Bria Alexander

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

" Lauren Cantor is our house librarian and has made an outstanding contribution to the conference. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Midday panel brings together Corey, Deanna, Laura, and Lane to talk about everything wonderful so far in the day. "

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

" Thank you to our sponsors, we could not do this conference without you. "

" We want you to have a great time and feel good about being here — if anything is preventing that, let us know. "

" If something makes you feel unwelcome, the code of conduct explains how to engage with staff to resolve issues. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Manuel Herrera is here to take the burden of note-taking off us, so you can focus on the moment. "

" If you want to participate in the conference’s general vibe and community, it is essential to join Slack. "

" We could not do this conference without our incredible sponsors who spend a lot of effort thinking about ways to enrich our programming. "

" This is absolutely not the time for us to be throwing our hands up in the air and giving up on Research. "

" You don’t want to miss out on the sponsor sessions — they’re free and high quality, not sales pitches. "

" There is no need for you to take notes because session notes, videos, and decks will be shared as soon as possible. "

" Sponsor sessions are free, not sales pitches, and do not overlap with the main program so anyone can attend. "

" You gotta write that charter to get clarity with your team. "

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they are content-rich and free to anyone who wants to attend. "

" Please read our code of conduct. Every participant should feel safe, included, and welcome. "

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

" It's okay to try and mess up your OKRs in the first few quarters and learn from it. "

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

" If you want to take advantage of asking speakers questions and having discussions, join our Slack. "

" I’m a power user of Airtable because it combines multiple tools into one accessible system for designers and teams. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" If you want to take notes during this presentation, there’s really no need — we’ve got you covered. "

" We have 11 cohorts and 130 people participating in this week’s conference for small group discussions. "