When? Tuesday, April 5 at 7pm
Where? Google Munich, Erika-Mann-Str. 33 80636 Munich Map
FREE event (but registration is required!)
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What is the talk about?
Lessons learned from working at the intersection of business and design for a high-tech startup
Over the course of the last 4.5 years at a startup, Thomas started as the only designer in the team and grew it to a small designer team twice around different products. Finally landing a successful product with fast user growth. He advanced from solving design tasks to more strategic and business related tasks working closely with the founder and marketing lead. Thomas will share his lessons learned from five perspectives and introduce you to his reflection activity for mindful leaders. After his talk, you can run it for your current career, see what you have learned already and if you might need a change.
About the speaker
Thomas Gläser works at the intersection of design and business innovation, bringing ideas to life and enabling teams to become self-starters. He is excited about emerging technologies like AR, VR, and AI, which he believes should be used in ways that actually add value to people’s lives. Currently, he’s working as an independent innovation consultant helping corporates and startups to master the challenge of being innovative. Previously he was Head of UX for Delightex, performing key functions like user & market research, design & business strategy, creative direction & staffing, design production and business development. Before Delightex he managed his own design studio called envis precisely and worked for BMW as an interaction designer. He co-organizes the push.conference once a year.
Sponsors
We would like to thank Google for supporting the local IxD community! Drinks and snacks will be provided.
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