Category: Design Presentation


Tim Selders

Lee’s tactics to sell design internally


Tim Selders, November 23rd, 2010

Many of you must have asked the question: “how to sell design into our organisation?”

At one of the past DMI conferences, Lee Green, (at that moment) design director of IBM, explained his way doing the above…
“Designer’s limited credibility and influence in corporations is a familiar story. Even in companies where design is acknowledged as a critical component of market success and brand building, maintaining a design leadership role is an ongoing challenge.”

To increase the likelihood of success, he suggested a mixture of the following tactics:

  1. Collaborate & empower
    (e.g. workshops, hotlines, internal design awards, etc.)
  2. Visualise
    (e.g.
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Florian Weiss

Engage silent designers


Florian Weiss, July 23rd, 2010

Design managers in technology-oriented companies often face the challenge to create awareness for design throughout the company. Many design related decisions are made by employees with no or limited design knowledge. Those people are not educated as designers, but make decisions that have an impact on the final design of the product. Two papers from the London Business School by Peter Gorb and Angela Dumas adressed this issue of “Silent Designers” already over twenty years ago (Silent Design and Why Design is Difficult to Manage).

It can be argued that a great deal of design activity goes on

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Sorena Veerman

How to get your message across?


Sorena Veerman, June 18th, 2010

This video[1] is a great example showing how combining various design techniques, like storytelling and visualisation skills, delivers a presentation that holds your attention and makes you wondering what comes next.

So, need to convince your management? Use the creative strength of your designers to charm your audience and get the outcome you need!

And for those who can’t get enough, here’s another example: a great visual summary of a book.

[1] http://www.fastcompany.com/1646337/science-shows-that-bigger-bonuses-create-worse-performance

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