Jon Fukuda

" There’s no future without craft—craft is the foundation for all the operational work that follows. "

" Our ability to articulate design’s value will pave the way for change or leave us stalled in the status quo. "

" If design, product, and development use different tools, we end up talking past one another. "

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

" Streamlining and integrating our tools is vital to reduce fatigue and maximize team effectiveness. "

" Through DP&M, designers get more contextual detail than what might be captured in a Jira ticket. "

" AI itself has a very large carbon footprint, so we have to balance adoption with our environmental goals. "

" Technology is reigning AI down on us across all industries, threatening our creativity and productivity. "

" Resistance is real, and it’s tied to our body’s natural protective responses to change. "

" The DP&M tool has everything designers wish they could see from Jira and Figma, but often can’t because it’s either inappropriate or too hard to keep updated in those tools. "

" The next big thing will be knowledge management powered by new no-code and integrative tools. "

" It’s about making researchers, designers, cross-functional collaborators more efficient and more highly performant. "

" DesignOps has an obligation to bring positivity back into design practice. "