Resources
How building repeatable systems helps you grow as a design leader • Christina Goldschmidt
Christina Goldschmidt, VP and Head of Product Design at Etsy, on how she creates repeatable systems through brain hacking, has learned to give things away, maintains her core self, and much more.
SWOT and SOAR; analytical tools to share the pros and cons of solutions
Learn two analytical frameworks, SWOT and SOAR, that are great for highlighting the pros and cons of different decisions and solutions.
Create stronger business cases with The Situation, Complication, Resolution (SCR) framework
Learn the storytelling structure used across the world to influence business decisions: the Situation Complication Resolution (SCR) framework.
Practice becoming empathetic in the moment with the Imago Dialogue Script
Learn a dialogue script to practice active listening with your colleagues to ask for small behavior changes.
Finding executive sponsors and willing sidekicks–strategically with Stakeholder Mapping
If you want to try new things, build a case of evidence that those things work, and are looking to find yourself an executive sponsor, use our free Stakeholder Mapping canvas.
The biggest development gap for design executives and leaders
IMO, the biggest development issue in design leadership today is that many Design VPs still think and act like Managers/Directors. Your teams, customers, & you deserve better.
Collective Impact; applying a social framework to large-scale org change
Second Wave Dive is a foundational school for the next wave of Design Executives. We help you claim your agency, shape policy and people (not pixels), and exceed the expectations of others and yourself.
5 nuanced steps to overcome self-doubt as a design leader
Becoming an effective design deader is possible, and it takes practice to reduce uncertainty in that transform. The most effective design leaders I know leverage nuance to overcome self-doubt in five steps.