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The Design Leadership Digest is a UX newsletter for design leaders shaping modern teams. It explores UX strategy, hiring trends, AI impact and systems-based leadership — helping Directors and VPs make smarter decisions about team growth, research maturity and long-term design impact.
Systems-Based Design Directorship is a forward-thinking UX design webinar for leaders stepping into Director roles. This expert-led & on-demand event recording explores systems-based leadership, practice maturity and cross-functional alignment for modern user experience teams.
As designers and researchers, we are pros at thinking ahead— and that means looking ahead to any upcoming project risks. In today’s post, you’ll learn how to proactively plan for project risks using a risk mitigation strategy and gain insight into common risks in UX and design research.
Leading fruitful discussions between grueling Agile sprints is no easy feat, but it’s an important skill for any UX or service design practitioner. In Part 2 of our series on sprint retrospectives, we walk through 6 tried and tested strategies for effective Agile facilitation, and we provide a bonus list of further resources for facilitator training.
At Outwitly, we know the value of reflection and solution-driven thinking when it comes to team projects. That’s why we’re dedicating two posts to sprint retrospectives! In Part 1, learn about our favourite retrospective methods and how these essential meetings differ from your standard post-mortem.
In Part Two of our series on digital service design in government, we’re laying down our 10 best tips for leading successful service design projects in the public sector. Guiding your government team toward innovation is possible through great communication, problem-solving and priority sorting. Read on for our practical pointers.
We know that a design research project is only as successful as the foundation it’s built upon! We like to have a phase at the beginning of any project called Project Initiation. This phase is crucial for setting your project up for success! To help set your next design research project up for success, we’re covering nine core project management principles, two key activities to conduct in the initiation phase, and our favourite tools and tech for project management.