Boston USA 2007-11-17 Many of us who studied design in college missed those ‘leadership classes’ typically offered to the business students—our educational focus was on learning creative processes and improving our visual skills. As the definition of corporate competitiveness evolves, the expectations placed upon the design profession grow exponentially. Designers are perfectly predisposed to strengthen their organization’s competitive position because they are advocates of innovation and creative thinking. Maureen Thurston will discuss the fundamental precepts of leadership, diagnose the role of the design leader, explore how core leadership skills can be learned, applied and leveraged, as well as help you develop your own personal leadership style. What you will learn: * Examining leadership and its impact on the design profession * Deciphering the myth, mystique and specific traits of leadership * What are the nuances between managing and leading * How to hone your ‘inner-leader’ skills How you will benefit: As designers ascend the management ladder, one of the hardest challenges they will face is conquering the ‘soft’ skills of leadership. Through readings, assignments, Socratic-styled discussions and experience-based exercises, this seminar provides participants with specific tools that will transfer leadership skills into effective practice. Maureen Thurston is an accomplished strategist and author of Design Leverage, and a former Professor of Design Management at Art Center College of Design. Maureen is Principal and Founder of ACCESS International, the first United States brokerage for state-of–the-art product design application. Feedback from past attendees: Fantastic! Helpful not only for my current situation as a design leader, but for my future career. Great seminar! A thoroughly enjoyable experience. 336 MA You will learn the fundamental precepts of leadership, diagnose the role of the design leader, explore how core skills can be learned, applied and leveraged, and develop your own leadership style. 2007-11-15 false http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/education/seminars/ltl.htm http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/336 design, design leadership, management Sunnyvale USA 2008-06-01 This full-day course is focused on teaching methods and techniques to get past obstacles, big and small, that prevent great design from happening. This starts with forging a shared vision with people at all levels of the org chart, having the right mindset and approach to be a design leader, and working with difficult team members. Tom will help you take the initiative and make sure the great design you’re part of creating actually sees the light of day. It will also help you grow as a professional, both within and beyond design. Key areas of focus include: * Representing your designs * Establishing action networks * Managing organizational energy * Understanding stakeholders * Connecting with your purpose * Taking ownership * Utilizing official and guerilla channels Using practical, real-world examples with an emphasis on activities and hands-on learning, Tom will help designers and design stakeholders develop the skills and approaches necessary to get people, departments and companies behind great design that actually ships. The result is increased job satisfaction and growth for you and more success for your company. Instructor Tom Chi Tom Chi is a Senior Principal Designer at Yahoo! and has worked as each of Designer, Product Manager, Developer, and Consultant. He was a key design driver on many products, including Yahoo Answers, the new Yahoo Search, Microsoft Outlook, and several other enterprise applications. Tom is a co-creator of OK/Cancel, and has published over 200 comic strips about user experience in a variety of online and printed publications. As with all Involution Master Academy courses, this class is limited to nine students. This guarantees each student significant interaction with Tom and a unique opportunity to roll up your sleeves and put these ideas into practice with the recognized industry expert on this topic and your eight classmates. It also means that there are very few seats available, so sign up today! 452 CA Date: May 31, 2008 10:00AM-6:00PM Location: Sunnyvale, CA Website: http://involutionstudios.com/?p=126&cat=8 2008-05-31 false http://involutionstudios.com/?p=126&cat=8 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/452 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/452/logo_involutionstudios.jpg design leadership, interface design