The Future of Design Education Pt. 20

Organizing A Design Team

Tyler Hartrich
Sep 6, 2018 · 2 min read

Illuminating the DNA within Orgs

The cultural DNA of an organization is among the most valuable of its assets. This is however, incredibly difficult to measure, as it is found within all members of the organizing body. The difficulty remains in illuminating our culture, as it is not as a whole entity visible as any given moment.

Foremost design teams of the future will begin with a cultural DNA that casts into motion the impetus of their existence. That is the first question to ask after all — what is our reason for being? What profound impact is it that we as an org can uniquely do to move the world forward?

An operating model

Teams of people hold inherent with them, the most powerful distribution of power known to man. And so, the strategy by which we employ an organizing model — the chain of command/the distribution of decision-making, self-governance and autonomy will be a key differentiator in how teams remain relevant in an increasingly complex and volatile world.

A call to action

As designers, we are unique positioned to spearhead the movement of decision-making at all levels of the team. By this very nature, our work is human-centered. — we are constantly thinking in systems. With that in mind, it is critical that we consider our teams as a design challenge — to persistently consider new, more effective methods for organizing, one that diversifies the perspective of the team — to manifest a profound ability to organize in such as way that leads us to forward solutions.

Human Experience Design

This process can be seen as a way of UXing our teams, or more directly, practicing Human Experience Design — the practice of continually evaluating and improving upon our organizing structure.

Timeboxed for 15 mins [ ]

The Future of Design Education

The publication includes a series of topics relative to the world of design education—each timeboxed for 15 mins [ ] and written once per day. The culmination is intended to be the source for a book.

Tyler Hartrich

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Working at the edge of school LX design, point + periphery systems design @ga + @forthwardnyc #FutureOfDesignEducation futureofschool + #microschool

The Future of Design Education

The publication includes a series of topics relative to the world of design education—each timeboxed for 15 mins [ ] and written once per day. The culmination is intended to be the source for a book.

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