Designing a product vision that actually gets built

​ABOUT THE EVENT

​As design leaders, developing a clear product vision is a foundational skill to unite teams, inspire a cohesive user experience, and drive strategy that helps businesses grow. But as ideas turn to implementation, it can be easier for what was once a clear vision to get lost in translation between resourcing, metrics, and tradeoffs. This interactive talk will share the essential ingredients in developing a vision and sheds light on:

• ​What makes a great product vision and what are its essential ingredients?

• ​How can design best influence organizational strategy to build an inspiring product?

• ​What are good facilitation tips for a productive discussion around a product vision?

• ​How can you help drive momentum toward implementation?

​ABOUT THE SPEAKER

​Minnie is a Principal Creative Director at Pinterest leading design & product strategy initiatives that span the entire product, ranging from what's next for social, shopping, or the future of Pinterest's content corpus. She also founded Pinterest's annual design conference Re:Inspire and serves as a thought leader about designing for teen safety and wellbeing.

​Prior to Pinterest, she founded Purpose Project a venture-backed edtech product focused on helping teens find purpose in the heart of the mental health crisis.

​In past roles, she was a design leader at IDEO and frog design. With 17 years of industry experience, she has been featured as a keynote speaker at the World Bank, SXSW, United Nations, TEDx and the World Design Summit, and her work has been published by Time, WSJ, Bloomberg, and Fast Company. In her spare time, she teaches Design for Social Impact at CCA.