Summary
Details to come.
Key Insights
-
•
Starting meetings or classes with a simple warm-up increases attentiveness and presence.
-
•
Remote teaching often results in students keeping cameras off, impacting engagement, but this can be navigated with inclusive strategies.
-
•
Peloton taught the speaker practical leadership lessons including compassion, collaboration, and community support.
-
•
Consistency is critical in leadership and personal growth, exemplified by the speaker's 73-week exercise streak.
-
•
Inclusive leadership requires acknowledging where people are physically and emotionally, offering alternatives accordingly.
-
•
Organizations must consistently provide education and enforce policies addressing discrimination, considering intersectional identities.
-
•
Leadership must listen actively and avoid placing the burden of diversity work solely on marginalized groups.
-
•
Recognizing external stressors such as global events is essential to empathetic leadership and inclusive workplaces.
-
•
Language matters; everyday expressions can unintentionally exclude or offend marginalized communities.
-
•
Inclusion and accessibility should be embedded into every designer's responsibilities, not isolated to specialists.
Notable Quotes
"I had you all do a warm-up before we started to help everyone be present and calm."
"Sometimes working with a bunch of boxes and letters on Zoom was the reality of remote classes."
"Be compassionate with yourself and others. Not everyone likes high fives, and that's okay."
"Collaboration is key. I'm never alone in a Peloton class, even at 4:30 in the morning."
"Consistency is key. I'm on a 73-week streak right now, and that's pretty badass."
"Identity is not monolithic; policies should address layered experiences."
"It is not the responsibility of marginalized groups to do all the educating about their experiences."
"Listen is a skill that is not emphasized enough in leadership."
"Watch your language; terms like 'that's so lame' can be exclusionary or offensive."
"Inclusion and accessibility need to be part of every designer's role, even if today it is one person's job."
Or choose a question:
More Videos
"Automated testing tools saved us several days of manual testing and helped prioritize work more effectively."
Phil HeskethDesigning Accessible Research Workflows
September 29, 2021
"It’s best thought of as a service and enabling role where you orchestrate people and bring out their best collectively."
Christian CrumlishAMA with Christian Crumlish, author of Product Management for UX People
March 24, 2022
"There is a code of conduct in place and it’s not just a document but a process to help the community."
Louis RosenfeldFounder’s Welcome
December 6, 2022
"Kay Abba is a business and project analyst, UX designer, and project manager who brings multifaceted expertise to our note-taking."
Bria AlexanderOpening Remarks
September 30, 2021
"We want you to come in with a learning agenda—it’ll help you get more out of the event."
Louis RosenfeldWelcome / Housekeeping
June 7, 2023
"When I started, there were a few practitioners in the US, a small community, and now I see this growing network and community of practice."
Ariel KennanTheme Two Intro
November 17, 2022
"Designers are not trusted unless they bring data to the table."
Leisa ReicheltThe Five Dysfunctions of Democratized Research at Scale
March 30, 2020
"We chose to focus on research because we wanted to mirror, a bit more robust, the capability of the design teams to understand client needs."
Benjamin RealMaturity Models: A Core Tool for Creating a DesignOps Strategy
October 1, 2021
"If you don’t know the questions to ask, you should do more ethnographic fieldwork rather than just surveys."
Kelly GotoEmotion Economy: Ethnography as Corporate Strategy
May 13, 2015
