Bria Alexander

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

" Please put your questions for a specific speaker in the associated thread for the talk. "

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

" The sponsor sessions are equal in quality and quantity as our main programming and completely free for anyone to attend. "

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

" The stories you’re gonna hear today really reflect the world we live in, design operations, and resilience. "

" Trust is fragile with designers; without clear communication, metrics can feel like micromanagement - Dave Malu. "

" If these two voices don’t work for you, you can reach out at conferences@rosenfeldmedia.com. "

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

" There will be session notes and sketch notes so you don’t have to take notes yourself unless you want to. "

" Use your phone camera to scan the QR code on screen and access the digital swag bag. "

" Design Ops plus — what does that mean? You’ll find out very shortly. "

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

" 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. "

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

" We are on our third and final day of Advancing Research 2023. "

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

" 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. "

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

" There’s no need to take notes because session notes, videos, and decks will be shared promptly on the conference site. "

" Don't reinvent the wheel all the time; build on top of what others have built. "

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

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

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

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

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

" The most highly rated part of the conference every year are the facilitators making the cohorts sing. "

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

" 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. "

" If you’re not in our Slack channel, you’re missing out on so many big parts of the party. "

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

" We have many breaks, and sponsor sessions usually take place during those. "

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