Design Meets Business is a podcast that inspires designers to think beyond pixels. On this show you'll hear design leaders from all over the world talk about their stories, lessons they've learned during their careers, and how you can use Design to make a bigger impact in your organisation.
All content for Design Meets Business is the property of Christian Vasile and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
Design Meets Business is a podcast that inspires designers to think beyond pixels. On this show you'll hear design leaders from all over the world talk about their stories, lessons they've learned during their careers, and how you can use Design to make a bigger impact in your organisation.
Persuading Stakeholders, Gaining Influence, and Levelling up Your Design Career, With Ryan Scott (ex Airbnb, Doordash, Salesforce)
Design Meets Business
59 minutes
1 year ago
Persuading Stakeholders, Gaining Influence, and Levelling up Your Design Career, With Ryan Scott (ex Airbnb, Doordash, Salesforce)
Ryan is the founder of Accelerate Design Company. He's a Product and Design leader who brought food photography, live-order tracking, and remote driver training to DoorDash, launched step-function improvements to Airbnb’s checkout, messaging, search, and host calendar products, and launched products at TechCrunch Disrupt, Dreamforce, and WWDC. Ryan has led teams of all sizes, from two to 200, and is now advising companies on product management, design, and go-to-market strategy, as well as helping mid-career designers develop business skills to do more influential work and have more meaningful careers.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
02:39 – Ryan's career and his thoughts on design education
08:03 – Describing the ROI of Design – his course for designers
14:57 – Gaining credibility by connecting design to business metrics
24:17 – Tailoring tactics for your specific environment
28:28 – Pursuing stakeholders through building good relationships with them
30:45 – How does Design work at the different companies he worked
39:00 – The befits of scrapping incremental testing
43:34 – Assessing the quality of a team before joining
47:15 – On Accelerate Design company, his new business
Design Meets Business is a podcast that inspires designers to think beyond pixels. On this show you'll hear design leaders from all over the world talk about their stories, lessons they've learned during their careers, and how you can use Design to make a bigger impact in your organisation.
