Design Leadership Circles, the November Instalment
I’m opening Design Leadership Circles up to more people. Friday 20 Nov, remote, 90 mins, up to 30 design leaders breaking out into curated rooms of 5–7 peers.
Whether you’re in Europe and about to wrap for the weekend (3pm UK), or grabbing your morning coffee on the East Coast (10am ET), I’d love for you to consider joining.
This is for anyone leading designers, whether that’s your first direct report or an org of 40.
It builds on two recent experiments. In September, I brought together 12 design leaders, split into two small groups (based on role and remit), that met every Wednesday for 90 minutes throughout the month.
These sessions ran alongside a FigJam structured around the challenges or themes the group raised throughout. I learned a ton from facilitating these sessions, plus it was always a highlight of my week to gather these fine folks together.
There was great feedback too, like:
“Getting to meet other design leaders facing similar challenges made me feel so much less alone.” — Director of Product Design, HR tech
“I walked away both more confident in how I’m approaching things, and comforted to learn that everyone is figuring it out as they go.” — Head of Product Design, B2B marketplace
But four weeks is a big commitment. So when the Mostly Working Summit came along, we decided to run a bigger, lighter format, which split 70 design leaders into roundtables, with prompts to encourage deeper connections and conversation on how folks are doing with all the change happening in their worlds right now.
It seemed to work! We almost had to drag people away from their tables at the end. And when we did, most people seemed to get out their phones to exchange contact details to continue the conversation separately.
So this third instalment combines the best of both into one remote afternoon, designed to build stronger connections between design leaders and help us all get our bearings in this most disorienting of times.
If this sounds like something you might find useful, or you know someone who would, please check out:
This will redirect you to Luma where you can read more and sign up. It’s £30.