Bria Alexander

" Two companies, Klarna and Duolingo, went all in on AI replacing humans and then recanted - Christopher. "

" Impact curated by France Alana was outstanding. "

" David Nicholson is our house scribe, a senior UX designer with a passion for enterprise-scale products. "

" This is a great opportunity. This is a gift to yourself to dig in with other design ops peers and really learn together. "

" A lot of design ops impact comes from influence, and influence comes from empathy and showing the benefit of what you are putting out. "

" Being true to our humanity and morality lets us better ourselves and our teammates. "

" We need standardized role definitions, not everyone is a manager just because they manage initiatives - Peter Bosma. "

" Look for people wearing the very acute Rosenfeld Media black hats if you need help. "

" We want you to have a great time and feel good about being here — if anything is preventing that, let us know. "

" This is the same conference in so many good ways — good ways are that it’s resilient and there’s a certain steadiness. "

" You can change the time zone on Rosenfeld Media’s website to reflect your local time. "

" Sponsors make this conference possible, and we genuinely thank you from the bottom of our hearts. "

" Slack is a huge part of how we are going to be engaging in today’s conference. "

" Documentation your team will actually use, how to define and maintain a design ops roadmap, AI as a design partner. "

" Please post your questions in the thread associated with each presentation so we can see and address them. "

" We are on our third and final day of Advancing Research 2023. "

" David Nicholson is our in-house scribe who produces wonderful sketch notes throughout the conference. "

" MJ Broadband saves our fingers some pain and some stress because we don’t have to take notes. "

" If you have a question for a speaker, put it in the thread for their talk, not in the general chat. "

" Our dedicated scribe Shivangi is making sure all the notes are captured so you don't have to worry about it. "

" If you ever feel unsafe in our virtual community, we want to know about it so we can provide support. "

" The next big thing will be knowledge management powered by new no-code and integrative tools. "

" We could not have this conference without you all — the curation team relies heavily on audience participation. "

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches. They offer incredibly high-quality content and are free to anyone to attend. "

" I simply cannot wait for you all to see the outstanding presentations they prepared. "

" When teams are connected to real strategic missions and own their key results, OKRs become positive. "

" The future of civic design will be localized, designed for and by communities rather than dictated top-down. "

" Please read our code of conduct to ensure everyone can be their fullest selves while respecting others. "

" Design ops must learn to advocate for themselves because oftentimes when things go well, no one notices the work behind the scenes. "

" If you want to take part in the gifs, laughs, jokes, questions, and links to resources, join us on #deogenerall Slack channel. "

" Thank you to all our sponsors; this entire conference would not be possible without you. "

" You are the reason why we are able to have such high quality programming that we do have at this conference this week. "

" If you are not on Slack, you are missing out on one of the biggest and most interactive parts of our conference. "

" We have 11 cohorts and 130 people participating in this week’s conference for small group discussions. "