Who are your key stakeholders?
And when did you last have a coffee with them? At this year’s Design Leadership Retreat, we did a very simple exercise: a classic…
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When do you need a DesignOps hire?
When does a design team actually need DesignOps (or a similar supporting role)? I hear this question a lot from design leaders and it…
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Top 10 Design Leadership Challenges
As part of my masterclasses of the 2025 Leadership Ateliers in Lisbon and Berlin, we ran a live, interactive session with 73 design leaders…
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Benchmark your Design Team
As part of my research, I’ve been diving into the topic of how you can benchmark your design team. After all having a solid…
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Lead UX Podcast
I had the pleasure of being a guest on the German podcast “Lead UX” with Dr. Thomas Vöhringer-Kuhnt. We discussed the Design Leadership Framework…
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Book Review: Design Leadership Chronicles
When I first picked up Marzia Aricò’s recent book Design Leadership Chronicles, I was intrigued by its unique format—a graphic novel exploring design leadership…
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A Strategy for Your Design Team
Leading a design team is a complex, multifacetted task. The Design Leadership Framework describes five key areas that design leaders have to address to…