Episode 0 - Introduction to The Value of Design podcast

Design Leaders are under the cosh at the moment - they’re struggling to show the value of the Design Team’s work and are increasingly finding themselves without a job.

This new podcast explores all the ways we can talk about the value of Design from ROI to Product, Development to Organisational value.

Transcript

Mags Hanley: Today I'm starting a podcast about the value of design. The focus for me is to expand out my thoughts on how design provides value, whether it's to customers, to people within the organisation, to the organisation itself. I'll be covering many different topics, everything from why people asking us about ROI to really what does Product need from Design.

And my hope is that you'll engage and listen to how I'm thinking about the value of design, because at the moment, many designers are under the cosh for not providing value. I've seen many layers of design leaders being let go because organisations don't [00:01:00] understand what value design leaders provide.

Because what they do is they see designers as providing the output as opposed to someone who is providing value up the chain. So I look forward to speaking with you about the value of design. You can find more episodes on magshanley.com/podcast.

Thank you for joining me for this podcast, the Value of Design.

This was made by Mags Hanley in 2023.