Realising The Full Strategic Value of Design Operations: Engage, Grow, Amplify

In organizations across industries, Design teams are evolving rapidly. Design Executives are strengthening their leadership teams and expanding their practice.

Building a solid Design Operations practice is fundamental to enabling:

• Design teams to increase their impact. 
• Companies to maximize the business value of investing in Design.

This course will help you elevate your capabilities and mindset to become the strategic agent of change for Design in your organization. 

To celebrate the launch of this course, we're giving the first 10 people to book a 20% discount! Register and enter the code FIRST20 to receive the exclusive rate.

About the Course

A four-session masterclass that covers the essential elements of DesignOps: Understanding the organizational context, diagnosing the needs, defining a change management roadmap and, most important, articulating the business value and impact. 

The Course Comprises

• Online sessions available in self paced modules
• Teaching by DesignOps expert Jose Coronado
• Each session is 75 minutes including 25 minutes to query Jose
• A Certificate of Participation - evidencing your commitment to developing knowledge and skills
• Unable to attend all sessions or joining partway through? Recordings will be available to all registrants

Who this Course is For

• New Operators

Develop the foundational framework to identify and develop DesignOps programs in your team. Act with knowledge and confidence having grown your DesignOps expertise.

• Design Operators

Unlock your potential and amplify the strategic impact of DesignOps in your organization. Identify opportunities to move from tactical execution to driving strategic change.

• Design Leaders

Scale your leadership reach by leveraging the benefits of DesignOps. Become the force multiplier your organization needs by enabling DesignOps to scale Design impact.

What You Will Learn – How To

• Set the foundation for a strong DesignOps practice.
• Diagnose your Design team’s needs.
• Assess competences and fill gaps.  
• Leverage tools and frameworks to guide your DesignOps practice.
• Develop a change management roadmap for your Design team.
• Articulate and communicate the impact and value of DesignOps. 

A Course Rooted In

• 20+ years of experience building and leading global Design and operations teams at scale in regulated industries and complex enterprise environments.
• Proven success aligning design with business and strategy, articulating impact.
• Trusted partnerships with executive leaders in product, technology, design, and operations.
• Bilingual expertise and multicultural experience galvanizing globally distributed teams, that delivered outstanding results.
• Global industry thought leadership, international experience, and outstanding workshop management.

Schedule

Session 1: February 11, 2026 - Organizational Assessment
Session 2: February 18, 2026 - People, Process, Infrastructure and Programs
Session 3: February 25, 2026 - Operationalize DesignOps
Session 4: March 4, 2026 - Articulate the Value of DesignOps

You can view the full series summary here.