design is vastly undervalued in the Silicon Valley @bchesky who is actually a designer, lays out characteristics of great designers that are actually the exact same for great founders/CEOs. "I design the company. I design the product... and designing starts with curiosity. you have to... See more

Many founders say they want great design but don't realize how hard it is. Hiring one designer isn't enough. For design to be a strategic advantage, it takes founder buy-in, executive leadership, a multidisciplinary team, strong culture, and more🧵

I've been thinking a lot about this, and this is why I think designers are toping the chart. Design as a practice is uniquely difficult to quantify, and design work in it of itself is even harder to verify. Take code for example, it either works or it doesn't, it compiles or it breaks. But... See more