Your First 90 Days as a Design Leader — A Free 7-Day Email Course

The frameworks that matter when you step into management — and how to lead a team when AI is already reshaping the work.

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After 7 days, you'll walk away with:

A named framework for each phase of your first 90 days
The confidence to make decisions without clear answers
A system for building influence with people you don't manage
Language to translate design value into business outcomes
A self-assessment you can revisit every quarter
Permission to stop doing the design work yourself
The curriculum

7 days. 7 shifts. One framework you'll keep using.

1

The job you were hired for isn't the job you think

Why the skills that got you promoted won't make you successful in this role — and the three pillars that will.

2

Your relationship to craft is changing

The grief nobody warns you about, the Multiplier Mindset that replaces it, and how to lead a team whose craft is being reshaped by tools that didn't exist when you were promoted.

3

The org you inherited isn't the org you'd build

How to lead with Strategic Realism inside imperfect organizations — without becoming the Fixer, the Victim, or the Assimilator.

4

The conversations that actually matter

The Influence Circles framework for mapping the relationships that define your first 90 days — and the questions worth asking in each one.

5

Making decisions when there's no right answer

The Decision Stack for navigating trade-offs under uncertainty — including AI tool adoption, team restructuring, and the calls nobody has made before. Why your discomfort with ambiguity is actually an asset.

6

Building influence before you have authority

The Influence Triad — trust, usefulness, and connection — and why it's more powerful than any title.

7

Your 90-day checkpoint

The Five Foundations self-assessment and the one-area focus strategy that separates good managers from great ones.

Your first 90 days start now.

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No spam. No pitch until Day 7. Just the leadership crash course I wish I'd had.