mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Husband. Dad. Born in #Brazil, living in #Germany. VP of #DesignStrategy at #SAP SuccessFactors (Opinions are my own) #UX #Designer #Photographer #Speaker #BassPlayer #Capoeira. You can find me at https://www.designative.info/
We spent decades moving beyond #commandline—toward #interfaces that made work visible.
Now we’re rebuilding everything as chat.
Not because it fits the work, but because the tech allows it.
This isn’t a technical shift. It’s a design regression worth debating.
#AI #AgenticAI #UX #UserExperience #ConversationDesign #ConversationalUI #HumanAgentCenteredDesign
Why do AI collaboration tools fail remote teams?
Maybe the issue isn’t the tech—but how we structure the work. When collaboration is misapplied, AI doesn’t fix it—it exposes it.
Are we designing for alignment… or just adding tools?
#AI #Collaboration #RemoteWork #UX #ProductDesign #DesignStrategy
https://www.designative.info/2026/04/02/the-real-reason-ai-isnt-helping-your-team-work-better/
We’re not just designing features anymore—we’re deciding what systems are allowed to do. Most teams skip that step. What if the real design problem isn’t automation, but delegation? Where should systems act—and where should they stop? #uxdesign #productstrategy #ai #humancentereddesign #AgenticAI
https://www.designative.info/2026/03/27/from-understanding-work-to-designing-delegation/
We talk a lot about what AI agents should do. But who defines what they’re allowed to do?
Workflow encapsulation shifts design from interfaces to boundaries and makes design leadership a governance issue.
Are you ready for that shift?
#DesignLeadership #AgenticAI #UXStrategy #DesignManagement #AI
#AgenticAI breaks traditional requirements. If systems interpret goals, are outcomes enough—or do we need explicit intent? Intent documentation in agentic #ProductDesign may be the missing layer. Curious how teams should adapt?
In honor of Earth Day, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center shared an interactive digital tool turns satellite images of the planet’s landscapes into a typeface. https://www.fastcompany.com/91531474/nasa-your-name-in-landsat #typography
Healthy public incentives, a #cinema tradition and a united local film community have helped #Recife — my hometown— onto the international stage https://variety.com/2026/film/global/recife-brazil-film-hotspot-mendonca-filho-mascaro-gomes-1236726831/?fbclid=IwdGRleARUpflleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEemtg26tOsKKvKsUjpr7D3Me5uvvFtnvvKGykVE3uywgt0Y9LQEwMcjroe8s4_aem_3IuyjeMQJqFBH26N3lMwyA&utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv0 #Brazil
We can trace everything our AI systems do—but can we tell if it’s actually good?
Evaluation in agentic AI is not about more metrics. It’s about defining what “good” means—and testing it continuously.
Are your #evals designed—or just observed?
We’ve focused on explainability—but is that enough?
If you can explain a decision but can’t see how the system behaves over time, can you really trust it?
Maybe the real gap in AI design isn’t reasoning… it’s observability.
#AI #UX #ProductStrategy #HumanAgentInteraction #Observability #Metrics
Oscar Schmidt, Brazil's basketball legend, passed at 68. He turned down the NBA and still became a legend. Was it a bold choice or a missed shot? After photographing him with Magic Johnson, I saw his genius in a different light. #Basketball #RIPOscar
https://www.designative.info/2026/04/18/for-inspiration-the-story-of-schmidt/
We keep saying “put a human in the loop” as if that guarantees control. But what if it doesn’t? What if control isn’t about presence—but about how responsibility and authority are designed? Where does HITL actually break down? #AI #AgenticAI #HumanAgentCenteredDesign #ProductStrategy
https://www.designative.info/2026/04/10/human-in-the-loop-is-not-a-strategy/
Brazil closed 2025 with a record 9M+ foreign visitors and the world’s fastest tourism growth. A success story, yes—but at what cost, and for whom? Is Brazil designing a resilient visitor economy or just chasing numbers? Join the debate in the comments.
#Brazil #Tourism #TourismTrends #Economics #Travel #travelindustrytrends #travelindustryreport
https://www.designative.info/2026/03/25/economy-in-brazil-record-number-of-tourists-in-2025/
We didn’t evolve past command lines to rebuild them as chat.
Getting out of the conversation trap means designing *when not to talk*: combining conversation with direct manipulation, restoring visibility, and matching interaction to the job. Are we choosing the right modality or defaulting to chat?
Strategy starts with shifting beliefs. Liminal Thinking gives you the tools to create change by making assumptions visible and new thinking possible. #DesignStrategy #OrganizationalChange #UXLeadership
https://www.designative.info/2026/03/18/book-review-liminal-thinking-by-dave-gray/
40 years of Songs from the Big Chair: a record that taught me to live with the tension between “Shout” and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.”
Most AI tools support to collaboration focuses on transcripts, summaries, and notes. But recording conversations doesn’t create alignment—grounding mechanisms do.
AI Agents in teamwork should focus on maintaining shared understanding, not just documenting collaboration.
As "The Secret Agent" walks into Oscar weekend with four nominations, the real question isn’t “How many Oscars?” but “Which values are we amplifying when the world is watching?” From Recife’s streets to Hollywood, what should success mean for artists and designers today?
With a total of 87 consortium members involved, the project aligns with broader EU strategic priorities and the work of organisations like IPCEI-CIS, the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) and EuroHPC, supporting European industrial competitiveness. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-announces-eu75-million-euro-3c-project-build-federated-telco-edge-cloud-infrastructure #SovereignCloud
The European Parliament adopted on Tuesday a series of recommendations urging lawmakers to find a “permanent” solution to protect #copyright from use by #artificialintelligence (#AI), a move that #creativeindustry groups say signals strong political backing for #artists and rights holders.
#IntellectualPropertyProtection #IntellectualProperty #Creativity #CreativeProcesses
