Bria Alexander

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

" Impact curated by France Alana was outstanding. "

" You should absolutely participate in Slack—if you're missing that, you're missing a key part of our conference. "

" Manuel Herrera, our sketch noter, has contributed wonderfully to visually capturing the spirit and content of the conference. "

" When I think about resilience, I think about flexibility, like trees that bend in strong winds instead of breaking — that starts with mindset and communication. "

" Resilience means the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties or toughness. "

" The pressure in design ops is often delivery-first mindset instead of quality and strategic impact - Dave Malu. "

" We have the entire Rosenfeld Media staff on hand to support you throughout this conference. "

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

" This is the same conference in so many good ways — good ways are that it’s resilient and there’s a certain steadiness. "

" We have at least 10 minutes of breaks between each session so you can take in everything. "

" We are on our third and final day of Design Ops 2023. "

" You can also reach us quickly by going to help-desk-customer-service for any tech or support issues. "

" It’s about us, the design ops practitioners, and what we need today to be better at our jobs. "

" Many of you might be the only design ops person in whatever room you’re in for as much as 362 days a year. "

" If you feel uncomfortable or unsafe engaging in this community, we want to know about it. "

" You can invite anyone in your family to attend the sponsor sessions for free even if they’re not registered. "

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches. They offer really high content very similar to the main conference. "

" We have session notes, sketch notes, resource lists, videos, and decks — no need to take notes yourself. "

" If anything's going wrong on your end, please reach out to help-customer-desk-service in Slack for tech help. "

" If you ever feel unsafe in our virtual community, we want to know about it so we can provide support. "

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

" The final panel will be grounded in your input from this summit — we want to hear from you in the FigJam link. "

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

" Through the expertise of our speakers and your engagement, we forge the future of our industry. "

" OKRs are not one-size-fits-all; you have to shape them based on your organizational context and culture. "

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

" Our community would not be what it is without you. "

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

" 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. "

" You can invite your coworker, your brother, your sister, your aunt to sponsor sessions even if they’re not signed up for the conference. "

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

" You can access our digital swag bag by scanning the QR code or visiting app.everthere.co/e/d-a-s. "

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