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Practical training from expert design educators to ignite your design team's productivity

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Directed Design training is the result of years building design teams, consulting with lean startups around the country, and teaching design at the University of Michigan center for entreprenurship.

These programs are designed to ignite practical, real-world design skills in product designers. The result is a team of stronger product thinkers and builders.

Workshops

Directed Design 101

A dense one-day overview for teams curious how to design better, faster, and improve their communication.

  • Half-day interactive workshop teaching the Directed Design method
  • Extended Q&A with your team
  • Digital copies of the Directed Design book for everyone
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Product Blitz

A two-day design sprint for teams ready to level up, led by a Directed Design facilitator

  • Half-day interactive workshop teaching the Directed Design method
  • Extended Q&A with your team
  • Four workshops that get your team building better: writing a product brief, a design kickoff, a prototyping pairing session, and a facilitated design critique
  • Reusable templates for all exercises your team can use for future projects
  • Access to the Directed Design media library and digital copies of the Directed Design book for everyone
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Product Intensive

An on-site, two-week, complete product design cycle working with your actual product, led by the Directed Design facilitator. This is a package for established teams ready to make big moves.

  • Includes all workshops and materials from all packages above.
  • A Directed Design facilitator leading your team on a new feature in your actual product, from start to finish.
  • Hard copies of the book and hand-printed Directed Design Principles posters for your design studio
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Coaching

Mentorship level

Light-touch design support level for designers curious about coaching.

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Coaching levelpopular

My main service for helping product designers grow their skill, improve their work, stay productive, and advance in their career. I pair one-on-one with a designer, meeting every week to review their work, discuss their process, and give them actionable next steps.

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Leadership level

For teams with ambitious goals who need embedded leadership. I embed myself on your team as a fractional Director of Design, and personally own the strategy and execution of your design goals. This is a highly customized service.

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Other ways to get involved

Book

Start here—the definitive guide to designing products for agile software teams. Available in DRM-free digital download or high-quality paperback. Sign up to read a sample chapter.

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