Bria Alexander

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

" If you want to invite a friend or colleague, the sponsor sessions are free and awesome to attend. "

" We are going to have a very cherry day. You get it? Because I’m wearing cherry earrings. "

" I want you to have the best time possible and bring your fullest self to our conference today. "

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

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

" If design ops only serves designers, it risks silos; instead it must apply design thinking across R&D and product teams - Patrizia. "

" If these two voices don’t work for you, you can reach out at [email protected]. "

" The Slack channel is the fastest way to get help, whether you’re virtual or in person. "

" If something makes you feel unwelcome, the code of conduct explains how to engage with staff to resolve issues. "

" All speakers will be present in the #ARgeneral Slack channel to answer your questions. "

" Huge shout out to Lauren Cantor, our house librarian, for her wonderful contributions. "

" If you have any questions for the speakers, you really need to put your question in the thread specific to the talk. "

" It’s about us, the design ops practitioners, and what we need today to be better at our jobs. "

" This is a design ops summit. You’re with your people, we get you and we all want you to do well. "

" Lauren Cantor keeps all those links and other resources so we don’t have to be googling while listening. "

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches, they’re incredibly high quality and free to attend. "

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches. They offer really high content very similar to the main conference. "

" If you have problems with Slack or the conference experience, please contact the help desk customer service. "

" If anything's going wrong on your end, please reach out to help-customer-desk-service in Slack for tech help. "

" We are still a community even though we are virtual and are obliged to treat each other with kindness and respect. "

" You gotta write that charter to get clarity with your team. "

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they are content-rich and free to anyone who wants to attend. "

" There’s no need to take notes. All session materials and videos will be shared quickly after presentations. "

" You’re going to get the importance of empathy to the bottom line. "

" Celebrate progress continuously and use OKRs as a learning process to evolve goals and strategies. "

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

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they are super similar to the quality of the main conference session. "

" We still don’t know if head of design ops will evolve toward a COO role or some other senior position. "

" You do not need to take any notes, we have dedicated note takers who provide session notes, resource lists, decks, and videos. "

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

" If you’re not in Slack, you’re missing out on the party. "

" The official time zone of this conference is Pacific time. "

" The official conference time zone is Pacific Standard Time, but you can change it to your own time zone at designatskill.com. "