Designed Minds

Join us for the launch of a Design Leadership Workshop Series! Date/Time: Thursday, October 10, 2024 @ 6-7 PM ET/3-4 PM PT  Location: Virtual (Link provided after sign-up) ❗️If you're a designer seeking to understand components of design leadership and personalize your leadership journey, we have a special workshop for you! 📣 We are excited to partner with Felix Desroches, who will design and facilitate the Design Leadership Workshop Series for the next 3 months. In this series of workshops, you will: ▶ Sharpen your thinking on design leadership and what it means for you ▶ Debunk some unhelpful myths and beliefs. ▶ Identify your leadership strengths & areas to invest in ▶ Chart a path forward for your own leadership journey 🎤 Felix is a "UX leader-in-progress" in sunny LA and a seasoned operator with experience across startups and large enterprises. Currently, he is writing a book on Design Leadership called Leading UX. A no B.S. handbook for leaders in Design. ⚡ What to Expect: As all things we do at Designed Minds, these workshops will be interactive, get you involved, share practical insights, and generate meaningful discussions with fellow designers. For the high-achievers, we will also provide some pre-work to help you dive in and make the most of the workshop! 📌 Don’t miss out! Sign up via the link below to reserve your spot! [https://lnkd.in/eF4infDi] 

🚨 Design Leadership Workshop This Week! 🚨 Don’t miss out on the first session of the Design Leadership Workshop Series on October 10th, 2024, from 6–7 PM EST/3-4 PM PT! 💡This is your chance to learn from Felix Desroches and create a personalized strategy to grow your design leadership. 📝 Sign up now to secure your spot and get ready to work with fellow designers! 👉 [https://lnkd.in/eF4infDi] See you there! 🎉

What is Design Leadership, and Why Should We Learn About It? 🤔 👉🏼 Design leadership is important for designers at every level because it's about how you advocate and own the designer responsibilities. In other words, it's about: 🌍 Broadening your perspective 🙌 Advocating for others or users 🙋🏽♀️ Influencing decisions 👯♀️ Fostering collaboration 🪴 Embracing a growth mindset 🔐 Problem-solving 💪🏻 Practicing empathy and mentorship Leadership is far more complex than we often think, and it’s crucial to demystify it. By understanding your leadership strengths and areas for growth, you can grow as a leader—not just in design, but in all aspects of your life. 🔥 We’re excited to partner with Felix Desroches for our Design Leadership Workshop Series, which will run over the next 3 months. Felix, with years of experience and a forthcoming book on design leadership, will lead engaging, hands-on workshops to help everyone understand and personalize their leadership strategies and growth plan. 📍The first session is open to the public and will be held on Thursday, October 10th, 2024, from 6–7 PM EST/3-4 PM PT. 📌 At Designed Minds, we believe in learning through doing. Our sessions are interactive and discussion-driven, so come ready to engage, share, and ask questions! ✅ Sign up today—don’t miss out on this opportunity to discover and develop your leadership strengths! [https://lnkd.in/eF4infDi]

In the August community meeting at Designed Minds, our members discussed the challenges, symptoms, and experiences of how trust affects the workplace and their jobs as designers. 🗝 Key Takeaways: > Trust-building leaders give trust but also set clear expectations and accountability to enable their team to continue earning their trust. > You need to balance all leadership qualities. Leaning too far in one particular direction could hurt trust. > "Trust = Practical + Emotional." > Workplace trust starts at an individual level and from self-trust. (=confidence) > "I believe vulnerability, responsibility, and good communication are important to a designer." > "I built my team's trust after building rapport and doing the extra work to make the lives of others in my team easier." > Trusted people are empathetic, genuine, transparent, courageous, and driving results. 🥑  Food For Thought: > "With recent layoffs, trust is at a low. I wonder how difficult it would be to re-build it in this corporate landscape." > "Get feedback from others on how they see you." > "How can I communicate feedback tactically and thoughtfully?" -------- At Designed Minds, we discuss topics from our Career Ownership Roadmap each month in a supportive and collaborative environment, where every member shares their experiences, ideas, and questions and learns from each other. Join a supportive community of Designed Minds, where you take ownership of your career growth, learn from other designers, and build meaningful relationships. Apply to join today at: https://lnkd.in/gh9iMNDq ----- #effectivedesigner #designerlife #careertips #uxui #careerdiscussion #monthlyevent #designercommunity #careerownership #careerdevelopment #designedminds

Being a designer is so much more than "doing" design. Designers work with others who empower the designers' ideas and make changes in the world. To be an effective designer, we must influence others through our work. During our July meeting's discussion on this topic, the DM members shared their experiences and perspectives on what "influencing without authority" means to them and their tips and tricks on how to be good at it. 🚀 Key Takeaways 🚀 👉 Designer activities = to bring clarity 👉 Practice breaking down a complex idea and communicating it so that a five-year-old can understand 👉 Lead with curiosity and withhold judgment  👉 Expressing empathy and gratitude can build trust 👉 Be the person who gets sh*t done 👉 Speak their language when presenting solutions ----- Join a supportive community of Designed Minds, where you take ownership of your career growth, learn from other designers, and build meaningful relationships. Apply to join at https://lnkd.in/gh9iMNDq ----- #teamplayer #designerlife #careertips #uxdesigner #careerdiscussion #monthlymeeting #designercommunity #learnings #careerdevelopment #designedminds

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📣 Exciting news! 📣 🔔 Designed Minds will host a second hands-on workshop with the Miro Community Team and I am facilitating it! 🎉 This workshop is focused on template design for the Template Challenge. 💪 This is your chance to get feedback and improve your template whether you started or getting started. 🔗 Link to the event: https://lu.ma/a2vmt18m 🌟 Special shout-outs to Devon Bray, Andrew Gunkel, Eunji Jeong, and the amazing Miro team for making it happen. ❓ Ask me a question or connect with me 🙏 #DesignChallenge #DesignWorkshop #DesignCommunity #DesignedMinds #Events #UX

Are you curious how the Designed Minds community can help you learn and grow? Here are the two ways you can engage with our community: 1️⃣  Monthly DM Meetings 👉 Organizer-led events covering Career Ownership topics every second Thursday of the month 2️⃣  Project Cohorts 👉 Member-initiated and -led project groups for accountability and peer-to-peer learning experience -- We believe that we each are the user, the stakeholder, and the designer of our own careers. As a community, we practice a path to career ownership through: 🌟 Practice and learn 👉 Increase our values 👉 Gain more control over our career decisions 👉 Achieve career ownership 🌟 -- Interested? Apply to join the community now! https://lnkd.in/gh9iMNDq

Hi, Linked In Followers! 👋 We are very excited to announce that the Designed Minds membership is now free! With that, we are changing how we run this community and what we offer, and we want to share our thought process with you. — We all have access to many other designer communities and great information and content for designers. However, we wanted to create a community focused on interactions, relationships, and learning from each other rather than just consuming content or engaging in superficial networking. We previously thought that charging a membership fee similar to a “gym membership” would encourage our members to participate regularly, but this approach hasn’t worked as we hoped. Based on the feedback from our members, we have decided to remove the membership fee. Since April, the organizing team has gathered our members' opinions on the community offerings and member expectations. With the information we’ve collected, we are planning some exciting changes. If you are not a member yet, apply to join our exclusive community! https://lnkd.in/gh9iMNDq The details will be shared at the upcoming Town Hall meeting (member-only event) on 6/27. — Designed Minds remains committed to nurturing a community based on our core values:  👉 creating a safe space to practice and fail 👉 building a supportive and inspiring community 👉 promoting sustainable and continuous growth. We will introduce new solutions that align with our problem statement and help you gain control and ownership of your careers. Thank you for being a vital part of Designed Minds. Your contributions continue to inspire and drive us. 🌟 💕 Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions!

Don't forget to register and get the event ticket to the Design Challenge Workshop: https://lnkd.in/gFyw9KJ8 See you there on Thursday! 💚 🌟