Farai Madzima - What to say in 1:1 meetings
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Using words, scribbles, and pixels Farai has spent the last 14 years helping design and build products and teams in the UK, South Africa and Canada.
Today, he makes a living designing interactions and leading a team as a UX Manager at Shopify in Ottawa.
In South Africa, Farai designed banking apps used by many across the continent. He grappled with unique design challenges because most internet users have never used a laptop or desktop. And some buy data by the megabyte.
Farai enjoys speaking about bridging knowledge gaps between designers. He’s appeared at events worldwide, including IXDA Interaction and IASummit.
He organises Pixel Up!, a series of UX and design conferences and meetups in South Africa. These events connect designers and developers in Africa with their peers around the world.
Also, he adores verbiage, in all languages, township jazz, nerdy hip-hop, and the number 127.
In this session, Farai shares his experience with 1:1s both as a manager and an Individual Contributor, his successes and failures, and the critical lessons he’s learned on the way.
This talk was filmed at Leading Design San Francisco 2023. Find out more about the event details here - https://leadingdesign.com/conferences/sanfran-2023
Leading Design is a programme consisting of conferences, retreats and coaching. Find out more about Leading Design on our website - https://leadingdesign.com/
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