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Hiring is a top 5 challenge for design leaders.
How do the best leaders build their design dream teams?
A thread on the most effective hiring practices, according to 1000s of design leaders. 🧵
(from the preso @ #Remotedesignweek)
How do the best leaders build their design dream teams?
A thread on the most effective hiring practices, according to 1000s of design leaders. 🧵
(from the preso @ #Remotedesignweek)
Let's start w/ the % of time design leaders spend recruiting.
"How much time do you spend recruiting?"
Same question, 2 years apart. Look at that upward trend! 👀
Why? Teams are scaling, and you have to recruit. @jaffoneh says it best:
"How much time do you spend recruiting?"
Same question, 2 years apart. Look at that upward trend! 👀
Why? Teams are scaling, and you have to recruit. @jaffoneh says it best:
Two buckets of recruiting:
Active (short term) v. Passive (long term)
Let's start with Active.
5 top questions leaders ask their teams:
1. Did we validate the role?
2. Can we tune up the process?
3. Is our hiring team aligned?
4. Are we launch-ready?
5. Are we iterating?
Active (short term) v. Passive (long term)
Let's start with Active.
5 top questions leaders ask their teams:
1. Did we validate the role?
2. Can we tune up the process?
3. Is our hiring team aligned?
4. Are we launch-ready?
5. Are we iterating?
Since 2016, I've had conversations with ~5000 design leaders at 200+ dinners and ~100 virtual events, and lots of slack threads. I also helped drive some industry benchmarking reports.
I finally synthesized all the notes.
A thread on lessons learned about design leadership. 🧵
I finally synthesized all the notes.
A thread on lessons learned about design leadership. 🧵
Top design-leadership challenges in product design.
- hiring/retaining talent
- building consistent end-to-end UX at scale
- maturing the function
- operationalizing design
- establishing trust with the c-suite
(in no particular order^)
- hiring/retaining talent
- building consistent end-to-end UX at scale
- maturing the function
- operationalizing design
- establishing trust with the c-suite
(in no particular order^)
Re: Hiring.
The design execs I respect the most say this is a weak spot. As one Fortune 200 VP Design recently said: "I only know about 20% of what I need to know"
No execs I know studied recruiting, but it's a critical part of the job.
(more on this at #remotedesignweek)
The design execs I respect the most say this is a weak spot. As one Fortune 200 VP Design recently said: "I only know about 20% of what I need to know"
No execs I know studied recruiting, but it's a critical part of the job.
(more on this at #remotedesignweek)
Loved the talk by @mrinalikamath & Julianna Murphy on "Designing for tech you don't get"!
"Design keeps the trajectory of innovation centered on real people, not monetary gain." - Julianna
(I also loved how they decided to refer to this as "unique spaces"!)
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"Design keeps the trajectory of innovation centered on real people, not monetary gain." - Julianna
(I also loved how they decided to refer to this as "unique spaces"!)
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"Design and User Research have the unique ability to be able to uncover creative solutions to technical constraints which can often hinder innovation!"
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Identify allies who can help. This will often be domain experts or people who've been around, and when you ask the right questions.
There will be a lot of company-specific knowledge that no one will have documented/onboarded you with because of the speed at which things happen.
There will be a lot of company-specific knowledge that no one will have documented/onboarded you with because of the speed at which things happen.
"When you're interviewing for a role, you're also interviewing the company! Try to gleam how well you'll fit.
Ask questions about how the team is structured, product design process, what are the growth opportunities, what they value. Show your passion"-@femkesvs #RemoteDesignWeek
Ask questions about how the team is structured, product design process, what are the growth opportunities, what they value. Show your passion"-@femkesvs #RemoteDesignWeek
"Anyone can download a slick UI kit and make it look amazing. Show a really well thought out and empathetic approach to your work. Talk about people and how they would interact with things." - @stuthesmith on case studies in your portfolio #RemoteDesignWeek
"Breakaway from the cookie-cutter template! We know that you know. In the real world, nothing is that clear. Talk about things that didn't make the cut or things that didn't work out" -@rapidsnail and @missbangg on case studies, while everyone onscreen nods vigorously #DesignWeek
