10 Days
·Cohort-based Course
Learn best practices to build design infrastructure that scales.
10 Days
·Cohort-based Course
Learn best practices to build design infrastructure that scales.
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Course overview
An advanced-level course for senior and rising design leaders ready to address the most common challenges Design Leaders face.
Learn best practices to build design infrastructure that scales. Establish mechanisms and high-leverage activities that maintain culture, quality, and community as you grow.
Course Topics + Content
Identify the most effective design team structures
Learn how to choose the right team structure for your organization
Activate your team’s strengths through organizational design
Anticipate common challenges within and across teams
Create your organization’s ideal design team
Together, we’ll design and build your design team and organization
Develop an operating framework
Keep your team and organization focused and effective
7 Live, Interactive Sessions
One Welcome Kickoff Session
Three Live, Interactive Learning Sessions plus Q&A sessions with guest experts
Two Office Hours / Q+A sessions with Kristin for personalized guidance
One Reflection/Wrap-up Session
Key Takeaways
What are some of the best practices to build design infrastructure that scales
How to establish mechanisms and high-leverage activities that maintain culture, quality, and community as you grow
Why some effort falter while others excel, with lessons shared directly from experts across industries
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Managers, Senior Managers, and Directors+ of Design and Operations leading teams across a portfolio of product and services.
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Practitioners who are establishing, evolving, and leading a Design Operations practice.
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Operations leaders who want to sharpen skills and learn new ideas and methods to advance their practice and career.
Best practices to build infrastructure that scales
You'll learn how to establish mechanisms, routines, and high-leverage activities that maintain and enhance culture, quality, and community as you grow.
Build and optimize high-impact teams
Identify and anticipate the most common team and organizational challenges
Access to first-hand experience and guidance customized to your unique situation
Guest Experience: Other experienced leaders will join to share their stories and give examples of how they navigated similar challenges
Instructor Experience: You'll learn directly from Kristin's first-hand experience establishing and leading multiple global teams
Q&A Sessions with industry experts
Included are multiple, moderated Q&A sessions with Kristin and other industry leaders so that you can get expert advice on your unique challenges and aspirations.
7 interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
4 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
2 projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
Design Leadership at Scale: Operations
Week 1
Oct 1—Oct 6
Events
Wed, Oct 2, 12:00 AM - 12:15 AM UTC
Wed, Oct 2, 12:15 AM - 1:30 AM UTC
Thu, Oct 3, 12:00 AM - 12:45 AM UTC
Fri, Oct 4, 12:00 AM - 1:30 AM UTC
Modules
Week 2
Oct 7—Oct 10
Events
Wed, Oct 9, 12:00 AM - 1:30 AM UTC
Thu, Oct 10, 12:00 AM - 12:45 AM UTC
Fri, Oct 11, 12:00 AM - 12:45 AM UTC
Modules
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Kristin Skinner is a design executive and global leader in organization design and leadership. She is co-author of Org Design for Design Orgs: Building and Managing In-House Design Teams, the first book dedicated to the organization, management, and operations of in-house design teams.
Kristin's in-house executive experience includes leadership roles at Expedia Group, Chase, Capital One, Microsoft, and Adaptive Path.
She is the founder and Chief Experience Officer at &GSD, an Executive Advisory, where she guides executive leaders at Nike, Grab, Adobe, Zendesk, Wells Fargo, Grubhub, the Institute of Design for Ireland, and many others, on Executive Leadership, Design Leadership, and Organization Design.
A frequent conference keynoter, Kristin cofounded and led curation of the DesignOps Summit series, and curated the Leading Experience conference.
Join an upcoming cohort
Cohort 1 – October 2024
$1,800
Dates
Application Deadline
Cohort 2 – October 2024
$1,800
Dates
Application Deadline
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Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
Join an upcoming cohort
Cohort 1 – October 2024
$1,800
Dates
Application Deadline
Cohort 2 – October 2024
$1,800
Dates
Application Deadline
$1,800
10 Days