Design should be like a supporting actor or actress to the leading characters in a tech company–developers and product managers.
Designers should focus on being good teammates rather than leaders. Worrying too much about whether design has enough influence over a product or a company distracts from the real vision: making great products that solve people’s problems.
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Trust is the glue that will make a team successful. If you can’t trust your team, then your team can’t trust you.
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We need to be able to speak the language of business—or quantitative thinking—and help translate design’s impact through numbers, metrics, and strategic arguments.
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In order to become design-led, businesses must lead with customer empathy where they’ll discover opportunities in the user journey.
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We have a purposefully broad definition of what this team does because we believe that our brand is at its most impactful when creativity, technology, and storytelling align. – Alex Schleifer, Chief Design Officer @Airbnb
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