Bria Alexander

" Two companies, Klarna and Duolingo, went all in on AI replacing humans and then recanted - Christopher. "

" We are back and we are right on time. Eight o'clock on the dot. "

" Sometimes resources are available as soon as an hour or 30 minutes after the talk, like the team is working miracles. "

" This is a great opportunity. This is a gift to yourself to dig in with other design ops peers and really learn together. "

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

" Corey’s story of resilience during his 2023 to 2024 job search ends well because we accepted his offer at Adobe. "

" Design ops is like when everything's working well, nobody notices it; when things break down, everyone misses it - Theresa citing Camden Moore. "

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

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

" Enterprise is kind of sexy because big, hairy, hard problems of scale and distribution live at the enterprise. "

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

" Sponsors make this conference possible, and we genuinely thank you from the bottom of our hearts. "

" You don’t have to take notes; session videos and decks will be shared as soon as possible. "

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

" Please read our code of conduct; it’s on every page of our website and includes ways to get help if needed. "

" Lauren Cantor keeps all those links and other resources so we don’t have to be googling while listening. "

" David Nicholson is our in-house scribe who produces wonderful sketch notes throughout the conference. "

" 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. "

" If you are a cohort participant and don’t see your private Slack channel, please let us know so we can guide you. "

" Go out the next three days as being part of this conversation rather than simply sitting back and being a consumer of information. "

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

" We could not have this conference without you all — the curation team relies heavily on audience participation. "

" It seemed just like yesterday that I was talking with Dave Malouf. He dropped that term design ops on me. "

" You’re going to get the importance of empathy to the bottom line. "

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

" The future of civic design will be localized, designed for and by communities rather than dictated top-down. "

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

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

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

" The cohort experience is one of the highest rated things because you get to meet new people from different companies. "

" We have some truly phenomenal sketch notebooks, so you don’t have to worry about taking any notes on your own. "

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

" If you have trouble logging in or streaming, please go to hashtag DAS help in Slack for support. "