Research
Research Methods & Team
The 2020 Lead with Purpose report was the outcome of 51 one-on-one, 60-minute interviews with US design and/or business practitioners. These practitioners were diverse in their perspectives, incorporating both the viewpoints of design-trained professionals (~60% of sample) and non-design trained professionals who regularly interface with the design function of their organization (~40%).
We intentionally sought input from a mix of organization types, sizes, and industries. Most notably we sought the voice of middle managers (director and managerial levels). These are the people who are scaling design within their organizations.
Please find more information about our researchers, research participants, research sponsors, and sources below.
Research Team
Graduate Researchers
Divya Iyengar (MDes 2019)
Divya Jain (MDes 2019)
Prapti Jha (MDes 2019)
Laurel Komos (MDes 2019)
Renjie Li (MDes 2019)
Julia Rochlin (MDes 2020)
Harsh Wardhan (MDes 2019)
Andi Zhou (MDes 2019)
Research Partners
Brianna Sylver, Adjunct Faculty, ID; and Founder and President, Sylver Consulting
Adriano Galvao, Vice President, Research and Business Operations, Sylver Consulting
Jean McDonnell, Director of Innovation Research and Strategy, Sylver Consulting
Andrew Russell, Design Researcher, Sylver Consulting
Expert Reviewers
Allan Chochinov, Chair of the MFA in Products of Design graduate program at the School of Visual Arts, New York, and Partner, Core77
Roger Martin, Institute Director, Martin Prosperity Institute and the Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship, Rotman School of Management, Toronto, and Premier’s Chair in Productivity and Competitiveness
Corporate Partners
CAPITAL ONE
Brandon Schauer, Head of Enterprise Design
Jessica Striebich, Design People Development Manager
FORD
Sandy Fershee, Lab Director, D-Ford Detroit
Shel Kimen, Head of Design Thinking, Learning and Community
Miles Orkin, Google Cloud UX Vision and Culture Lead
PHILIPS
Nathan Weyer, Chief Operating Officer, Philips Experience Design
Paul Gardien, Head of Design Strategy and Innovation, Philips Experience Design
Mark Buchalter, Design Director, North America
Kyle Vice, Studio Director, Design Director UX
VMLY&R
Jason Gaikowski, Global Lead, Brand and Business Design
SALESFORCE
Teddy Zmrhal, Senior Managing Director, Strategic Innovation
Mario Ruiz, Practice Director, Business Technology Innovation
Research Partners
Denis Weil, Dean
Stephanie Smith, Director of Corporate + Community Partner Engagement
Kristin Gecan, Director of Content + Influence
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For design practitioner sample charts, please download the report PDF and see page 48.