Driving change with design systems and process - Matt Gottschalk, Aletheia Délivré (Config 2023)

Double Feature Bigger isn't always better: How small design teams can benefit from systems and ops Speaker: Matt Gottschalk – VP of Design, Alcumus Do you want to set your design team up for success and increase your chances of delivering more value to your company? For small design teams looking to develop and grow within their companies, ensuring you have a focus on the "today" and the "tomorrow" is critical. Not enough focus on today will limit your ability to influence your company to invest further down the line. Whereas only focusing on today, will, in most cases, deliver inconsistent results—and ensure that your teams are not set up for success. This talk will explore how small design teams can use Design Systems and Design Operations to help designers have the right environment for them to deliver impactful results—both for the company today, and tomorrow. Design ops at the heart of change: crafting the invisible, human components of teams Speaker: Aletheia Délivré – Manager, Design Operations, Zapier As humans, we tend to be change-averse. Being a principal change instigator, DesignOps—when it’s represented at all in a design org—is often misunderstood, and seen as a necessary evil. But at the heart of every design organization’s desire to grow and mature, is the need to fundamentally change how it operates. It’s the recognition that our design teams are the real WIP. And our growth, at scale, is inextricably linked to building trust, partnerships and allyships. In this session, Aletheia “humanizes” the hidden work of DesignOps by showing how the practice creates an environment where design teams can thrive and drive impact at their company. Through reflective practice, the session will also discuss practical ways to adopt a DesignOps-minded approach in teams (even without a formal DesignOps title). Please visit https://config.figma.com/video-on-demand/6329862754112 to view ASL version of this Config 2023 session Figma is free to use. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3msp0OV ____________________________________________________ Find us on ⬇️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/figma Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figma LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/figma Figma forum: https://forum.figma.com/ ____________________________________________________ #Figma #Config #FigJam #Tutorial #NothingGreatIsMadeAlone #design #tips #DesignSystems #Config2023