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Insights for design leaders from my personal experience in building and scaling impactful organizations.
The Success Inertia Effect: Why Some Companies Struggle to See the Value of Design
Dealing with the Delta: The Gap Between Expectations and Reality
Lessons in Leadership: Advice from My Design Career
The Inside Advantage: Growing the Design Leaders of Tomorrow
5 Must-Have Qualities in Every Design Hire (Even Junior Ones!)
Inclusivity in Design Hiring: Rethinking the Hiring Process
How Design Executives Can Spot (and Land) the Right Candidates
When Hiring Goes Wrong: How Design Executives Can Recover
Navigating Hiring Pitfalls as a Design Executive
Connections, Culture, and Career Ladders: A Design Executive's Hiring Toolkit
As a Design Executive, Hiring is a Team Sport
Death by a Thousand Comments: Tackling the Collaboration Overload in Modern Design
Collaboration is a powerful catalyst for innovation and growth, and modern design tools like Figma and Miro play a huge part in harnessing this power. However, like any potent substance, it demands careful handling. By cultivating a structured and respectful collaborative environment, we can ensure that modern tools serve in fostering creativity, without inviting the feared "death by a thousand comments".