy@isomorpho.us. I’m Jeremy Yuille, in Melbourne / Naarm. LinkedIn.