Design Leadership Resources

The essence of design leadership is the inverse of what a lot of people might assume. More than adding new structure, it needs to be about subverting existing structures before they fail. Emmet Connolly, Director of Product Design, discusses the evolving design management process at Intercom.

This article is the companion piece to a talk I gave at Interaction 20, the IXDA international conference in Milan, during the first week…

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How and why I do monthly leveling with my design team

Design is hard—that’s what I hear from design leaders at every company I visit. As the VP of Design Education at InVision, I study how design works and breaks in businesses. After nearly a decade of…

I first wrote about the need for creative leadership about three years ago and since then I get asked “What do you think are the qualities…

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Be the leader you are, not the one people expect you to be

Liftoff! will help you hire and scale teams, develop careers, learn why diversity matters to your business, and solidify design’s role in your organization.

It often starts the way it did for LaiYee Ho and Nick Stamas. LaiYee, a UX designer, and others on her team at the home automation company Wink were frustrated by what they didn’t know about their users. She put together a guerrilla effort, with no budget, to visit people’s homes. She brought eng

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Book for new managers in tech, by Lara Hogan

Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal—especially when there are few tools, … - Selection from The Manager's Path [Book]

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When I joined Gem there was no design team . Many of the engineers, product managers, and customer success team members I would be working with had some experience with product designers, but nearly just as many had little-to-no exposure to product design! Meaning one of my first tasks as Hea

Do you ever wonder how you can build a strong and creative team that can work toward a shared mission? Be led from the front? Be led from the back? Read on.

Learn what it takes to make the most of your design team.

Ever wonder about the difference between leadership and management? This article shares essential insights into leadership qualities.

7 Tips to Leading a Design Team.

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The line between great leadership and being a terrible boss is surprisingly fine. Each day you’ll find yourself walking a tightrope of…

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