Bria Alexander

" You have to keep AI at arm’s length so you can critique it and not blindly trust it - Christopher. "

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

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

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

" Our behavior is implicit messaging; we need both explicit and implicit signals to support resilience on teams. "

" Resilience is about more than surviving; it’s about growth in our practice and relationships. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" David Nicholson is the reason why you don’t have to write very fast. "

" Every talk you hear today couldn’t get more personal to our community. "

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

" There is no need to take notes. Our session notes, resources, videos, and slide decks will all be shared on the website. "

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

" Bria is the bringer of dad jokes and the glue of the conference. "

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

" Please put your questions inside the thread specific to the talk so we can keep everything organized. "

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

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

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

" Please read our code of conduct. Every participant should feel safe, included, and welcome. "

" 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. "

" Everyone, both speakers and participants, understood the assignment of civic design from day one. "

" Lauren Cantor works with companies to create new business strategies by tackling human-centered design. "

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

" Cohorts are one of the most highly rated parts of our conferences every single year, you get to meet somebody new from a different company. "

" Technical difficulties happen, so please use hashtag.deo help within our Slack channel or email for support. "

" Man, oh man, what an incredible few days of learning and of the community that we have all had the opportunity to discover at Design at Scale. "

" Yesterday was a lot of fun, but today is going to be even more fun. "

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