Defusing Politics to Ship Great Designs

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Defusing Politics to Ship Great Designs

Hosted by Ryan Scott

599 students

What you'll learn

Get a tactical playbook that works

Learn to keep turf wars, executive meddling, missing info, & perceived failure from derailing your projects.

Learn to prevent pushback before it starts

To give your project the best shot, decide who to involve, when to bring them in, and how to engage them.

Go behind-the scenes at Airbnb & DoorDash

Hear how politics nearly derailed big launches, and how I got them back on track.

Join the bonus Q&A for personalized advice

After the lesson, stay for an extra 30-minute of Q&A to get help with your toughest stakeholder situations.

Why this topic matters

Great designs only ship when key stakeholders are bought in—but not everyone is easy to convince. Most designers weren't trained to handle the tricky politics that delay or kill valuable work. From territorialism to executive meddling, in this lesson I’ll share tactics I’ve used to defuse the most common and disruptive stakeholder situations and keep my work on track.

You'll learn from

Ryan Scott

Design leader · Airbnb, DoorDash, Salesforce · Berkeley MBA

Ryan Scott is a multidisciplinary designer who has led cross-functional teams to launch some of today’s most recognizable products.

As an early employee at DoorDash, he spearheaded launches of live order tracking, mobile group orders, remote driver training, and the food photography program. Ryan's work dramatically impacted Airbnb, where he influenced most parts of the product through major redesigns of checkout flow, messaging platform, search platform, & mobile website.

After earning his MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Ryan now trains designers on the business skills to get ahead in their careers.

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