As a follow-up on the previous discussion about Design Operations, the Product Bakers invited Pete Fossick, who is a seasoned Design Director, Coach, Trainer, and co-founder of the DesignOps Network & conference to diving deeper into the topic. The whole conversation was around the history of design ops, how the role developed and evolved as well as its specific responsibilities. 

At the end of the conversation, they've discussed how to accelerate innovation with an operations team as well as how to hire for such positions. 

Table of content: 

• 0:30 - Intro Pete Fossick and how got into Design
• 9:00 - Fixing problems vs. symptoms
• 11:50 - Responsibilities of Design Ops people
• 18:25 - Design Ops is a matter of company size
• 22:05 - The evolvement and mitosis of Design Ops
• 27:25 - How the role developing in the market
• 30:50 - Skills needed to be a good Design Operations Manager
• 35:35 - How Pete helps the Design Community to level up
• 38:20 - Design Ops collaboration with Product Managers
• 44:30 - Biggest mistake companies make in projects
• 46:50 - Driving innovation with Innovation Ops
• 50:35 - How to hire Design Ops as a company
• 53:20 - Where to find skilled people
• 56:25 - How agile governments work
• 58:40 - Pete’s gift to the audience (you)
• 60:00 - Debrief Christian & Alex

Pete on the internet:

• Linkedin: @peterfossick
• Website: https://www.factotum-design.co.uk/
• Design Ops Conference: https://designops-conference.com/

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