Bria Alexander

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

" Sponsor sessions are optional but incredibly high content and not sales pitches. "

" 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. "

" Feedback is data, not personal — once you view it that way, it feels less like criticism and more like improvement information. "

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

" If design ops only serves designers, it risks silos; instead it must apply design thinking across R&D and product teams - Patrizia. "

" You will have full copies of everything that you experienced today and all the questions. "

" If you want your question asked, please put it in the Slack channel, because I cannot keep up with the rapid things happening live. "

" We made a very intentional choice to build in five minute breaks after every talk based on feedback and experience. "

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

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

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

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

" This is a design ops summit. You’re with your people, we get you and we all want you to do well. "

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

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches, they’re incredibly high quality and free to attend. "

" Slack is where the real party is happening for this conference. "

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

" Our sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they are serious, high content learning opportunities for everyone. "

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

" Go meet someone new at this conference and set up a coffee chat next week. "

" The program page has a time zone selector so everyone can attend sessions on their local time without confusion. "

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

" I am so incredibly proud of Dante, Courtney, Olney, and Gonzalo for their care and effort in the curation process. "

" OKRs help highlight intentions to leadership and open up conversations that generate alignment and support. "

" We need to slow down decision-making processes so that ethics and systems thinking scale with project scope. "

" We have over a thousand members in the #do-general Slack channel, and that’s where the party is at. "

" If you have more ops people than designers, you risk chaos and underappreciation of what ops actually delivers. "

" Sponsors make this conference possible, without them we wouldn't be here talking about some incredibly interesting things. "

" Thank you to all our sponsors; this entire conference would not be possible without you. "

" The cohorts have been a slam dunk hit in our virtual conferences while we’ve been doing them. "

" Sponsor sessions are incredibly high quality but completely optional; there’s no sales pitch. "

" Our digital swag bag is free to all registered attendees and packed with awesome sponsor offers. "