18 - How Designers Build Confidence with Stakeholders - Matt Davis of Lenovo

<p>I have a great nugget today on how you as a design org can build stakeholder confidence in the strategic direction that you propose.</p> <p>In this interview, I chat with Matt Davis, who is a UX designer at Lenovo. We talk about the challenge of designing and context switching across a very large portfolio of products&nbsp;</p> <p>He works on smart speakers. every think pad you could point at and now is working in Lenovos competitor to the Hololense.</p> <p>When you're working on so many products, how can design become a strategic partner with the product org if they can't focus on the big problems each product faces?</p> <p>At Lenovo, they have an approach to developing thought leadership as a design org that I found pretty interesting, and it's something that every designer or big or small can apply to influence those critical decisions making moments in business and really provide business value.</p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewayofproductdesign/message