Matthew Holloway shares what it was like to lead SAP’s design thinking transformation ⭐, why designers need to get their house in order first 🧹, and the importance of purposeful rest 😴.
Highlights include:
⭐ What was it like working with Don Norman at Apple?
⭐ Does design maturity start with designers’ maturity?
⭐ Why can’t you impose design culture over night?
⭐ How can design leaders get a seat at the top table?
⭐ Do critics of Design Thinking have a legitimate axe to grind?
#DesignLeadership #DesignThinking #DesignStrategy #EnterpriseDesign #UX #UXDesign #BraveUX
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Who is Matthew Holloway?
Matthew is an independent design consultant with over 25 years of experience scaling high performance product design teams for some of the world’s largest companies 📈.
As VP in the Office of CEO at SAP, Matthew worked with Hasso Plattner (the Co-Founder and Chairman) and Henning Kagermann (the then CEO) leading the global Design Thinking transformation of SAPs 60,000-person development, sales and consulting services divisions 😮.
After leaving SAP, Matthew took on the role of VP of Product Design & User Experience for Shutterfly. While there he led an aggressive programme of ongoing product improvements, as well as a strategic programme that resulted in an estimated $50 million dollars of annual savings 💰.
He has co-founded two companies, including Atlas Informatics - a machine learning based personal search technology - that counted Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold 🦖 and Microsoft amongst its investors - and was acquired by Xinova in 2017.
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00:00 Start
00:32 Matthew’s introduction
02:55 What does your art practice give you that design doesn’t?
05:07 How often do you give yourself permission to do art?
05:51 Why did your father discourage you from graduating in fine art?
08:44 How is growing up in rural surroundings defined by the ever present horizon?
10:19 How did you feel confined or comfortable growing up in rural Ohio?
11:28 Is it easier for you to find peace outside of an urban environment?
12:58 How did your time at your most recent startup come to and end?
16:08 Why did you decide to take time out after leaving your last company?
17:50 What was it like taking extended time out from work to make art?
21:50 Have you considered how much is enough in your life?
23:33 Why did you leave big business for the startup life?
26:01 What was it like going from leading large design orgs to being on the tools?
27:32 Why is it important for you to help other designers to build their careers?
31:36 Why does your LinkedIn profile not mention your time at Apple?
34:24 What was it like working with Don Norman at Apple?
37:38 What stands out to you from your time at Netscape?
40:26 Why did Hasso Plattner, Founder and Chairman of SAP, hire you?
44:43 Do critics of Design Thinking have a legitimate axe to grind?
51:32 Why should designers find better ways to engage with their colleagues?
54:59 Does design maturity start with designers’ maturity?
57:08 Why can’t you impose design culture over night?
01:01:29 Does Design Thinking unkindly push people outside of their comfort zones?
01:04:51 Did you need a thick skin to implement Design Thinking at SAP?
01:05:40 What makes design successful within an enterprise?
01:09:56 Would design leaders be better off if they got MBAs?
01:13:58 How can design leaders get a seat at the top table?
01:16:12 What are some of the uncomfortable aspects of being a design leader?
01:21:00 What stories do designers need to re-examine to have better careers?
01:23:35 Closing out the show - Thanks, Matthew!
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