#DesignOps

2 months ago

We're stoked to announce new Masterclass details: Zalihata Ahamada will lead "Making UX Strategy Work: Design Ops in Practice" on the first day of UXLx 2026 👏

More info 👉 www.ux-lx.com/speakers/zal...

#ux #design #conference #lisbon #portugal #masterclass #designops #strategy

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@designsystemssurf.bsky.social

2 months ago

“I think you should have a Design Ops roadmap to make sure that the right Design Ops initiatives - so the ones you inventoried are organized, executed in the right order, with the right people, with the biggest possible impact. And that impact is increasing the chances of good design happening. Right? And good design means it's good for business.” Quote by Peter Boersma in “DesignOps Initiatives in Practice” at UXLx 2025

Back in May, DesignOps consultant, Peter Boersma, walked us through real DesignOps initiatives and how they came to life. You’ll be able to explore them in more detail when the talk video is released - stay tuned!

#uxdesign #uxconference #uxtraining #designops

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DRIP DESIGNS

@dripdesigns.bsky.social

3 months ago

Agencies don’t fail at AI because tools are bad. They fail because integration is. At Drip Designs, we use AI to strengthen workflows, not rebuild them.

Top wins: content briefs, predictive timelines, client summaries, resource insights.

What’s your first automation?

#AI #DesignOps #Automation

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Design Systems Surf

3 months ago

AI DS Starter Stack

2/4 Most teams sit between two extremes:
ignoring AI completely or chasing every new tool without a clear role in the system.

#DesignStrategy #AIMaturity #TeamWorkflow #DesignOps #AIAdoption #DigitalProductDesign

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Parkinson’s Law | Laws of UX Any task will inflate until all of the available time is spent.

3 months ago

According to Parkinson’s Law, work fills the available space. Tools can help channel employees’ attention strategically to help make sure that time is being used for the highest #productivity

In #ux it’s called #designops; in #business it’s called #orgdesign

lawsofux.com/parkinsons-law

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Charles Haggas

@charleshaggas.bsky.social

3 months ago

Non-negotiables are not about ego.

When I insist on pixel-perfect alignment or specific hex codes, it isn't because I am obsessive. It's because if we don't care about the small things, the customer won't trust us with the big things.

#BrandStrategy #DesignOps #Excellence

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Daniel Zander

@skpg.se

3 months ago

The solution? Make the component exist in one place – as code that both designers and developers work with. When your design decisions live in the implementation, they can't drift.

#DesignSystems #ComponentArchitecture #WebDev #DesignOps

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Design Systems Surf

@designsystemssurf.bsky.social

3 months ago

Public Sector Design Systems

1/9 We often talk about design systems in the context of big tech or global brands, but some of the most meaningful ones are built quietly inside public institutions.

#DesignSystems #PublicSector #GovTech #CivicTech #UX #DesignOps #ServiceDesign #Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #DigitalGov

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3 months ago

Exciting new Speaker announcement 🤩 We're thrilled to welcome Zalihata Ahamada, Design Ops Leader and Service Designer, to our astonishing lineup to lead a Masterclass on "Aligning Teams, Goals and Metrics" 👏

More info 👉 www.ux-lx.com/speakers/zal...

#ux #designops #conference #masterclass

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@thisisfranciswu.bsky.social

3 months ago

Today we are thrilled to release the first Talk video from UXLx 2025 🤩: Brad Frost's "Themeable Design Systems with Design Tokens" 👏

Check out the full video at www.ux-lx.com/videos/

#ux #design #conference #lisbon #portugal #designops #designtokens

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thisisfranciswu

4 months ago

That request for a design mockup could have been a properly-written acceptance criteria. #designops #bdd

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When's the right time for DesignOps — and why it's important · Zeplin Gazette Not every product team needs a dedicated DesignOps function, but for those that do, it allows designers to keep up with quality and speed — without burning out.

4 months ago

“A picture is worth 1,000 words,” and when you use #ux and #designops to show the outcome of team collaboration, team communication on decision-making and work output becomes much smoother

(“if you’re failing to plan …”)

#strategy

zeplin.io/features/flows

blog.zeplin.io/design-deliv...

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Web Directions

@webdirections.org

4 months ago

Banner for conference presentation. Text reads Mandy Michael Developing a Shared Language for Designers and Engineers Eng AI 2025 Sydney Sept 12

Stop playing telephone between design and dev! Learn to create documentation & workflows both teams actually understand #DesignOps #DevSummit25

Mandy Michael at Dev Summit 25 bit.ly/41V0GN7

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B. Prendergast

@renderg.host

4 months ago

Getting rid of Figma How and why we changed our design process

This post by @amyrogers.design about kicking #Figma out of their process is worth a read.

amymrogers.medium.com/getting-rid-...

With explicitly stating it, they underscore the value/necessity of #UX designers understanding code—not "how to" code—in collaborating well with engineers.

#DesignOps

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Adam sedwick

@asedwick.bsky.social

4 months ago

Using composability over inheritance to scale design systems - zeroheight Adam Sedwick explains why you should choose composability over inheritance to scale design systems, turning them into a resilient toolkit teams actually use.

I wrote a piece for Zeroheight on why composability wins over inheritance when it comes to building systems that actually work for teams.

Check it out! 👉 zeroheight.com/blog/using-c...

#DesignSystems #Figma #DesignOps

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John Allsopp

@johnfallsopp.com

4 months ago

Banner for conference presentation. Text reads Mandy Michael Developing a Shared Language for Designers and Engineers Eng AI 2025 Sydney Sept 12

Stop playing telephone between design and dev! Learn to create documentation & workflows both teams actually understand #DesignOps #DevSummit25

Mandy Michael at Dev Summit 25 bit.ly/41V0GN7

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Lukas Oppermann

@lukasoppermann.com

4 months ago

How to Make a Big Impact with a Small Team: Design Ops at Slack • Slack Design Design Operations is all about helping designers do the best work of their lives. Our job is to clear the path so designers can focus on what they do best: design. At many tech companies, you’ll find…

Interesting insight into #slack's #designOps team buff.ly/ZvDiGpx

They drive impact by focusing ruthlessly on company goals and making sure their programs scale beyond individual teams. I assume they have a good connection to leadership to pull this off and can make some tough calls on what to do.

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B. Prendergast

@renderg.host

4 months ago

And yes I've started yet another @leaflet.pub blog: MeasuringDesign.leaflet.pub to focus on #DesignOps for early-stage #startups

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omyk.co db/s

@omyk.co

5 months ago

Why complex systems do better without us WE HUMANS prefer the tidy to the untidy, the ordered to the disordered. We like pristine geometrical regularity, and eschew what is erratic and irregular. We want predictability and, more than anythin...

Just like agentic AI, humans can maximize #productivity when #leadership implements a #culture and process that allows for self-regulating teams to do their best work —and not just in #design

#designops #orgdesign

www.newscientist.com/article/mg19...

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John Allsopp

@johnfallsopp.com

5 months ago

Banner for conference presentation. Text reads Mandy Michael Developing a Shared Language for Designers and Engineers Eng AI 2025 Sydney Sept 12

Stop playing telephone between design and dev! Learn to create documentation & workflows both teams actually understand #DesignOps #DevSummit25

Mandy Michael at Dev Summit 25 bit.ly/41V0GN7

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E Lai

@elaiuiux.bsky.social

5 months ago

Finally moving all our leads into a CRM—went with Attio.

Feels great having everything centralized.

Next: finish contact imports + build workflows.

Will report back soon.

#designops #crm #growth #dripdesigns #elaiuiux

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Web Directions

@webdirections.org

5 months ago

Banner for conference presentation. Text reads Mandy Michael Developing a Shared Language for Designers and Engineers Eng AI 2025 Sydney Sept 12

Stop playing telephone between design and dev! Learn to create documentation & workflows both teams actually understand #DesignOps #DevSummit25

Mandy Michael at Dev Summit 25 bit.ly/41V0GN7

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"The first principle for any technology you contemplate introducing into a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation... "The first principle for any technology you contemplate introducing into a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation appl...

5 months ago

#designops taught us UX designers to look at operational aspects of the business, not just what we put on the screen—one helps the other happen, and can’t work without it

www.linkedin.com/posts/erikah...

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