Congratulations on your new role! It’s an exciting time to be a designer - not only is design everywhere, it also has a seat at the table. Wherever you are in your career, transitioning to a new role is exciting, challenging, and scary. It’s also a critical time to lay the foundation for your future success. This is especially true for design leaders, who face not only the challenge of organisational change, but of establishing design as a strategic partner at every level. This talk will provide design leaders with actionable ideas and best practices for the first 90 days in a design leadership role.

1. New on the Job:
Your First 90 Days in a Design Leadership Role
Andrea Mignolo | @pnts
Leading Design Conference

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Hi.

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Congratulations.

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@pnts

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Yes, even pretzels on a rope on a
rustic wooden background.

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design leadership
(not the horse)
designers
devops
product manager

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https://hbr.org/2016/03/the-most-important-leadership-competencies-according-to-leaders-around-the-world?

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WoW SLIDE
https://hbr.org/2013/12/the-eight-archetypes-of-leadership

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Thoughtful.
Serves people.
Appropriate.
Empathy.
Intentional.
Vision.
Collaborative.
good design:
Thoughtful.
Serves people.
Inspiring.
Empathy.
Motivating.
Vision.
Collaborative.
good leadership:

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“Designers can design a solution to
a problem, but they can’t design a
solution to a disagreement.”
- Mike Montiero

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Ah-ha.

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“My primary purpose for twenty-eight years has been
to lengthen and lower the American automobile, at
times in reality and always at least in appearance.
Why? Because my sense of proportion tells me that
oblongs are more attractive than squares.”
- Harley Earl

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What do you believe?
What is your vision for design?
What is your north star?

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What do you know?
What don’t you know?
How can you minimize the delta?
What information is publicly available?
What did you learn in your interview?

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personal
foundation
& north star
company
foundation
& north star
focus here

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30/60/90

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30/60/90

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10/10/40/30

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The Pregame
10/10/40/30

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the board
the executive team
the company
the design team
colleagues
departments
the public
your parents

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The Critical 10
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first impressions

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the board
the executive team
the company
the design team
colleagues
departments
the public
your parents

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Making Moves
10/10/40/30

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(credibility) + (reliability) + (intimacy)
(self-orientation)
http://trustedadvisor.com/why-trust-matters/understanding-trust/the-trust-quotient-and-the-science-behind-it

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team
team!

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Jira
Asana
Trello
Slack
Basecamp
Clubhouse
Breeze
Hip chat
Waterfall
Agile
Lean
Kanban
Pivotal Tracker
Pairing

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sharing is caring

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the board
the executive team
the company
the design team
colleagues
departments
the public
your parents

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To Infinity and Beyond
10/10/40/30

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“You never change things by fighting the
existing reality.To change something,
build a new model that makes the
existing model obsolete.”
- Buckminster Fuller

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52. Leading Design - New on the Job: Your First 90 Days in a Design Leadership Role @pnts
KEEP
CALM
AND
MAKE THINGS
PRETTY

53. Leading Design - New on the Job: Your First 90 Days in a Design Leadership Role @pnts
KEEP
CALM
AND
MAKE THINGS
PRETTY

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1. Foundations
2. The Pre-game
3. The Critical 10
4. Making Moves
5. To Infinity & Beyond

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1. Buy-in
2. Credibility
3. Trust
4. Communication
5. Ah-ha moments

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the board
the executive team
the company
the design team
colleagues
departments
the public
your parents

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Thank You
@pnts