Design Hires Interviews Tom Greever

Author & Product/Design Leader Tom Greever chats with Nadia about how creating fun moments at work can boost productivity and help you better communicate during presentations and meetings. You’ll also hear about what Tom looks for when hiring designers, his experience after publishing his book, Articulating Design Decisions, and more. 

Inspired by wearing costumes at work (just listen to the episode), we are also happy to announce the #CostumeBattleRoyale challenge:

• Lead a meeting in a costume & tag the following accounts on LinkedIn or Twitter:  #costumebattleroyale + @designhirespodcast (LinkedIn) / @designhirespod (Twitter) + @tomgreever 
• A picture of yourself presenting at a meeting in costume
• The profile of the audience you were presenting to (i.e., Executives, my team members, etc.)
• Tell us whether your costume was effective or not, and if not, why and what you would have done differently.
• Honorary category:  Tell us a story about how you've brought more attention and engagement to your work through creative means (other than wearing a costume)!

Prize for top 3 costumes/stories: A copy of Tom Greever’s Book, Articulating Design Decisions

• Start Date: Friday, November 4th
• End Date: Friday, November 18th
• Winners Announced: Tuesday, November 22nd

Here’s a look at our discussion:

• 1:00 : Costumes & being a “fun” design manager
• 11:27 : Putting team members at ease to drive productivity
• 14:48 : Engaging your audience during presentations and meetings
• 18:30 : How to discern a candidate who can articulate design decisions during the hiring process
• 21:15 : Tom’s experience after writing his book, Articulating Design Decisions
• 26:30 : What Tom looks for when he is hiring designers 
• 31:00 : Bringing it back around to costumes & #CostumeBattleRoyale

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Tom’s Book: Articulating Design Decisions 
• Tom’s LinkedIn