[IxDA Discuss] Ideal Design Studio

[Mike Wood]

I also think it depends on your organization. If you are at a larger
company, management can bring on additional responsabilities that go beyond
teaching, mentoring and designing. Instead you might be in meetings with
other parts of the organization, business meetings, customer meetings, etc.





On 9/4/07, Jarod Tang <jarod.tang at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> some addtional resource
> *The Ten Faces of Innovation<http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Faces-Innovation-Strategies-Organization/dp/0385512074/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-6875246-9450537?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188924163&sr=8-1>
> *
> *The Art of Innovation<http://www.amazon.com/Art-Innovation-Thomas-Kelley/dp/186197583X/ref=sr_1_2/102-6875246-9450537?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188924268&sr=1-2>
> *
>
> these books are the notes from the ideo guys, it's quite interesting to
> read and also stimulate the thinking about design (team) managment
>
> Cheers
> -- Jarod
>
>  On 8/24/07, John Wood <john.wood at iqcontent.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Mike,
> > I bought a relevant book recently, but haven't had a chance to do
> > much more than skim through it yet, so I can offer no more review
> > than it seems worth a look. It does include interviews and case
> > studies on organisations like IDEO and Dyson:
> >
> > Design Management: Managing Design Strategy, Process and
> > Implementation, Kathryn Best, Ava Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 782940373123
> >
> > Here it is on Amazon.com <http://amazon.com/>:
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/Design-Management-Managing-Strategy-
> > Implementation/dp/2940373124/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-7613262-8876807?
> > ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187955367&sr=8-1
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > John
> >
> > On 24 Aug 2007, at 01:13, Mike Wood wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of any books/articles that describe successes with
> > > design
> > > studio organizations? Design studio orgs present the unique
> > > challenge of
> > > integrating those skilled at management with those skilled at
> > > design, which
> > > can often call on different skillsets. There can result discomfort
> > > in that
> > > the skilled designer has trouble influencing the organization and the
> > > skilled manager has trouble influencing design.  I have seen
> > > solutions that
> > > attempt to devide these skillsets into two tracks: a management
> > > track and a
> > > design track.
> > >
> > > Skillset divisions might be:
> > >
> > > Management Leadership
> > > * Workpartner negotiations
> > > * Resource management
> > > * Implementation escalation
> > >
> > > Design Leadership
> > > * Design critique
> > > * Internal design negotiation
> > > * Designer development
> > >
> > > I think this issue becomes significant for larger design
> > > organizations (50+)
> > > and I'm coming at the problem from an org 200+ . Any input would be
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Mike
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