Mostly Clear, Partly Sunny
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Claim: design leadership is engineering the conditions for designers to do their best work not just hiring or cheerleading. It uses a cybernetic nested feedback loops model plus familiar frames like the Double Diamond, matches people to projects, and changes process and ops. Built a six‑month Etsy design studio pilot (converted a large meeting room with movable walls whiteboards hack furniture and AV prototypes) that leaders deem successful. Managed a thirty‑person team during transition and uses those concrete levers to decide what to invest in.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:43Unintended Leadership
- 4:35Dead End
- 5:18Design Early
- 5:39Leadership Styles
- 6:17Cybernetics
- 9:41Design Conditions
- 10:35People Conditions
- 10:59Matchmaking
- 12:25Environment
- 13:55Design Studio
