In this talk, you’ll learn how skyscrapers get built and apply these lessons to become a better design leader. Alissa Briggs, Head of Design at the world’s #1 mobile construction app, will share how she transformed designers into leaders, double the size and impact of the design team, and create a user-centric company culture. Presented at EuroIA 2017.

1. Race to the Top
BUILDING SKYSCRAPERS & DESIGN TEAMS THAT SOAR
@alissadesigns @plangrid #euroia17

2. HEAD OF DESIGN,
PLANGRID
@alissadesigns
Alissa Briggs

8. Vision
Team
Build
01
02
03
Design
Leadership

9. Vision
01

10. Picture the future

11. Research
Imagine
Write it down

13. Research

17. Imagine

18. Vision Workshop

19. DeltasPluses

21. See Hear Feel

23. Write it down

25. Team
02

26. Identify gaps
Hire great people
Become a team

27. Identify gaps

30. UX
Visual Design
Writing
Research
Quality
Communication
Storytelling
Design Process
Technical Fluency
Business Value
Craft Influence

34. Visual Design
UX
Writing
Research
Research
Storytelling
Visual Design
Writing

35. ✓ Visual Design
✗ UX
✓ Writing
✗ Research
✗ Research
✗ Storytelling
✓ Visual Design
✓ Writing

36. Hire great people

41. Become a team

44. Identify gaps
Hire great people
Become a team

45. Build
03

46. Plan down
Build up

47. Today
Vision

49. Plan down

50. Design is an afterthought
Design transforms how construction teams build

51. Design is visible
Design is seen as more than pixels
Design leads impactful projects
Design transforms how construction teams build
Design is an afterthought

52. Build up

57. Design is an afterthought
Design is visible
Design is seen as more than pixels
Design leads impactful projects
Design transforms how construction teams build

58. Plan down
Build up

59. Vision
Team
Build
01
02
03
Design
Leadership

61. Let's build better,
together.
Alissa Briggs, Head of Design
Email alissa@plangrid.com
Tweet @alissadesigns

62. Credits
Thanks to the PlanGrid Team for your feedback and support
PlanGrid & Construction Photos by Jesse Dodds,
Additional photos by Susan Yin, Daniel Mccullough, and Breather of Unsplash
Icons by Tim Boelaars, Alena Artemova, and Arthur Shlain of Noun Project