Transitioning from Individual Contributor to Design Leadership

This week's episode is with Darrin Henein who is the VP of Design at Shopify. We talk about how they create a culture of excellence and how AI is influencing the way they practice the design.

Some highlights:

• What makes for a great design critique culture
• Darrin’s expectation for how designers prototype
• How Shopify’s new AI mandate impacts designers
• Traits Darrin notices in promising younger designers
• What designers can learn from the best communicators at Shopify
• Why Darrin believes designers need to think beyond static prototypes
• a lot more

• GKIII’s Cost of Craft article
• Frenzy drop sales product
• Astronaut video game that Darrin released
• Red Dot Design Award won by Shopify’s POS hardware