Episode 36: Communicating Impact as a Design Leader with Izwan Ismail
Description
Izwan Ismail is a digital and design leader with over a decade of experience that encompasses startups, scaleups, and corporations. He has advised a government on building startup ecosystems and built the nation's digital and design capability.
Izwan builds and leads teams of world-class designers, product managers, engineers. He believes in tying together the user's need, technology's feasibility and business viability to achieve digital evolution's success.
He also co-founded VLT Labs, a venture builder that builds, launches, and invests in startups across South East Asia, Australia, and Europe. His venture builder successfully merged with McKinsey & Company in 2017. As an Expert Associate Partner In McKinsey, Izwan led the design for Digital Labs in Southeast Asia. He has experience delivering impact in education, banking, insurance, energy, and oil & gas sectors.
Join us to hear us cover:
- Managing upwards in a corporate environment
- Building an in-house designer-friendly ecosystem
- Exciting others on the possibilities of design
- Building sustainable talent practices: new capabilities and new talent
- How do you push yourself to be better as a design leader?
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