Bria Alexander

" There’s a big discrepancy between accessible consumer AI and what deep research-driven AI can do - Brittany. "

" We talked all about resilience, curated by myself yesterday. "

" If you ever need help, you can reach us at help-customer-service for technical issues and customer support. "

" 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. "

" Supporting different ways people prefer to engage—like asynchronous workshops or prep time—helps introverts and extroverts contribute equally. "

" Resilience means the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties or toughness. "

" Operations is the de-risking activity that creates scalable processes for better outcomes - Theresa. "

" Please stop by the Rosenfeld Bookstore to check out signed books and brand new titles. "

" We literally want to advance this field by creating space for really good professional conversations to happen. "

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

" Our sponsors offer sessions with no sales pitches, just incredibly high-quality content. "

" We are obligated to treat each other with kindness and respect, even though we’re a virtual community. "

" Sponsor sessions do not overlap at all with the main programming. It is 100% fully optional. "

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

" Try to walk away from this conference with at least one new design ops buddy. "

" Cohorts are a super duper fun way to engage with more of our community. "

" The official conference time zone is Pacific Daylight Time, but you can adjust it based on where you are. "

" This is absolutely not the time for us to be throwing our hands up in the air and giving up on Research. "

" You don’t want to miss out on the sponsor sessions — they’re free and high quality, not sales pitches. "

" There is no need for you to take notes because session notes, videos, and decks will be shared as soon as possible. "

" Join our Slack channels—it’s really where the party is with gifts, jokes, and amazing conversations. "

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

" No need to take notes — our scribe David Nicholson is capturing detailed session notes and insights for you. "

" MJ Broadbent’s sketchnotes are absolutely outstanding. You really do not have to take notes yourself. "

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

" OKRs can sometimes suck the oxygen out of the room if they focus only on bottom-line results, missing process and experience. "

" Everything can be designed – ourselves, relationships, processes, policies, systems. "

" Our community would not be what it is without you. "

" Design ops has an opportunity to inject human-centeredness into product development to balance business and customer value. "

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

" There’s no need to take notes; we’ve got session notes, sketch notes, and a resource list all provided. "

" If you ever feel unsupported or unsafe, please let us know. It is our priority to make sure you feel protected and supported. "

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

" Without your research, feedback, and engagement, we would never have pulled together such a diverse slate of speakers. "