Four members required by an excellent design team

 

 

Summary: Have you ever thought about why you can work well with other designers at work? Maybe you are like-minded, but it is also good for you to get together without so much speculation. Some designers, including me, are working in Kaleidoscope (a design company in the United States, where the author now works-http://www.kascope.com...

Have you ever thought about why you can work well with other designers at work? Maybe you are like-minded, but it is also good for you to get together without so much speculation. At Kaleidoscope (an American design company where the original author works now-http://www.kascope.com/), some designers, including me, are good at analysis and rational thinking, other things are thought-provoking and emotional. How do we get along with each other? Rational analysis allows me to understand how different designers complement each other and ultimately makes me realize that a successful design team requires four key members.

(The right side of the horizontal coordinate should be translated as a rational thinker)

Evangelist
(Do not understand it as a chattering Tang monk, but as we call it a "spiritual leader, we often talk about and think about topics such as fraternity, family, and human beings on a larger and higher level)
The design team does not have a visionary leader, just like a church without a priest. He focuses on design, development strategies, and the process of integration of design and business at the highest level. Intuitive Thinking allows him to know how to naturally integrate design into a large business plan. He grew up from a "thinker", so he is keen to expand the coverage of the products and projects he leads as much as possible and explore more possibilities. The evangelist will never be a technical expert, or even lead tasks that seem to be impossible to accomplish in the eyes of ordinary people. Despite the numerous challenges, he often not only finished but also achieved the real value he expected. Under the leadership of excellent Evangelists, teams are often proactive, breakthrough, and highly creative.

Orchestra command
("Orchestra command" refers to experienced, down-to-earth, and practical leaders)
As a supplement to the "Evangelist", the design team needs a down-to-earth guidance to lead a specific project. The rational thinking helps her ensure that no details are deviated. Just like directing an orchestra, she methodically integrated various sub-sections into a coordinated movement, ensuring that every note can withstand scrutiny without any deviation. She has high standards and strict requirements to ensure that each project is of the highest quality. Some teams are often exhausted or ended when the project reaches 95%, while the "orchestra conductor" plays an important role in promoting the successful completion of the project. More often, She guides the project into production and ensures that many key details that are easily overlooked are in place. She may wish to be a designer and strive to keep improving or do more external work. Her stability is the key to practical work and benefits.

Thinker
(Pavedow: directly thinking of homesick, imaginary, refers to the people who are eager to think about it)
When there is a conflict between rational thinking and unexpected design requirements, the "thinker" can often break the predicament and reveal the creative sentiments of the Creator. He is more eager to believe in the direct perception and avoid the technical restrictions in his eyes. It is necessary for the design designer of the talent show to allow the madman to go to the storm without a storm. When the product needs a breakthrough or a new direction, they are the most appropriate people. Unimagining a dull job will make him feel painful and frustrated, so don't expect him to do anything complex or technically demanding. His initial intent is not to turn all into real-time products at the very least. However, the live thinker is interested in building a new environment, it is important for design managers who need to generate new quota values.

Tech experts
The surgeon, a surgeon, is a surgical specialist, people who are thinking about cool-thinking-understand why the United States beat Iraq and call it "surgical hand surgical)
No matter whether they want exquisite beauty or human machine learning, so many creative design works depend on various types of creative jobs. A big hacker needs a technical expert -- a rational analyst who is good at analysis; she is good at analyzing design issues, and find the best solution. Just like her name, she splits an item into two parts to study each design part, then we can organize them all over again. Tech experts are not always the best decision-makers, because she cannot stop thinking and thinking, or you may be overwhelmed by the lack of clear definitions when looking at the subject. To solve a real online design problem, tech experts will be the best choice for you to ensure that everything is everywhere.

All-Around Selector
(Empty ?)
Each role has different design skills, but the all-around candidate may be the most talented person in the office, because he can cover all aspects. He focuses on a series of topics, dealing with various difficult topics, and still has the idea of others at the same time. Many of the current entrepreneurs are "first-class all-round runners", because when they are tired, they are able to understand their own great energy, it can be used in multiple regions. Do not confuse the "Big Brother" of the "real master. In reality, a scarce all-powerful player is not necessarily necessary, but he will know his necessity as soon as he does.

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Four Essential members of a great design team

Have you ever wondered why you can successfully collaborate with another designer in your office? Maybe you share similar ideas, but there's also a good chance you're nothing alike. at Kaleidoscope, some of the designers (including me) are organized and analytical. others think freely and contextually. how can we coexist? My analytical thinking pushed me to break down and understand how these differences can be complementary. What I ultimately realized is that a successfully diverse design team requires four key members.

The evangelist
A design team without a visionary leader is like a church without a preacher. the evangelist focuses on design at the highest level, developing strategies and processes that push the limits of design and business as a whole. contextual thinking helps him understand how design fits into a larger business plan. as a former dreamer, he loves to push the boundaries and question assumptions of the products and categories he leads. the evangelist won't ever be an Operations Specialist, and may even lead activities that feel counterproductive to more analytical thinkers. although possibly his greatest challenge, he will come through in the end and prove that his dreaming offers real business value. with a great evangelist leading the charge, firms can be proactive, trendsetting, and highly valued for their ideas.

The conductor
To complement the Evangelist, every design team needs a leader who directs the finishing touches on each project. the conductor's analytical mind helps her to ensure that no detail goes unconsidered. like directing an orchestra, she brings together all the little details into harmony, making sure everything has been figured out and nothing taken for granted. she probably has the highest standards of any designer in the office and ensures that every project is top quality. often the team doing the first 95% of the work is exhausted or checked out by the end, and the conductor plays a key role in making the final push to finish the project right. in more than ate roles, she shepherds projects through to production and defends key design details that might otherwise be lost. the conductor may wish she was still a designer, struggling to find the appropriate level of feedback or adding unnecessary work for her team. at her best, the conductor is the key to creating consistently solid work that will have clients or consumers coming back for more.

The dreamer
When analytical Minds struggle with paradoxical design constraints, the dreamer cuts through it all to offer a surprisingly fresh attitude. he avoids the Technical Boundaries of a project in favor of contextual experimentation. A great design team deploys dreamers to brainstorms where blue sky thinking is necessary, and keeps them involved when the end product must push category boundaries or create brand new ones. the dreamer becomes easily frustrated when not allowed to exercise fantasies, so don't expect CT him to handle detail-oriented work or anything that is heavily constrained by technical requirements. the wild ideas he contributes won't always become part of the final product, but the dreamer is essential in setting the stage for innovation as well as offering an entertainment value to novelty-seeking design managers.

The surgeon
Whether it comes down to aesthetic or ergonomic excellence, so adjust great pieces of design rely on details. A great design team relies on the surgeon-an analytical thinker who cuts up and dissects design problems to find the best solutions. by definition, she breaks down a product into its components, considering the pieces of design and then reuniting them into a cohesive whole. the surgeon isn't always the best demo-maker, because she can end up thinking in circles or frustrated by a project's lack of clarity. when it comes to making sense of complex design problems, a surgeon is your best bet to make sure nothing falls through the cracks.

The Jack of all trades (master of none ?)
Every team has designers with diverse skill sets, but the Jack of all trades might be the most talented person in your office because he can truly do everything. he leads a range of projects, solves tricky problems, and dreams up big ideas. recent graduates make great "junior jacks," because they can contribute on a variety of levels while they gain experience and become more aware of their greatest strengths. don't confuse a real jack with someone whose strengths are not prevalent or ambiguous. in reality, the rare Jack of all trades might not be essential to have, but will feel essential to any team that has one.
I hope this helps you make better sense of how you and the people around you fit into a design organization. How well do the designers you know fit into these buckets? How cocould this concept be stronger? In coming posts, I'll look at how different combinations of these five members help execute the different strategies that design businesses use.

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