Leading by Design
Issue No. 4
Rethinking Our Career Trajectories and The Future of Design
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The very first cohort of the UX Management Accelerator is in full swing, and I’m loving getting to know and support this international group of leaders. We’re on a journey together to demystify moving up in their careers, deepening their leadership practice, or consider how future employers align to their values. Everyone has nuanced goals, and each week I facilitate a group Coaching Hour alongside the self-paced modules. Off to a great start!
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Careers Are Now Playgrounds
In the rapidly-evolving landscape of careers, it’s clear that the traditional straight-and-narrow career ladder has become a relic of the past. The modern career path is more akin to a playground, filled with intricate twists, turns, and the freedom to explore. This holds especially true in the design world, where the dynamism and constant evolution of the field make for a career path that’s anything but linear.
It’s a space where one might ascend one path, shimmy sideways to another, or even slide into an entirely different section of the park. This playground allows for exploration and the opportunity to wear many hats, a stark contrast to the rigid vertical progression of the past.
There are polarizing generational mindsets becoming more acute as Gen Z enters the workforce. Even members of the Baby Boomer generation are redefining their relationships with work post-pandemic seeking fractional roles or playground options – rethinking their long 10-20 year tenures. For Millennials the average tenure is 2.7 years currently, and Millennials now make up more than half of the workforce. Gen Z is even shorter at 2.4 years.
If everyone can Design, where do Designers add value?
Design organizations are growing and evolving alongside the widespread democratization of design. Nowadays, non-trained professionals can easily create reasonably high-quality material. Tools like Canva, which utilize artificial intelligence and designer-made templates, have significantly raised the quality of work that the average individual can produce. As a regular Canva user, the tool simply speeds up my creation process; it doesn’t guarantee the quality of my decisions or success of my creation. Design methodology is a powerful problem-solving process, not just about visuals, interfaces, end-to-end experiences, or content.
It’s about bringing together all these interdependent elements and refining them. Many dialogs on this topic reduce “design” to a set of visually aesthetic elements.
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