Learn how you can use a looser version of SCRUM, the agile methodology for computer programmers, software developers, and web or app developers, to organize your in-house team's projects, including print projects.
InHouse Designer Blog
How-To Guide for Identifying + Preparing Job References
When you're looking for a new gig, don't overlook the importance of having your references in order. Here, TCG lays out best practices for identifying and preparing your job references.
Design Expert Advice: Don’t Get Branded a Jerk
Want in-house advice from a design expert? Don't be branded a "jerk" in the workplace. Here's how ...
The Gap: A Space for Critical Conversations
If you go into the hiring process screening for friends, how will that affect your ability to manage all aspects of their performance in the future? Here, Ed Roberts discusses the importance of creating a little space between the in-house manager and their employees where critical conversations can occur.
Yahoo’s Maurice Woods on Service Leadership
If you haven’t heard of Yahoo's Maurice Woods, you should definitely get to know this in-house designer—a great leader who has designed a good life around service. Here, Ed Roberts interviews him about his work and the Inneract Project.
Even More Time-Saving Productivity Tools
Ed Roberts and Emily Parks discuss how productivity tools, such as social media managers and task management tools, can increase your efficiency and free your time (and mind) to think -- and not remember.
Save Time with These Productivity Tools
In this first part of two articles, Ed Roberts and Emily Parks discuss productivity tools to organize your digital life, such as how password managers can save you time.
The Truth About Failure
I was thinking about the first plant I ever purchased for my garden. It wasn’t a plant but rather a bag of six calla lily bulbs. I was drawn to the packaging with all its splashy photography and infographics that explained how deep, how wide and how far apart I needed to dig each hole....
References Available Upon Request
On the job hunt or looking for a new in-house designer? Learn why its important to provide quality references and the 5 noteworthy questions Ed Roberts asks each of the references he checks.
Decoupling: The Upsizing of In-house Agencies
Learn how decoupling is impacting the advertising industry as well as the growth of both outside and in-house agencies.













