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Welcome to Lead by Design
Whether you’re a seasoned design leader steering complex digital ecosystems, or an aspiring design executive preparing to step into your first leadership role — you belong here. This isn’t just another design community.This is a home for visionaries, changemakers, and product pioneers who believe that design leadership is more than just pixels and prototypes — it’s about creating a vision, aligning teams, and driving innovation at scale. What you can expect here: ☕️ Weekly Coffee Hours — casual virtual meetups where we discuss real-world challenges, share leadership lessons, and unpack the evolving role of design leadership in the age of AI, remote work, and digital transformation. 📚 Free & Premium Content — from exclusive playbooks and case studies to deep-dive workshops on stakeholder alignment, design strategy, and leading high-performing teams. 🎯 Expert Insights & Peer Coaching — learn not just from me, but from your fellow design leaders across industries, all navigating the same challenges and opportunities. 💬 Open Conversations — this is a safe space to ask hard questions, get unfiltered feedback, and sharpen your leadership craft. New members, please introduce yourself and share a pic of your workspace or your team in the comments!
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Weekly Coffee Hour Update - 20 March 2025
We had an awesome Coffee Hour chat today with some current and prospective members of the community. Some great ideas shared around the need for training material and discussion topics:
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Weekly Coffee Hour Update - 20 March 2025
Jobs - Discussion Rules
At some point in our lives, we all might need a new job, we might need to hire someone, or know someone else that does. This Discussion Forum is for jobs related to Design, Product, Digital and CX Leadership, or roles working with such leaders. Help our fellow members find their dream job, or find your next dream hire, or help each other find amazing people to work with. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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🎯 Escape the Feature Factory 🎯
If your UX role is limited to designing screens—without research, testing, or strategy—you’re in a feature factory, not a real UX role. So how do you break free & build influence? 💡 3 Steps to Take Back Control: 🔥 Advocate for UX – Frame research as risk-reduction & highlight other benefits. 🔥 Speak the language of business – Connect UX to revenue, retention & efficiency. 🔥 Ask for forgiveness, not permission – Run small usability tests & prove value. 💬 Have you experienced a feature factory? Share with us in the comments if you have found ways to break out of it, either as a designer yourself, or as a leader of designers.
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