Is a design system mandate worth fighting for?

About this episode

The episode discusses the value of fighting for a design system mandate.

Episode #53 - Is a design system mandate worth fighting for? Live recording of the fortnightly podcast Design Systems WTF (back for season two!), where Luke Murphy and Michelle Chin attempt to combat all the amazing wtf in design systems. In each episode, they answer a single question around design system troubles with a Q&A from the live audience. The Design System Report this year suggested that the number one thing design system teams with low adoption rates were missing was a company...

People in this episode

Hosts: Luke Murphy, Michelle Chin

Topics covered

• design systems
• mandate
• adoption rates
• Q&A
• live recording

Keywords

• design system
• mandate
• adoption
• Q&A
• live podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Design Systems WTF, Design System Report

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