Scaling Emergent Design Leadership for Complex Teams, Organizations, and Markets

We cannot continue to manage teams and lead designers the same way previous generations did and expect to thrive today. The business playing field today is more complex, interdependent, interconnected, and emergent than ever before, and continuing a risk-averse command and control approach to design and product development stifles innovation, creativity, and yes, the soul. This talk addresses why this new paradigm of design leadership is needed now, and the primary methods to put to work tomorrow to enable you to lead teams to success–at scale and across lines of business. With specifics ranging from improving skill assessment, building teams based on skills and not roles, and how to provide feedback, attendees will leave this talk with near-equal does of critical systems thinking theory and practical tips to change how they lead and manage design teams.