The Design Leadership Framework / Katharina Weber / Intersection18

Presented at Intersection Conference - intersectionconf.com/
Katharina Weber
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The topics of Design Leadership and Design Operations are currently very popular due to the still increasing need of companies to deliver great customer experiences and become design-driven organizations. This has been leading to companies hiring or acquiring a large number of designers in the recent years. But many companies struggle to really unite these new design »forces« to deliver a holistic end-to-end experience.
The high amount of designers in organizations leads to a high demand of Design Leadership Roles on different levels. They are dealing with a wide range of topics such as team development, operational processes and organizational structures. At the same time these leaders are supposed to develop a design vision and drive design culture forward in their companies.
Comparing the still emerging discipline of Design Leadership to other more established areas such as IT Management, it becomes apparent that Design Leadership could profit from a concise overview or framework that shows what aspects the discipline encompasses.
At Intersection 2018 Katharina Weber presented an early version of a research-based Design Leadership Framework that aims at tackling this challenge. It is supposed to serve as a tool for design leaders of digital products and services, to focus on the right things in their organization and implement the right initiatives and changes.
Katharina Weber is currently working on refining and finishing the framework based on feedback and discussion with design leaders and experts from the industry. Follow the official EDA Twitter Channels to receive updates for this topics.
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[@makotokino27]

This is very helpful l. I’ve been an in house designer for some years now, and this framework has cleared up where my focus would be to get ready to move up the career ladder. Thank you.

[@Vndreh1244]

I find this so helpful, Katharina. Can't thank you enough.

[@carloscifuentes3571]

Great job Katharina! congratulations!

[@edwardamaral6819]

This is not a frame work, this is organization and categorization.

[@TheTiko300]

This is really helpful. Thanks for the effort :D

[@calvaryfisher1843]

Really useful! Thank you

[@madeyahya3018]

So helpful, thanks Katharina

[@irenestepanova8498]

Awesome framework, just trying to search something like this!

[@FutureLondonAcademy]

Awesome framework from Katarina - I also believe that it can't get a little difficult to know what to focus on. If any of you want to hear what some design leaders said the top qualities for leadership are. Check this video we made out th-cam.com/video/j6a9kMvN2Kk/w-d-xo.html