Bria Alexander

" To succeed now, designers must be lifelong learners ready to rethink and re-understand constantly - Christopher. "

" We are closing out design ops 2024 with innovation curated by the incomparable John Kuda. "

" Sometimes resources are available as soon as an hour or 30 minutes after the talk, like the team is working miracles. "

" Our curators have been working for months taking presentations from little ideas to something big that advances design ops as practice. "

" Always approach from a place of kindness and think about the experience you want people to have as the water that keeps trees bendable. "

" Corey’s story of resilience during his 2023 to 2024 job search ends well because we accepted his offer at Adobe. "

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

" We have the entire Rosenfeld Media staff on hand to support you throughout this conference. "

" If you want your question asked, please put it in the Slack channel, because I cannot keep up with the rapid things happening live. "

" Sponsor sessions may require registration by email to prevent Zoom bombings and protect session integrity. "

" You don’t have to take notes because we have an incredible note taker capturing everything. "

" We are on our third and final day of Design Ops 2023. "

" You can also reach us quickly by going to help-desk-customer-service for any tech or support issues. "

" Practical ops is about getting stuff done because it’s our job to scale the organizational ability to design and amplify the work of designers. "

" If any of those adjectives do not apply to how you’re feeling right now, we wanna know. "

" If you feel uncomfortable or unsafe engaging in this community, we want to know about it. "

" Please respect our code of conduct to ensure a welcoming and safe space for all attendees. "

" Even though we are virtual, we are still a community and obligated to treat each other with respect and kindness. "

" Adjust your conference time zone setting depending on where you are to avoid confusion. "

" Even though we are virtual, we are still community and must treat each other with kindness and respect. "

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

" Make a business case for yourself by bragging about your capabilities and making them applicable. "

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

" It seemed just like yesterday that I was talking with Dave Malouf. He dropped that term design ops on me. "

" The waters of operations can feel incredibly murky and the path forward may not always be clear. "

" Junior engineers often resent having to create OKRs that feel disconnected from their day-to-day work. "

" We need to slow down decision-making processes so that ethics and systems thinking scale with project scope. "

" This is our third and final day of the design operation Summit 2021. "

" Knowing your boundaries and skills lets you focus influence into meaningful outcomes rather than spreading too thin. "

" There are no overlaps between sponsor content and main programming, so you never have to choose what to attend. "

" The cohort experience is one of the highest rated things because you get to meet new people from different companies. "

" We have some truly phenomenal sketch notebooks, so you don’t have to worry about taking any notes on your own. "

" Please be nice, respect each other, and carry yourself as if you were at your day job. "

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