Uday Gajendar

" Silos are everywhere—in technology companies, retail, inside silos inside silos. "

" Theory at its most fundamental just means if something A happens, then something B will happen. "

" Sponsor sessions are so great that people want recordings. They’re not sales pitches. "

" Sponsor sessions are not just salesy sessions; they’re actually really fantastic sessions put on by your peers. "

" Most bad panels feel like a bunch of people showing up at the last minute without shared goals or preparation. "

" Helen will bridge AI/ML towards engaging with data scientists to augment humanity with complex data. "

" We encourage you to continue engaging with Slack channels and offer your own thoughtful questions. "

" Good ethical trauma responsive design should really be what we just call design — it should be intrinsic. "

" Self-care is as much about preparing before you enter the field as it is about debriefing afterwards. "

" I’ve never gone into an Indigenous community alone; relationships and partnerships are vital. "

" Are we feeling trapped in this thing called UX design, limited by mechanized processes like agile? "

" Accessibility and inclusivity are not afterthoughts; they must be baked into the design from the start. "

" We treat the design system like a software product with a backlog, QA, and a product owner prioritizing feature requests. "

" The facilitator’s role is to surface implicit assumptions and dependencies hidden in people’s minds or buried in lengthy specs. "