Mmm… each time I think I’ve moved on from wanting to pursue a career in design, I get a curve ball thrown at me.
I was asked the other day by one of the product managers at my work to help to create “battlecards” for the account managers to use when they are selling a new product. After spending half of the morning getting up to speed on the branding guidelines, out came Illustrator (I really regret not ever getting InDesign) and away I went… Loving each and every tedious part of aligning text, spacing out the page according to the grid and logo size, and selecting the “right” colours. Sigh.
So much more interesting than the Masters of Commerce degree I’m currently working my way towards. I look at the post graduate degrees some of my friends are doing in Fine Arts and Design, and I feel so envious. I spend my weekend with my head buried in books and articles about business strategy and the “global economy” and they get to paint, design products, and in general get their hands dirty.
Anyway… I must get back to writing my “short” essay on “an example of an area or areas in which your organisation is experiencing tensions and decision making challenges in relation to strategy”.
Boo 
It’s not so much a change of literal seasons, but a change of perspective and point of view. So the main theme remains the same, but it’s brighter. There are overtones of the darkness of “winter”, but green is starting to shine through and wildlife is becoming abundant again.
