Lisa Welchman - Accountability in design leadership
Leading Design London 2022
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32m
Accountability in design leadership: What can I do when things don’t feel right?
Unethical design? What can I do?
There is a critical lens over digital products and services with the fallout from unsafe and unethical experiences in our digital world coming into focus. Many designers and makers are feeling the heat. We are trying to understand why and how we got here-and we are reacting. We leave jobs only to find ourselves in a similar position in a new company. Others stay in an organization but look the other way, or hold their breath, hoping the tide will turn. Others pick up a megaphone and are critical of demanding executives and other senior leaders.
In all these instances, we behave as if we are outsiders or victims of the system that creates these harmful products and services. We deny any significant accountability. But, more significantly, we give up our power and dishonor the expertise we have to help put things right.
In this talk, Lisa talks about what individual digital designers and makers can do to address ethical concerns that come to their attention at work. The focus is on building resiliency and confidence so people can regain a sense of personal ethical agency at work--even when things aren't perfect.
This talk was filmed at Leading Design London 2022. Find out more about the event details here - https://leadingdesign.com/conferences/london-2022
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