Bria Alexander

" AI is not really doing anything better than humans yet; it’s just faster and more efficient - Bria. "

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

" David Nicholson is our house scribe, a senior UX designer with a passion for enterprise-scale products. "

" What is your mission for this design Ops summit? When this conference ends, what do you want to feel? "

" 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. "

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

" If you have questions for the speakers, put them in Slack under the associated thread. "

" Our speakers prepare and prepare and prepare — they have a dark board with my face on it because they’re so sick of hearing from us. "

" Sponsor sessions may require registration by email to prevent Zoom bombings and protect session integrity. "

" There is no overlap between the main program sessions and sponsor sessions. "

" Please put your dropdown or your personal agenda in your local time zone so there’s no ambiguity. "

" Slack is a huge part of how we are going to be engaging in today’s conference. "

" This day is focused on me, my job and my specific day-to-day challenges, not on some invisible finish line or senior title. "

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches but offer incredibly high quality content, and they’re free for everyone. "

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

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

" The world really needs what researchers like you bring to the table. "

" If you have a question for a speaker, put it in the thread for their talk, not in the general chat. "

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

" You will come away from this conference with so many artifacts from these talks you won’t miss anything. "

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

" 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. "

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

" When teams are connected to real strategic missions and own their key results, OKRs become positive. "

" How do we know how to evaluate radical participatory design? Has there been a sustained shift in power? "

" This is our third and final day of the design operation Summit 2021. "

" Design ops must learn to advocate for themselves because oftentimes when things go well, no one notices the work behind the scenes. "

" Check out our digital swag bag for some awesome offers from our sponsors – it's like free t-shirts and sweaters but digital. "

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

" 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. "

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

" It is my honor and pleasure to welcome each of you to the 2021 Design at Scale Conference. "