Bria Alexander

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

" Impact curated by France Alana was outstanding. "

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

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

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

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

" Design ops should coordinate initiatives, measure impact, and advocate for designer happiness as a business metric - Peter Bosma. "

" Please stop by the Rosenfeld Bookstore to check out signed books and brand new titles. "

" Please stand up and hold each other’s hands, and on three, raise them high and shout Yeah so virtual can hear you. "

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

" Today's theme around researchers thriving in the organization is led by Steve Portico. "

" If you feel uncomfortable or bullied, it is so important that you know you can reach out for help. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Cohorts are a super duper fun way to engage with more of our community. "

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

" 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. "

" If you want to avoid time zone confusion, you can switch the conference schedule to your local time on the program page. "

" We are still a community even though we are virtual and are obliged to treat each other with kindness and respect. "

" 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. "

" You bring energy that blows me away. I’m so excited by your excitement. "

" Each of these speakers shares career defining experiences scaling design organizations large and small. "

" Celebrate progress continuously and use OKRs as a learning process to evolve goals and strategies. "

" Future-facing regulatory structures can avoid post-traumatic innovation by anticipating technology’s social impacts. "

" If you ever feel unsafe or threatened, please let us know in the #do-help channel. "

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

" Kay Abba is a business and project analyst, UX designer, and project manager who brings multifaceted expertise to our note-taking. "

" If you ever feel unsafe or threatened in this virtual community, we want to make sure you’ve got the support you need. "

" Day three is about keeping people at the center of an expanding enterprise, which is tricky but so important. "

" If you are not on Slack, you are missing out on one of the biggest and most interactive parts of our conference. "

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