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Dave Malouf is a DesignOps expert and industry veteran. He’s contributed to developing the practice, including sharing his knowledge through blog posts, interviews, and talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UXPin hosted a free webinar with Dave<\/a> where he shared his insights on a Holistic Design Operations approach to enterprise design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5 Takeaways from Dave Malouf on DesignOps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We’ve put together five ideas from Dave’s talks and blog posts to help improve your Design Operations. You can find links to all these resources at the end of this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 – Create “Intentional Spaces”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Amplify Design<\/a>, Dave talks about how “intentional spaces and processes encourage serendipity, emergence, and exploration.”<\/em> He says spaces (where teams work, collaborate, and ideate) are one of the most “valuable pieces for amplifying the work of designers.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dave’s favorite workspace is a team pod surrounded by whiteboards with a high-top desk or podium in the center. This setup works for both designers and cross-functional teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team members sit facing the whiteboards so they can focus undistracted. They can also look up at the whiteboard for notes or ideas they’ve scribbled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The high-top desk in the center encourages collaboration. Team members use the high-top to address the rest of the team with questions, ideas, or presentations. This “intensional space” facilitates work while fostering communication and collaboration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dave’s intentional spaces method aligns with another DesignOps expert, Salom\u00e9 Mortazavi, who talks about a practices-first approach<\/a>\u2013optimizing practices (the way people work) rather than processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salom\u00e9 presented some of her ideas about approaching design operations<\/a> at Design Value Conference that UXPin hosted in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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