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Why aren't designers getting invited into big fun meeting where all the imagineering happens?
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Rethinking Performance Evaluations for Designers
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Writing – or not writing – your first Levels & Expectations Framework
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Your job needs a new job description
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Rethinking Performance Evaluations for Designers
I’ve long held a belief that observation-driven performance reviews do a disproportionate dis-service to designers.
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Design Systems as vehicle for leadership
I would posit that the large majority of the overall impact of Design Systems work is actually not about consistency, speed of delivery, quality of…
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Why aren't designers getting invited into big fun meeting where all the imagineering happens?
Throughout the 20 odd years that I’ve been designing products and designing organisations, I’ve repeatedly heard designers lamenting their lack of…
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Your job needs a new job description
Design leadership is a heady blend of Culture, Strategy, Organisational Design, Talent Management and Collaboration. So just the easy stuff.
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Writing – or not writing – your first Levels & Expectations Framework
There comes an inevitable moment in the growth of an organisation where someone suggests formalising titles, levels and criteria for progression.
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Why Design Leadership Matters
As I sat down to start work on what would become this newsletter in the summer of 2024, I was in reflective mood having reached a milestone in my Design…
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Welcome to Design Leadership Memos
Between the posting of a humble tweet (RIP) and the herculean publishing of a book there lies a gap which I hope this small publication can help to…
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