I'm a big fan of Ben Callahan and the "The Question" sessions. I'm also a big fan of Dan Donald, who's co-hosting the "design systems failures" topic. On this topic of missing the mark with *building the thing your org actually needs* not "here's what the 'how to design system' article told me", I humbly submit this HFWNW (hopes, fears, working, not working) framework/model and activity as one of many ways to start that data gathering and synthesis journey. I was lucky enough to present it during Figma's Schema event last year. Give the talk a watch, if you're interested (its only 20m) and download the provided resources to try it at your org/with your team: https://lnkd.in/g-Jj6Ede
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The interactions we have on these deep dives are so thoughtful and genuine. That's because we've got some of the smartest and kindest folks joining. This week we asked what had created failure in #designsystems folks had worked on. You can see the list below with some counts for how often those reasons were mentioned. Not surprisingly, these are almost all people problems. :) The link in the sticky is an article I wrote a few weeks back about how systems teams have to become experts at both analysis and synthesis: https://lnkd.in/eeay_8EZ Hope your week is winding down nicely. Next week is going to be a lot of fun on The Question. If you're not signed up yet, get on the list now: https://bit.ly/3U1hdf3
