DesignOps Podcast

By: Sean Johnson
  • Summary

  • The chat show where we talk to design leaders about all things DesignOps, with the aim of improving how we work together, how we get work done and the impact our work has. We'll be discussing the struggles we face transitioning from practising design into leading design; the implementation, adoption and contribution of design systems; diversity, equality and inclusion to your teams; and building design maturity in your organisation.
    Sean Johnson
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Episodes
  • Lily Dart (Part 2) — Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I)
    Feb 20 2023

    This is the second half of an interview with Design Director and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion champion Lily Dart. It was a long episode that we've split in two as we cover two important topics that warrant their own show.
    In this one we talk about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) and we discuss her involvement with a fantastic initiative, Innovate Her UK.
    Useful links:
    LilyDart.com
    Lily on Twitter
    InnovateHerUK on Twitter
    InnoveHerUK.co.uk

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    17 mins
  • Lily Dart (Part 1) — Problems in design orgs and hiring designers
    Feb 13 2023

    This is the first half of an interview with Design Director and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion champion Lily Dart. It was a long episode that we've split in two as we cover two important topics that warrant their own show.

    In this one we talk about some of the problems we face in our design organisations, in particular the hiring process.

    Useful links:

    LilyDart.com
    Lily on Twitter

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    26 mins
  • Andy Budd — How does design fit in the wider organisation?
    Jan 23 2023

    In this blockbuster of an episode, Sean talks to design leader, startup advisor and venture capitalist Andy Budd. They discuss how design fits in the wider organisation, design getting a seat at the table, the truth of agile and why design tasks in the interview process are a bad idea.

    Useful links:
    The secret lie of agile tweet (check the whole thread!)
    Designers think it's their job to come up with the best idea tweet
    The ChatGPT tweet where Andy asks how to judge quality of design candidates
    Andy Budd on Twitter
    AndyBudd.com
    ClearLeft agency
    Leading Design conference

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    38 mins

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