Where are you standing right now in your design team? Which areas of design leadership are already going well and which need more attention? In this one-day workshop with your design leadership staff and members of the design team, you will find out what are your blind spots and areas for improvement. I will share and discuss best practices and approaches for your situation and we will work on first ideas together.
What to expect
- All participants gain a better understanding about design leadership and the relevant areas and aspects that need to be considered when leading a design team.
- All participants know the current state of the design leadership team including pain points as well as blind spots (areas not addressed yet)
- The team has prioritized their challenges and worked on first solutions and ideas for future leadership initiatives.
- The results of this workshop can be a very good basis to formulate your next team goals and OKRs
Workshop Outline
- Introduction to the Design Leadership Framework
- Quick assessment of the current state of your design team
- Define your team’s “lens” for design leadership – what is currently very relevant for your team, what is your biggest challenge?
- Deep dive into the selected leadership areas (group work) to collect current pain points and blind spots as well as current initiatives
- Discuss and prioritize top 3 challenges that need to be addressed
- Ideate and sketch out possible solutions for the prioritized challenges (group work)
- Wrap up and definition of next steps
Who should attend the workshop?
This workshop can be done in a leadership-only circle or also involve members of your core design team. The group should neither be too small or too big, ideally we would have 6 to 16 participants to work effectively.
Format
This workshop can take place on-site in your offices or as a virtual workshop using video conferencing (e.g. Zoom) and online-whiteboard software (e.g. Miro).
I have made excellent experiences with virtual workshops over the last months with no significant loss of productivity or team spirit compared to the on-site workshop. Participants usually like the whiteboard activities a lot.
Get an offer for your team
Please contact me on LinkedIn for a price offer for the design team workshop. We can find a suitable format and pricing structure that will work best for your team.
