IBM’s Kristin Wisnewski: Rise of an authentic leader

Design Better

English - February 24, 2020 23:16 - 53 minutes - 123 MB - ★★★★★ - 286 ratings
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In the tech world, it's rare these days to spend more than a few years at one company. So we were curious to learn more about Kristin Wisnewski after hearing she’d been at IBM for 18 years. In her words, she “basically grew up at IBM,” and made a rapid transition from an individual contributor role to a leadership position in 2016, where she now leads an award-winning design team.

We got to know the story of that career transformation, and what it took to get there. We also spoke with Kristin about clearing roadblocks for better work, and how to bring women into more leadership roles at technology companies.

Takeaways:

How to remain authentic to yourself as a leader The keys to peak team performance The way DesignOps works at IBM