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《Design Leadership》读书总结
NO1. 《Culture》 Key Takeaways
- Culture is definitely a high priority for successfully run design businesses.
 - To create culture, leaders need to construct the container and fill it with the right people. The container is made of the vision and values of the organization.
 - Healthy cultures can be thought of as learning cultures, which have a growth mentality and a desire to challenge themselves.
 - You can’t create culture with ping-pong tables and beanbags.
 - The people in your organization have the biggest influence on the culture.
 - Even though you can’t control every aspect of the culture, don’t ignore it.
 - Healthy culture appears to increase staff retention and loyalty.
 - Team structures influence company culture. Select and combine teammates carefully.
 - Teams with mature attitudes toward personal growth are more likely to create a healthy culture.
 - Growing successful teams and people is the ultimate goal of the design leader.
 
No.2 《Talent》Key Takeaways
- A talent pipeline is just like a sales pipeline — invest in it constantly.
 - Hire people who are smarter than you.
 - When possible, hire people with great soft skills and train the hard skills.
 - Diversity adds to the creativity and wisdom of the team.
 - Coachable people are often better than knowledgeable people.
 - Hiring young or inexperienced people isn’t always a cost saving.
 - Hire when capacity is consistently at its maximum, but not before.
 - Consider freelancers to buffer for the ups and downs of your business cycles.
 - Apprenticeships are invaluable and an alternative to expensive recruiting models.
 - Apprentice programs can be great talent pipelines and profit centers.
 
No.3 《Office Space and Remote Working》Key Takeaways
- There are no black-and-white solutions to physical space — they are more like shades of gray.
 - Successful office layouts tend to have healthy combinations of both open and closed, as well as casual and formal spaces.
 - The company’s personality and brand should be allowed to shine through in the choice of location, space layout, and decor.
 - When moving to a new location, consider how that will affect culture, and try to preserve the elements that work.
 - Something as simple as providing extra seats for staff to engage in informal conversation around desks can increase communication between team members.
 - Don’t be afraid to move people around the office from time to time. This allows new connections between team members to be created.
 - Remote teams need frequent and routine communication to stay bonded and aligned.
 - Hiring people that are already good self-managers makes remote working easier.
 
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