Sketches to Strategy

September 29, 2018

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Sketches to Strategy

Sketches to Strategy
Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Being a Leader

Becoming a design leader is a challenge in and of itself. Moving up in seniority often means moving further away from the day to day craft of design – something which can be difficult to handle. This talk speaks to that and other challenges and how, as design leaders, we can rethink our notions of leadership, success, and even design to be more effective.

Presented at Design Leadership Summit, Toronto, September 2018

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September 29, 2018

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Transcript

Sketches to Strategy Chris Govias · @cgovias
Sketches to Strategy Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying
and Embrace Being a Leader Chris Govias · @cgovias
Chris Govias · @cgovias Hi Design leaders
9 years
9 years out of 20
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Small Medium Large
Startups Fortune 500 Government
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The notions of leadership and success
This is you.
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DISTANCE FROM CRAFT LEADERSHIP LEVEL
DISTANCE FROM CRAFT LEADERSHIP LEVEL
DISTANCE FROM CRAFT LEADERSHIP LEVEL
DISTANCE FROM CRAFT LEADERSHIP LEVEL
Head of Design
Head of Design Team Lead Team Lead Designer Designer Designer
Designer Designer Designer
Head of Design Team Lead Team Lead Designer Designer Designer
Designer Designer Designer
Focus on the people.
Prepare your designers for their next job.
Letting go.
Maintain the quality of work, but not the way you
think.
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Head of Design
Chief Design Officer Director of Design Design Director Director of
UX Sr. Manager of Experience Design Chief of Design VP of Design
Chief of Design
Head of Design Team Lead Team Lead Designer Designer Designer
Designer Designer Designer
Chief of Design Head of Design Team Lead Team Lead
Designer Designer Designer Designer Designer Designer
Chief of Design Head of Design Team Lead Team Lead
Designer Designer Designer Designer Designer Designer
Chief of Design ORGANISATION
Chief of Design ORGANISATION
GOVERNMENT Chief of Design
Chief of Design
The team’s success is your success.
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do
not  care who gets the credit. — Harry S. Truman
Chris Govias · @cgovias Thank you.