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Geoff Teehan's mental models

3 claims Geoff Teehan made fit 3 mental models. Most often: Design is how it works, Feedback loops, Make it real. Everything they said here.

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Design is how it works

Judge a design by what it does for the person using it, not only by how it looks.

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B2B systems are used by human beings, and if one is designed really well they will use it more, think more positively about it, trust it more and become its advocate.

  1. Geoff Teehan Chief Design Officer at Lightspark These are still human beings that are ultimately using the system and if it's designed really well they'll use it more. They'll they'll they'll use it more efficiently. They'll think more positively about it. They'll trust it more and they'll become your advocate. Geoff Teehan - Navigating change as a designeryoutube.com · 23 Sept 2026 · 17:35 into the videoAll korrents from this video
    These are still human beings that are ultimately using the system and if it's designed really well they'll use it more. They'll they'll they'll use it more efficiently. They'll think more positively about it. They'll trust it more and they'll become your advocate.

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    ↗Geoff Teehan - Navigating change as a designeryoutube.com

    23 Sept 2026 · video · 51m · spoken · machine transcript

Feedback loops

Shorten the loop between doing and finding out; whatever a loop rewards is what you become.

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Share design work really early and really often.

  1. Geoff Teehan Chief Design Officer at Lightspark I think our tendency here is to share it really early and to share it really often. Geoff Teehan - Navigating change as a designeryoutube.com · 23 Sept 2026 · 31:44 into the videoAll korrents from this video
    I think our tendency here is to share it really early and to share it really often.

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    23 Sept 2026 · video · 51m · spoken · machine transcript

Make it real

Build a prototype; it settles arguments a description cannot.

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With abundance, you no longer have to debate and prioritize an idea and get approval just to learn whether it is any good; you build it and then you decide.

  1. Geoff Teehan Chief Design Officer at Lightspark You don't have to debate an idea. prioritize it, get approval, assign a team just to learn if your idea is any good. You build it and then you decide. Geoff Teehan - Navigating change as a designeryoutube.com · 23 Sept 2026 · 24:22 into the videoAll korrents from this video
    You don't have to debate an idea. prioritize it, get approval, assign a team just to learn if your idea is any good. You build it and then you decide.

    Watch from 24:22 plays here

    ↗Geoff Teehan - Navigating change as a designeryoutube.com

    23 Sept 2026 · video · 51m · spoken · machine transcript