#168 Nobody Invites the UX Designer Anymore (UX Identity Crisis, Part 2)
A UX designer loses influence in an AI-accelerated team not because of poor skills, but because he demands gatekeeping authority at a time when speed and autonomy dominate. Patricia Reiners argues that UX must evolve from being a bottleneck to becoming a value-adding, evidence-driven coll
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