Leading Design is a supportive community - a community of leaders determined to learn, grow and play together. With this mailer we signpost a collection of ideas and articles to inspire and inform. We hope you enjoy.
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How returning to the craft taught me to be a better leader |
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Aly Blenkin decided to move away from design leadership and return to being a product designer. However, what she didn't anticipate was that going back to the craft would also teach her to be a better leader. |
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A strategy for your design team
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Leading a design team is a complex, multifaceted challenge, The Design Leadership Framework describes five key areas that design leaders need to address in order to build a company’s design capability. |
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Sustaining yourself as a design executive
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In this 'Finding Our Way' episode, Katrina Alcorn, General Manager for IBM Design shares various aspects of being a design executive – including where to spend your time and energy, how to maintain culture at scale, and the importance of showing compassion for yourself. |
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Guiding principles to design for delight
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Building things that go beyond utility and truly excite people is close to our hearts as designers. But it's often hard to articulate what 'designing for delight' really means. This article sets out to solve that. |
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Career ladder from junior to director
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Jing Jin writes up some career guidance helpful for people creating career ladders for their teams and finding ways to attract and retain employees.
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Designing Leading Design London
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Clearleft Programme Lead Rebecca Groves specialises in developing and delivering large-scale projects which support leadership, community and innovation. She shares the creative process of curating an event and what you can expect from this year's Leading Design London.
Join us on 2-3 November at the iconic Barbican Centre for a fantastic line-up of industry leading speakers and a community of like-minded leaders and peers.
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Thanks for reading...
We really appreciate our incredible community of design leaders for continuing to inspire and teach us. You can be part of it by applying to join our Leading Design Slack Group.
It will be wonderful to see some of you in person at Leading Design London in November to re-connect and share stories. Meanwhile drop me a line if you have any feedback or just want to say 'Hi'.
Best wishes,
Rebecca and the Leading Design team |
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