Why partnership building is the most important design skill

Aarron's team at InVision has a unique perspective—they work with design teams across industries and see where teams stumble and what leads to success. They recently conducted a broad study of design maturity with more than 2,200 compan...

An unlikely path to finding purpose through ethical leadership

Designers often find themselves at a fork in the road between ethical design and design that’s good for business. We’re often alone in the room fighting for the user, which can not only be challenging, but leave the role feeling misu...

The value of design (that's more than just business)

Design has a seat at the table now, but what do you say? What do you stand up for? Are we really there just to make the business metric grow through experience efficiencies, or is the value of design to make the business stand for something ot...

When dinosaurs go digital

In this talk Sedef shares her experience of navigating change within large public sector organisations like the Natural History Museum. She shares the opportunities in transforming a large organisation to a customer focused culture, a few of the challenges and gives tip...

"Getting a seat at the table" is often positioned as the ultimate goal. But getting the seat shouldn't be the goal. Creating incredible value for the company should. It often means being a great leader for your company first, and your discipline second.

Lynsey shares what she's learned and where...

More than ever, the value of Design is being questioned by our businesses. As design leaders, if we can’t draw a straight line from our work to business value, our teams face lower rates of investment and higher rates of layoffs. What if we could translate our work into business language, so noth...

AI is democratising design—which means we can finally delegate the easier work. With the right guidance and guardrails, others can handle more of the production work that's consumed our bandwidth. This frees us up to focus on the harder, meatier problems that actually require our expertise.

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What is the value of design and how does this evolve as a company grows and matures? In this talk Jonas takes us through the principles and frameworks used to provide, and evidence, the value of design and how these have evolved through his 10 years at the Vinted.

This talk was recorded at Leadi...