NEXT Date
Apr 2026
Duration
1 Day
Format
In-Person
Location
Coming Soon
Lead Product & Design with Authority
The Product Design Leadership Intensive is a focused, in-person programme designed to help senior designers step confidently into leadership roles.
It brings together strategy, decision-making, stakeholder influence, and systems thinking into a practical, high-impact learning experience.
Designed for experienced practitioners at a leadership inflection point, this programme moves beyond craft equipping you to lead teams, shape direction, and drive meaningful outcomes across the organisation.
Decision-Ready Leadership
Build the judgement and confidence required to make high-stakes design decisions under ambiguity.
Stakeholder Influence
Learn how to align executives, product, and engineering around design-led outcomes—without formal authority.
Systems Thinking
Lead design beyond screens by shaping processes, operating models, and organisational systems.
For Products & Designers
Stepping Into Leadership
Senior Designers & UX Leads
Experienced designers preparing to step into formal leadership, ownership, or management responsibilities.
Design Managers & Leads
Practitioners already leading teams who want to strengthen strategic thinking, influence, and decision-making capability.
Heads of Design
Senior leaders looking to formalise their leadership approach, align design with business strategy, and scale impact across the organisation.
Consultants & Design Leaders
Advisors and independent leaders guiding teams or clients through complex design, product, and organisational challenges.
WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH
Decision-Driven Leadership Results
This programme focuses on building the core capabilities required to lead design teams, influence organisations, and operate at a strategic level. The emphasis is not on artefacts, but on judgement, leadership behaviours, and decision-making maturity.
01
Strategic Design Thinking
Develop the ability to position design as a strategic function—aligning principles, priorities, and outcomes with broader business goals.
02
Leadership Decision-Making
Strengthen judgement around trade‒offs, quality, speed, and risk—especially in ambiguous, high‒stakes environments.
03
Stakeholder Influence
Learn how to influence product, engineering, and executive stakeholders through clear rationale, framing, and communication without relying on authority.
04
Team & Culture Leadership
Understand how to shape team culture, ways of working, and design standards that enable consistency, trust, and long-term effectiveness.
05
Executive Communication
Build confidence in articulating design decisions, presenting strategic intent, and navigating difficult conversations with senior leadership.
06
Leadership Self-Awareness
Gain clarity on your leadership style, strengths, and growth areas supporting continuous development as a design leader.
Facilitator-Led
Experienced design leaders guide you through proven leadership frameworks, real scenarios, and decision-making challenges drawn from practice.
Senior Peer Cohort
Learn alongside experienced designers, managers, and leaders enabling high-quality discussion, perspective-sharing, and peer learning.
Applied Frameworks
Work with practical leadership models, canvases, and tools that you can immediately apply to your role, team, and organisation.
Real Org.
Context
Ground learning in real leadership situations stakeholder alignment, team dynamics, prioritisation, and strategic trade-offs.
From Insight to Leadership Action
Designed to translate reflection into action leaving you ready to lead conversations, decisions, and teams with confidence.
Advance with confidence. Learn with credibility.
Structured programmes aligned with CPD standards, focused on practical capability-building, professional growth, and measurable career progression.