FOR INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS

Follow your own path to great design leadership

Our curriculum helps makers chart a course of leadership without the manager title.

 
 
 

 

DESIGN LEADERSHIP FOR INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS

Conventional wisdom dictates that becoming a manager is an essential rung in the career ladder. But traditional paths aren’t the only way to leadership. This design leadership series helps senior creatives develop tools for collaborating effectively with cross-functional partners, influencing senior managers, and supporting other creatives in the delivery of great craft. 

4 four-hour sessions

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DESIGNING BUSINESSES

As creatives, we believe in the value of design. But to amplify its visibility and impact, we need to integrate our creative practices with the objectives of the business. 

This design leadership training helps creatives at all levels develop basic business acumen and perspectives that apply directly to their day-to-day responsibilities. It’s an extremely accessible workshop that helps participants understand common business terms and acronyms and make the connection between business and design.

4 four-hour sessions

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As the title suggests, [Design Leadership Fundamentals I] is a great foundation class for aspiring and new design managers that will provide you with a starter-kit of tools and frameworks you can use, and also a platform to share points of views and ask questions to people who are in the same boat as you.
— Jane Park, Senior Design Manager at Microsoft Bing
 
 
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Powerful, engaging, and succinct workshop that will help you become a better design leader. Hear from peers in the industry and walk away with actionable steps that you’ve created.
— Tracie Lee, Executive Director at The New York Times
 
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Highlights from the DD BLOG

 
 

The creative identity crisis

Why learning business basics scares the bleep out of designers
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Making an impact as an individual contributor

6 ways to increase your influence
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Everything we’ve been taught about career advancement is wrong

People management is not the only way
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