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Notes from two decades of building products, leading design teams and working through the decisions, systems and organisational realities that shape good design.

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Dnyanesh Gore working in a workshop — Leadership Is Often the Work Nobody Sees
Dnyanesh Gore working in a workshop — Leadership Is Often the Work Nobody Sees

System Design

Leadership Is Often the Work Nobody Sees

Leadership may not always leave behind a beautiful interface. Sometimes it leaves behind a more confident designer, a stronger team, a difficult conversation handled with dignity or a system that continues working long after the leader has stepped away.

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By Dnyanesh Gore · Design Leader

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Dnyanesh Gore reflecting on leadership and changing roles — When Your Role Changes Before Your Title Does

Team Strategy

When Your Role Changes Before Your Title Does

A title is only a label given to a particular chapter. It is not the complete measure of a person’s ability, contribution or future.

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By Dnyanesh Gore · Design Leader

Dnyanesh Gore reflecting on leadership and changing roles — When Your Role Changes Before Your Title Does

Team Strategy

When Your Role Changes Before Your Title Does

A title is only a label given to a particular chapter. It is not the complete measure of a person’s ability, contribution or future.

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By Dnyanesh Gore · Design Leader

Design team workspace — The Day I Stopped Trying to Be the Best Designer in the Room

Case Study

The Day I Stopped Trying to Be the Best Designer in the Room

The best design leader in the room may not be the person producing the best interface. It may be the person creating the conditions in which several other people can.

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Dnyanesh Gore

Design team workspace — The Day I Stopped Trying to Be the Best Designer in the Room

Case Study

The Day I Stopped Trying to Be the Best Designer in the Room

The best design leader in the room may not be the person producing the best interface. It may be the person creating the conditions in which several other people can.

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Dnyanesh Gore

A leader standing alone in an empty office — The Quiet Loneliness of Leadership

leadership Lessons

The Quiet Loneliness of Leadership

Leadership is usually presented through confident photographs, team celebrations, strategic presentations and reassuring words such as influence, vision and impact. We speak less about the moments when the leader does not know where to place their own uncertainty.

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Dnyanesh Gore

A leader standing alone in an empty office — The Quiet Loneliness of Leadership

leadership Lessons

The Quiet Loneliness of Leadership

Leadership is usually presented through confident photographs, team celebrations, strategic presentations and reassuring words such as influence, vision and impact. We speak less about the moments when the leader does not know where to place their own uncertainty.

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Dnyanesh Gore

Creative design team sharing a candid moment — What Near-Zero Attrition Taught Me About Creative People

Design Leadership

What Near-Zero Attrition Taught Me About Creative People

One of the greatest temptations for an experienced design leader is to become the permanent hero of the team. Every difficult problem comes back to them. Every important presentation includes them. Every success carries their signature.

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Dnyanesh Gore

Creative design team sharing a candid moment — What Near-Zero Attrition Taught Me About Creative People

Design Leadership

What Near-Zero Attrition Taught Me About Creative People

One of the greatest temptations for an experienced design leader is to become the permanent hero of the team. Every difficult problem comes back to them. Every important presentation includes them. Every success carries their signature.

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Dnyanesh Gore

Team building with modular blocks — A Design System Cannot Fix a Broken Decision System

Accessibility

A Design System Cannot Fix a Broken Decision System

Design System can improve speed, reduce repeated effort and create familiarity across products. It can help a designer avoid rebuilding the same form, card or button every time a new journey begins. It can give technology and design a shared language.

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Dnyanesh Gore

Team building with modular blocks — A Design System Cannot Fix a Broken Decision System

Accessibility

A Design System Cannot Fix a Broken Decision System

Design System can improve speed, reduce repeated effort and create familiarity across products. It can help a designer avoid rebuilding the same form, card or button every time a new journey begins. It can give technology and design a shared language.

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Dnyanesh Gore