March 23rd / 31 min
Bonus Episode: Making remote teams work with Jennifer Aldrich and Stephen Gates
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Jennifer Aldrich and Stephen Gates
SENIOR MANAGER OF DESIGN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS (ALDRICH) AND HEAD DESIGN EVANGELIST (GATES) AT INVISION
About The Episode
In this bonus episode, we chat about balancing personal and professional demands in a remote environment, especially during these challenging times. Join special guests Jennifer Aldrich, Senior Manager of Design Community Partnerships, and Stephen Gates, Head Design Evangelist, at InVision, as we discuss best practices for remote communication and how to build trust within your remote teams.
We hope this episode helps you and your teams as you transition to remote work during this time of change in the face of our current health crisis. You’ll learn:
- How to set expectations for remote communication
- Tips for creating boundaries between work and life
- Establishing documentation and processes for team collaboration
- The value of soft skills in remote leadership
- Benefits of working from home in building trust and connection for teams
Meet Your Hosts
Aarron Walter
VP of Design Education
Aarron Walter is Director of Product on the COVID Response team at Resolve to Save Lives. Previously, he was VP of Design Education at InVision, and founded the UX practice at Mailchimp where he helped grow the product from a few thousand users to more than 10 million. He’s the author of a number of books, the latest of which is a second edition of Designing for Emotion. Aarron’s design guidance has helped the White House, the US Department of State, and dozens of major corporations, startups, and venture capital firms.
Eli Woolery
Director of Design Education
Eli is the Director of Design Education at InVision. His design career spans both physical and digital products, and he has worked with companies ranging from startups (his own and others) to Fortune 500 companies.
In addition to his background in product and industrial design, he has been a professional photographer and filmmaker. He teaches the senior capstone class Implementation to undergraduate Product Designers at Stanford University. You can find Eli on Twitter and Medium.
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