Leadership, Learnings Venessa Bennett Leadership, Learnings Venessa Bennett

The pitfalls of inclusive hiring when you need to look at portfolios

Diverse design teams enhance creativity, product quality, and profitability. To achieve this, hiring managers should use inclusive job postings, standardised evaluations, and collaborative assessments. The focus should be on "culture add" rather than "culture fit," aiming to build teams that reflect the diversity of product users and bring varied perspectives to the design process.

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The art of the hustle

One observation I’ve made in my career is that some of the best designers are not necessarily the most talented but the ones that are great at communicating and making the right connections, in short the best hustlers.

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