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Community Powered by DesignOps
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Learn how Dropbox builds community by leveraging the power of DesignOps
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October 16, 2022
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What’s a Design Program Manager and How Can My Team Get One?
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Courtney Kaplan informs design leaders on when it’s time to hire a DPM.
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October 16, 2022
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More Design Problems, More Designers (and More Need for Design Ops)
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Courtney Kaplan discusses the need for DesignOps within growing design teams
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October 16, 2022
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5 Keys to Scaling DesignOps
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Adam and Diane give an overview on 5 frameworks to help teams scale their DesignOps practice and ability to impact.
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September 20, 2022
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Design Better presents: Building DesignOps Dream Teams
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A lot of companies are investing more in design. As they do, the organization scales. As it scales, it has to operationalize, become more efficient, and plug into the rest of the company—but what makes all that possible?
In this episode, Pinterest’s Head of Design Operations Meredith Black talks about the emerging practice of DesignOps, and how she introduced it to Pinterest
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September 15, 2022
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Designing Efficient Teams: Positioning and Introducing DesignOps intro your Teams’ Lives.
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Pat Bertini writes about how to introduce DesignOps into your design team.
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September 18, 2022
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Aligning and Scaling Teams with DesignOps
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As companies mature and invest in product teams, they need to operationalize workflows, hiring practices, onboarding practices, and governance – DesignOps helps design-forward companies work more efficiently at scale.
Join us to unpack the role with Jilanna Wilson, Director, Design & Research Operations at Zendesk; Lindsay Schweigler, Head of Design Operation at Apple; and Oliver Browne, Design Operations Lead at Thinkific who are shaping the practice of DesignOps. You’ll get tips on how to optimize your team structure and governance, and you’ll find out how DesignOps can unite your team.
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October 22, 2022
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Design Leadership: Kim Fellman’s talk at DesignX
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Kim Fellman talks about Design Leadership and DesignOps at the DesignX Conference in Toronto
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October 22, 2022
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Lessons from Design Leaders: Scaling Product Design with DesignOps
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In this fireside chat, we'll explore design operations with two leaders shaping the practice of Design Ops, Kristin Skinner (formerly at Capital One) and Dave Malouf (IxDA). Alongside host Aarron Walter, InVision’s VP of Design Education, they’ll discuss org structure, design systems and governance, career ladders, tooling—and how Design Ops can help your team operationalize.
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October 22, 2022
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Does your internal culture attract the best talent?
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Culture is an increasingly vital way for teams to differentiate themselves in a competitive design recruitment market.
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December 15, 2022
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A Listening Tour Playbook
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A listening tour helps you learn what your team’s priorities are, and how much awareness and support for UX currently exists.
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February 16, 2023
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Management Resources
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Management resources compiled by Tess Dixon
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August 28, 2023
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The Dropbox Guide to Building Creative Culture
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Learn how Dropbox builds their creative culture on their design team.
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October 16, 2022
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Growing, Scaling and Tuning. Meeting Spotify’s Global Head of DesignOps
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Learn from Kamdyn Moore, the Global Head of DesignOps at Spotify, on how she’s growing and scaling the practice.
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October 19, 2022
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Creating levels for DesignOps
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Brennan Hartich outlines an approach to DesignOps levels & expectations including the four high-level areas of responsibility for DesignOps.
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September 14, 2022
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Org Design for DesignOrgs
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This practical guide provides guidelines for creating and leading design teams within your organization, and explores ways to use design as part of broader strategic planning.
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September 15, 2022
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Opsy Podcast: Design Operations With Dominique Ward
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Design Ops 101
Podcast
Dominique Ward discusses her Head of DesignOps role at Atlassian with Opsy. This podcast covers What design operations is, how Dominique ended up in design operations, why a lot of operations problems are also design problems, and more.
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June 23, 2022
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DesignOps in the new world of work
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Qatalog came together with the to host a panel discussion on the growing strategic role of DesignOps in the new world of work.
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August 9, 2022
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Design Leader Insights - DesignOps with Meredith Black
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Design Ops 101
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Alex chats with Meredith Black, Founder of DesignOps Assembly, about what a design ops role is, the flexibility of the role within different work environments, and advice for new designers entering the field today who have an interest in design ops.
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September 12, 2022
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Criminology, Creative and Creatures with Meredith Black
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Angelos Arnis chats with DesignOps pioneer and advocate Meredith Black joins us as the first guest ever on this podcast! Meredith discusses her love for true crime, dogs, and her career path that comes with a twist.
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September 15, 2022
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Design Ops at Atlassian with Dominique Ward
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Design Ops 101
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If design is a team sport, then design ops is our coach.
As design teams scale, the opportunity of design ops is to support the orchestration of design practice by aligning our people, processes, and tools.
Join Jason and Mark as they explore the role of design ops at the technology giant, Atlassian. They are sharing a coffee with Atlassian's Head of Design Ops, Dominique Ward.
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September 12, 2022
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NCommon DesignOps Podcast
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DesignOps veterans Jacqui Frey and Alison Rand talk all things DesignOps
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September 15, 2022
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DesignOps, Diversity and Making a Difference
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Design Ops 101
Podcast
In this episode, Hot Studio Founder and former Autodesk VP of Experience Design Maria Giudice talks about overcoming team silos and learning to lead with influence instead of authority. She also discusses why diversity is one of the keys to , along with lessons she learned while working with fast-moving companies like Facebook.
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September 15, 2022
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2022 State of DesignOps Report
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Design Ops 101
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Download the 2022 State of DesignOps report to understand the trends and highlights within the DesignOps Industry
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October 17, 2022
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What does a Design Program Manager Do?
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Design Ops 101
Non-Academic Article
Shubhangi Salinkar interviewed and on their role as DPMs at LinkedIn, and learnt some interesting facts about their job!
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October 16, 2022
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My Top 5 Learnings From My Design Ops Freshmen Year
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Mark Figueiredo reflects on his first year in a full-time DesignOps role and shares his top five learnings.
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October 16, 2022
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Ten Learnings from Building a DesignOps Function from Scratch
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Design Ops 101
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Heidi Ettanen talks about her first year building DesignOps within her organization
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October 16, 2022
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The Future of DesignOps: Design Management Roles shift to DesignOps Roles
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Design Ops 101
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In 2-5 years, we’ll see Design Practice management evolve back to the core essentials and specialization of creative direction, design innovation, storytelling, and development of their designers.
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October 16, 2022
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Explaining and Socializing the Role of the DPM
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Setting your first DPM up for success by socializing their role with others in your team or organization.
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October 16, 2022
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Lessons from Design Leaders: How Culture Shapes Design at Pinterest and Shopify
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Design Ops 101
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Join us to explore the intersection of design and culture with leaders at two of the world’s most beloved companies, Anne Purves (Pinterest) and Amy Thibodeau (Shopify). Alongside host Eli Woolery, InVision’s Director of Design Education, they’ll discuss the influence of company culture on product design, design processes, balancing between creativity and operations —and so much more.
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October 16, 2022
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Happiness Ops
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Design Ops 101
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HappinessOps
Making sense of Operations in UX.
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October 16, 2022
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The DesignOps Handbook
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Design Ops 101
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Learn how creating centralized services and systems helps grow integrated, high-functioning design teams, with expert insights on operationalizing across workflows, hiring, team alignment, and more.
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September 15, 2022
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DesignOps in the New World of Work
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Qatalog recently came together with the DesignOps Assembly to host a panel discussion on the growing strategic role of DesignOps in the new world of work.
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September 16, 2022
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A Pocket Guide to Design Operations
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Design Ops 101
Non-Academic Article
Rachel Posman created created this 101 level guide for her mentees through . It answers eight of the most common questions she get from folks interested in or new to Design Operations.
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September 16, 2022
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Team Ops and Product Ops: The Perfect DesignOps Pair
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John Calhoun and Rachel Posman break down why these two ops functions make the perfect pair.
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September 16, 2022
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Dialing Up the Joy, Turning Down the Pain: DesignOps at Spotify
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Cliona O’Sullivan talks about building the DesignOps practice at Spotify in 2019
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September 18, 2022
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Breaking Down Functional Silos in the Design Organization
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Design Ops 101
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Adrienne Allnutt talks to us about the many roles within Ops and how to break them down while running a successful team
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September 18, 2022
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Scaling the Craft of Design: An Evolving Perspective on DesignOps
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So, how might we solve the DesignOps puzzle?
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October 16, 2022
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DesignOps Field Guide by Invision
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Design Ops 101
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Invision has a brand new DesignOps Field Guide out. Check it out.
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November 14, 2022
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DesignOps for DesignOps
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Design Ops 101
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Frances Yllana speaks at the DesignOps Symposium about DesignOps for DesignOps
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November 7, 2022
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Is your Design Practice Healthy?
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Design Ops 101
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Well, is it? How do you know? What is a healthy design practice? What do you need to be doing to have a healthy design lifestyle, a healthy design life? In this talk, we’ll talk about what is a healthy design practice, how to assess it, and how you can monitor and maintain your organization’s health goals and why they are important to help your design practice with their goals to help the business, its stakeholders, and its customers.
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October 28, 2022
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Let’s Talk about DesignOps
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Design Ops 101
Podcast
In episode 10 Jacqui and Alison begin to dig into the current state of Design Operations. Get ready for some more real talk around what is DesignOps anyway, where does it come from, what (and who) does it look like, and why/when/do we even need it.
10: Lets talk about DesignOps
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October 28, 2022
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Spotify Playlist: DesignOps Podcasts
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Design Ops 101
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Want one place where you can find ALL the DesignOps podcasts out there? Look no further than this Spotify Playlist
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October 28, 2022
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Collaborate Better Handbook
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Design Ops 101
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As work shifts from in-person interaction to more distributed and hybrid collaboration, it becomes increasingly important to understand how to collaborate effectively. This book will help you raise the collaborative intelligence of your teams, drawing from interviews with some of the most creative, prolific, and multidisciplinary leaders, authors, and makers in the world.
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October 27, 2022
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Building a Strong and Resilient DesignOps Community
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Design Ops 101
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The session explores how to build a strong, resilient and proactive design community, with limited Ops support.
