Engineers run the AI evals. But who decides what “good” actually means? If your criteria only measure what’s easy, your product will optimize for the wrong things. Should designers and PMs own eval criteria? Let’s debate.

#AIEvals #ProductDesign #UX #AgenticAI #DesignLeadership #UXforAI #AIUX

https://www.designative.info/2026/05/05/ai-evals-for-designers-and-product-managers-why-criteria-matter-most/

We talk a lot about what AI agents should do. But who defines what they’re allowed to do?

Workflow encapsulation shifts design from interfaces to boundaries and makes design leadership a governance issue.

Are you ready for that shift?

#DesignLeadership #AgenticAI #UXStrategy #DesignManagement #AI

https://www.designative.info/2026/05/04/designing-boundaries-not-features-workflow-encapsulation-as-a-leadership-discipline/

AI Won't Replace You.

The most dangerous AI strategy is the one built on the assumption that the tool replaces the expertise. The designers and developers pulling ahead are the ones who already understood the craft before AI arrived. The ones falling behind skipped that part.

#AI #DesignLeadership #WebDevelopment #Squeakworks

Most AI experiences fail for one simple reason.
They feel cold, confusing, and "system-made."

Save your seat: https://inapp.com/reimagining-customer-experience-smarter-user-design-with-ai/

This session is about the opposite.
AI that feels human. Calm. Clear. Empathetic. And still scalable.

📅 Wednesday, Feb 25, 2026 | 🕗 8:00 AM PST | 11:00 AM EST

#InApp #CustomerExperience #UserExperience #ProductDesign #AI #ConversationalAI #DesignLeadership #DigitalExperience #ProductManagement

Generic design is dying.

This webinar will show how AI is advancing customer experience from broad segments to segments of one, enabling personalization that is practical, scalable, and useful.

Register here: https://inapp.com/reimagining-customer-experience-smarter-user-design-with-ai/

📅 Wednesday, Feb 25, 2026
🕗 8:00 AM PST | 11:00 AM EST

#InApp #CustomerExperience #DigitalExperience #ProductDesign #AI #Personalization #DesignLeadership #ProductManagement #EnterpriseUX

Celebrating 34 Years of Architectural Excellence: JK Architect of the Year Awards 2025

#TycoonWorld #JKArchitectOfTheYear
#JKAYA2025
#34YearsOfExcellence
#ArchitecturalExcellence
#IndianArchitecture
#ArchitectureAwards
#DesignLeadership
#BuiltEnvironment
#ArchitectureCommunity
#ArchitectsOfIndia
#DesignInnovation
#SustainableArchitecture
#ResponsibleArchitecture
#LegacyOfDesign
#FutureOfArchitecture
#JKCement

https://tycoonworld.in/celebrating-34-years-of-architectural-excellence-jk-architect-of-the-year-awards-2025/

Intelligence without structure is power without direction.
Departments optimise individually, but who designs how AI thinks end-to-end?
At yuj dna, meet the Agentic Experience Architect — shaping intelligence with purpose.
Read the full blog to know more: https://www.yujdesigns.com/the-future-of-intelligence-designing-systems-that-think-with-purpose/

#designleadership #designstrategy #yujdna #desingthinking #yuj

Niklas Skovholt Mortensen makes the case that #design has lost its luster as a growth and #innovation engine. Here’s what he thinks we must do to reclaim our seat at the corporate table.

#businessstrategy #designstrategy #designmanagement #designleadership #influencingdecisions

https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-design-became-a-boardroom-bystander/?social_token=52932b4547a72465a8b66f1933bed79d&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sm-direct

Some nice hard-earn wisdom in here for other design leaders.

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Management Values I Didn’t Expect to Learn | Ted Goas
https://www.tedgoas.com/blog/management-values/

#designleadership

I long argued that product designers should be paid the same as product engineers, but that also means they need to do more and go beyond Figma clicking. This article builds some nice arguments around this with a little breakdown on what "more" would actually mean.

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Should Designers be Paid the Same as Engineers? | Andy Budd
https://www.andybudd.com/archives/2025/09/should-designers-be-paid-the-same-as-engineers

#designleadership