Bria Alexander

" We’re seeing these agents trying to represent ourselves online in ways we’ve never seen before - Bria. "

" We are obligated to treat each other with kindness and respect as part of this virtual community. "

" We want you to feel included and be able to take advantage of the awesome content and speaker efforts. "

" You can change the conference time zone to your local time zone in the upper right corner so there’s no confusion about start times. "

" It’s energy management, not time management — listen to yourself rather than comparing your output to others. "

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

" Design ops is not execution or tactical, it’s a leadership role that brings design thinking to the whole organization - Patrizia. "

" Everyone's sitting on the aisle, your right, my left — you gotta scoot over like two seats. "

" Please stand up and hold each other’s hands, and on three, raise them high and shout Yeah so virtual can hear you. "

" The themes this year include transforming century-old industries, startup to enterprise, the outsider’s perspective, and partnering to transform. "

" Today's theme around researchers thriving in the organization is led by Steve Portico. "

" If you have a question for one of the speakers, put it in the specific thread associated with the talk or it will get lost. "

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

" All three themes and all speakers you’ll hear came together through inclusive collaboration and insightful perspectives. "

" Many of you might be the only design ops person in whatever room you’re in for as much as 362 days a year. "

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

" Today we’re gonna be talking about researchers as organizational change makers. "

" Slack is where the real party is happening for this conference. "

" Slack has over 650 people actively talking and sharing experiences right now. "

" Sponsor sessions are completely free and offer content just as valuable as the main program sessions. "

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

" I’m still early on in measuring accessibility impact but tying early bug fixes to ROI is promising. "

" Cohorts are consistently one of the highest rated parts of the conference — they’re a fantastic way to learn together. "

" The theme is clarity. But really I’m gonna say the theme is you — the 613 people from all over the planet. "

" Each of these speakers shares career defining experiences scaling design organizations large and small. "

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

" Future-facing regulatory structures can avoid post-traumatic innovation by anticipating technology’s social impacts. "

" There is no need to take notes; session notes, sketchnotes, resource lists, videos, and decks will be shared. "

" People are re-evaluating their lives and careers, which inspired me to start a podcast exploring these shifts. "

" If you have any tech issues or need customer support, #deogenerall.help is here to assist you throughout the conference. "

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

" Sponsor sessions are completely free, and you can invite anyone you want to those. "

" All of this content would not have been possible without your support and your feedback. "

" Day one is all about ensuring craft on a massive scale, led by Uday Gahender. "