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Jim Forrest shared thisAI can make more, faster. It still cannot decide what matters in 2026. The real advantage is no longer in making more screens or flows at speed, but in bringing clarity, taste, direction, and customer understanding to the chaos. After years in design management and creative leadership, that feels like the shift: less guarding outputs, more shaping systems, decisions, and momentum around what is actually worth building. Jason Cyr’s post on this captures the shift brilliantly and is absolutely worth a read! #AI #DesignLeadership #ProductDesign #DesignStrategy #CreativeLeadership #AIinDesign #FutureOfDesign #DesignSystems https://lnkd.in/enV8RdPp
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Jim Forrest shared thisStarting the year open to new conversations The new year is a time for reflection for many people. My start of 2026 certainly is - for a variety of reasons. I am still settling in to a relatively new city (London 🇬🇧) - something which is ever exciting but not without its challenges. The state of the world right now certainly adds extra nuances to the flavor of being an American in Europe. I am also starting 2026 in search of a new job. Again, both exciting and challenging prospects on that one. More on that below. And finally, January was the month I lost my dad. In a few weeks, it will be two years ago. It’s making me reflect a lot on foundations, on aspirations, on values, curiosity, passion, and on the importance of bringing people together - in a time, where so much is pulling us apart. …Back to job talk, I’m looking for new leadership opportunities to apply my vast experiences in product and design. I have worked extensively in creating world class software for some of the largest consumer brands as a management consultant and equally for in-house teams, I have continually managed high performing design teams in the U.S., Scandinavia, and Europe, am a player/coach, and I am a veteran facilitator that shines when bringing people together for innovation sessions. I would be open to all of these possible opportunities: 1. London Product and Design Teams 2. European/Scandanavian companies with international offices. 3. East Coast U.S. Teams 4. Fractional Positions 5. High-growth scale-ups and ambitious startups Happy New Year!
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Jim Forrest shared thisLove this post - AI as a “mood enhancing creative partner”. I feel this is the true story for me in the past year, and likely many others who come from a creative, build-oriented background.Jim Forrest shared thisThere’s a lot of noise right now about AI. - “It’s going to replace people.” - “It can’t really code.” - “It kind of sucks.” - “It creates technical debt” AI is clearly still in its infancy. It’s clumsy. It makes things up. Garbage in still equals garbage out. None of that is surprising. But here’s the part I don’t hear enough people talking about: it can be genuinely fun. Not “10x your business” fun. More like “I stayed up too late building something unnecessary but delightful” fun. Tools like Bubble, Lovable, OKWow.ai and others don’t feel like replacements to me. They feel more like creative partners. Patient ones. Slightly unhinged ones. The kind that will happily explore a half-baked idea with you instead of asking for a roadmap. Lately I’ve been using AI less as an efficiency tool and more as a creative nudge. - What if this button did something silly? - What if this idea didn’t need to be perfect, just finished? - What if building things could feel light again? Unexpected side effect: I’m happier when I’m making things. - Not because they ship. - Not because they scale. 👉 Just because creation changes my mood. Maybe the the opportunity with AI isn’t replacement or perfection. Maybe it’s permission. To play. To explore. To move forward without so much pressure. Less “AI will save my business.” More “AI helped me remember why I like building things at all.”
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Jim Forrest shared thisOpening up new availability for my new AI-powered innovation sprint ⚡️ If your team needs clarity, momentum, and rapid prototype-to-pitch progress, let’s talk. 🚀 As we roll into a new year, I’m opening up space for the work I love most: helping teams make sense of new ideas quickly and move from “what if?” to something real. As someone who works across design, product, and music, I’ve always been drawn to the creative tension between structure and spontaneity — the space where ideas become something you can actually hear, see, or use. That thinking led me to develop a new AI-powered innovation sprint: a fast, high-clarity process that helps teams turn early opportunities into prototypes and compelling pitches. It’s creative, it’s disciplined, and it gets people moving together. What’s also become clear is that this sprint isn’t just a standalone product—it reflects the way I’ve led within organizations. It blends strategy, creativity, and modern AI workflows to help teams cut through complexity and build momentum fast with tangible results. This approach is for those who want to: 🚀 Move quickly on early-stage initiatives 🎯 Validate ideas quickly and reduce uncertainty 🤝 Bring focus and alignment to cross-functional teams 🔧 Embed modern, AI-enabled ways of working If you, your team, or someone you know are planning ambitious moves in 2026 and could benefit from this kind of high-impact, AI-enabled leadership, I’d love to connect.
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Jim Forrest shared thisJobseeker must read 👀 Really thoughtful post about the current job market from Christiane W.Jim Forrest shared thisFor the last 3 months I have been actively interviewing people for a couple of Senior Product Manager positions and I wanted to share some advice for the job seekers out there and some insights for others who might be interested in what's going on in the Product Management job market.A Note to Job Seekers: It’s Not You, It’s the MarketA Note to Job Seekers: It’s Not You, It’s the Market
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Jim Forrest reposted thisJim Forrest reposted thisWe're looking for a couple of remote Senior Product Managers in the US Eastern Time zone (sorry West Coast friends). Please share with the unicorn rockstars in your world. (No recruiters please and thank you.) https://lnkd.in/enRvM3_c
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Jim Forrest shared thisThrilled to see JOOR’s new Shopify Product Sync solution live! Check it out 👇Jim Forrest shared thisManual data entry slowing you down? The JOOR Product Sync App for Shopify was built to fix that. This powerful integration for retailers automatically syncs product data from your JOOR wholesale orders to your Shopify store—so you can go from order to online fast. ✅ Save Time ✅ Increase Accuracy ✅ Free Up Resources With an easy one-time setup and seamless background syncing, it’s the smarter way to manage wholesale. Learn more! https://hubs.li/Q03wgs9M0 #retailers #b2b #wholesale #fashion #tech #WholesaleGrowth
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Jim Forrest shared thisEast Coast US design peeps - me and my team are looking for a Senior Designer to join us at Joor to help continue to build the leading B2B Fashion E-commerce Platform. JOOR is the world’s leading digital wholesale platform — seamlessly connecting businesses and driving sales growth for brands and retailers. Please share with your network, and especially any fashion-minded designers! Cheers!
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Jim Forrest liked thisJim Forrest liked thisNever lose sight of the goal. Congrats Mom!Smithsonian American Art Museum Names a New DirectorSmithsonian American Art Museum Names a New Director
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Jim Forrest reacted on thisJim Forrest reacted on thisHow much do you know about where you live? As you think about your answer, you may first think about restaurants you'd recommend, how you'd describe the character of your community, or current political issues that are making headlines. How long until you start to think about aspects of your local ecosystem? The changing of the seasons, any recently introduced invasive species, or what's polluting your air and water. Our daily lives often separate us from these questions, but awareness of these topics is an important step towards supporting local conservation work. A month ago, I shared a concept called Speak for the Trees. The project explores the potential for AI to represent the interests of ecosystems and support the Rights of Nature movement. As a starting point, Speak for the Trees now allows you to subscribe to a newsletter written on behalf of your local ecosystem. Drop a pin on the map and subscribe to periodic emails about changes in your environment: speakforthetrees.com
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Jim Forrest liked thisJim Forrest liked thisOver the past two years, we’ve been deep in the work, across airports, courthouses, museums, and public space, shaping projects that ask a simple question: how do people connect to place, and to each other? Our 24/25 Anthology is a snapshot of this work. A purposefully analog, handheld object made by people, it brings together projects that share a common thread: story-driven experiences, built with and for the communities they serve. Work that lives in the real world, holds complexity, and invites people in. It’s not a retrospective so much as a marker. A look at where we’ve been, and a signal of where we’re headed. If you’d like a copy, I’m happy to send one along.
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Jim Forrest reacted on thisJim Forrest reacted on thisOn behalf of the City of #SalemMA, best wishes to Lynda Hartigan as she moves on from her leadership at Peabody Essex Museum to become the next director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum! Over her 22 years of service at PEM, including five as director, Lynda has elevated the museum’s reputation, its quality, and its connections with our community. Thank you for all that you’ve provided to this historic city and to PEM! https://lnkd.in/eiR5e_t7
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Jim Forrest liked thisJim Forrest liked thisI know what you’re thinking. “Oh great... another person posting about their latest AI coding project.” But I’m not posting this to try to convince you that “Claude killed design,” or anything like that. What I wanted to share is how designing and building a piece of software on my own has made me feel a renewed excitement for product design and a deeper connection to a niche hobby. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been building a native Mac app, that I am calling “myPod.” It’s a simple piece of software intended to make owning an iPod feel modern over 20 years later. There’s something kind of cozy and nostalgic about making an app like this. I encourage anyone out there to try to build something you wish you had, especially if it’s something you care deeply about.
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Jim Forrest reacted on thisJim Forrest reacted on thisSo many congratulations are in order for my University of Cambridge collections' collleagues. First off, The Fitzwilliam Museum has been shortlisted by the Art Fund for Museum of the Year, 2026! 👏 😊 and in addition we are celebrating Kettle's Yard and The Fitzwilliam Museum being joint winners of Best Arts & Cultural Venue or Experience at the Cambridge Edition People's Choice Awards! 👏 👏 👏
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Jim Forrest liked thisJim Forrest liked thisI’ve often prided myself on my willingness to be uncomfortable, to try new things, to take a shot! It comes with pros and cons, the most notable pro is I’ve forged a strong ability to express myself creatively, passionately and to take big risks (big risk opening the door to big reward… or big misery). The notable con? Well, focus sometimes is a bit more elusive, unless I have a framework in place to keep things focused. Which I have been improving on lately. This leads to my most recent chance, my most recent shot! With the incredible advancements in tools that enable creation and solutioning, I’ve dived head first into studio life. I’m pleased to introduce Shots on Goal Studio. A studio focused on creating a suite of products to simplify life, and bring joy. At Shots on Goal Studio I take chances, I experiment with ideas, I put a lot out into the world, but I also retire projects. More specifically, it’s a studio that accelerates learning by doing. We take shots, and sometimes we will score, sometimes we will not. Though we are always learning. I for one am excited for the unknown, the uncharted territory at the cusp of the horizon line. Man is that a delightful thing to focus on!
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UX Discothèque: How to DJ design thinking!
UX Boston Conference #2 @ Microsoft
See publicationUsing techniques from DJ culture and music performance, we will explore how UX design can be elevated to new dimensions using some tricks of the trade. Having worn both hats, Forrest will talk about empathy, dynamics, and uniqueness in both scenarios and how ultimately thinking like a DJ may help you build your best product yet.
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Enchanted Users, Soaring Revenues: A B2C Digital Product Panel
UX Fest @ Fresh Tilled Soil
See publicationUX is core to customer engagement, loyalty, and distinguishing your product from hundreds like it that may exist on the market. In this panel we discussed what matters when it comes to UX, business, and user engagement. Featured panelists offered experience and perspectives from different verticals, business models, and user groups— also what themes, challenges, and priorities are pervasive across the board when it comes to engaging users, growing your brand and your bottom line through user…
UX is core to customer engagement, loyalty, and distinguishing your product from hundreds like it that may exist on the market. In this panel we discussed what matters when it comes to UX, business, and user engagement. Featured panelists offered experience and perspectives from different verticals, business models, and user groups— also what themes, challenges, and priorities are pervasive across the board when it comes to engaging users, growing your brand and your bottom line through user experience?
UX Fest is a one-day conference celebrating the user experiences that change the way we work, live, and play. -
Chroma 2
Tryptic Press
Volume 2 of Chroma features the amazing artwork of 13 talented New England based artists.
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TEDx – Music For Non-Musicians
TEDx Timberlane
See publicationTEDx presentation on the future of music learning for their Compassion and Education: The Spirit Within event.
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Data Unity in Museums and Libraries
The Art Museums Library Symposium at the Peabody Essex Museum
See publicationData Unity strives to bring together disparate data sets into a centralized, searchable interface or experience.
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Building Digital Resources
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant review board
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Museum Mapping Projects: Charting a New Course
New England Museum Association
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Remixing the Museum Exhibition
South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival
See publicationWhat happens when six regional museums join forces, build a web site and allow us to remix their authoritative collections with public resources drawn from Flickr and YouTube?How does a museum manage data that comes from third-party APIs? Is this a shift forward in the evolution of online exhibitions?
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Learning from the People: Traditional Knowledge and Educational Standards Read more: Archives & Museum Informatics: Museums and the Web 2008: Abstract: Learning from the People: Traditional Knowledge and Educational Standards http://www.archimuse.com/mw
Museums and the Web
ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations) is a federally funded partnership of six cultural institutions in Hawai'i, Alaska, Mississippi and Massachusetts linking Native and non-Native communities, and re-connecting Native people with collections of Native American art, objects and history. Since 2001 ECHO has created Web sites to accomplish this purpose, drawing on vast collections of data, media, and objects. The partnership is presently re-designing its main Web presence…
ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations) is a federally funded partnership of six cultural institutions in Hawai'i, Alaska, Mississippi and Massachusetts linking Native and non-Native communities, and re-connecting Native people with collections of Native American art, objects and history. Since 2001 ECHO has created Web sites to accomplish this purpose, drawing on vast collections of data, media, and objects. The partnership is presently re-designing its main Web presence to represent its values and accomplishments, house its resources for cross-cultural and place-based education, and provide a suite of tools for communities, both Native and non-Native, to create and disseminate their own lesson plans, video, text, and photographic content. The conceptual foundations and process of designing the site are examined, and some of the challenges involved in working across a broad range of communities are addressed.
Keywords: Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Native American, Culture-based education, Cultural Heritage, Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations
Read more: Archives & Museum Informatics: Museums and the Web 2008: Paper: Elias, D. and J. Forrest, ECHO Across The Web: A Transcontinental, Transcultural, Transtemporal Development Narrative http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/papers/elias/elias.html#ixzz1IcSUMse0
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Extending the Visit Beyond the Museum
Museum Computer Network Conference
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