When Change Helps, and When It Hurts

As organizations, teams, and technologies evolve, Design Operations must adapt to stay relevant and effective.

But adaptation isn’t always progress.

This panel explores the forces shaping the next era of DesignOps - from organizational structures and leadership models to team dynamics and individual agency.

Accelerating Impact through Rapid Experimentation

How leveraging Rapid Experimentation within DesignOps unlocked the ability to accelerate business impact and created a culture of innovation. It reshaped team dynamics and enhanced the way team members perceived and articulated their own impact.

The key strategies used to go from ideas to impact.

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Ben is a writer, surfer, and father (not necessarily in that order).

His creative reputation has been built over an 18-year career working in Australia and the United States.
In this time, he has won hundreds of local and international awards across dozens of brands at Cannes, D&AD, One Show, CLIO, AWARD, The Webbys and more, as well as multiple Effies.

Cheryl Yates is Manager, Visual Arts Licensing at Copyright Agency, the organisation that supports creators and visual artists through licensing and rights management. With formal qualifications and a lifelong passion for fine arts, Cheryl has extensive experience from leading image and media organisations including the British Tourist Authority, News Corp and AAP. She also launched and ran her own successful design business.