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Guide Mentoring tomorrow’s design leaders

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Inside you will find

Introduction
Tips on how to find a mentor
Top mentoring tips
Resources

This will interest

Future design mentors/leaders
Designers

Mentoring relationships either click or they don’t, but the ones that do can last a lifetime.
Les Wynn, Design Manager Xerox Europe and Nextnet Mentor

From October 2007 to April 2008 the Design Council ran a pilot leadership development scheme for designers called NextNet.

As part of it, we tested a mentoring programme which paired 13 mid-level designers with different senior designers.

This booklet shares what we learned about mentoring for designers.

Resources

Design Council's Response to NPPF Radical, lasting reform needs design at the heart of it, not just a part of it: Radical, lasting reform needs design at the heart of it, not just a part of it:

Publication — 17/05/2018

Healthy placemaking

Healthy placemaking

Healthy placemaking report Exploring the attitudes and behaviours of built environment practitioners towards healthy placemaking. Exploring the attitudes and behaviours of built environment practitioners towards healthy placemaking.

Report — 10/04/2018

Dips summary banner

Dips summary banner

Design in the Public Sector: Lessons from applying design approaches in... What we’ve learnt from helping public sector staff to use design approaches. What we’ve learnt from helping public sector staff to use design approaches.

Report — 27/02/2018

Design Council Support and Business Survival and Growth report Businesses supported by Design Council over a ten year period survive longer and grow faster than businesses, according to independent research. Businesses supported by Design Council over a ten year period survive longer and grow faster than others, according to independent research.

Report — 02/02/2018

Design programme the catalyst that helped a 145-year-old business flourish Halifax based business James Heal had experienced flat sales before applying for Designing Demand in 2009 – a Design Council business support programme to help businesses grow using design. Halifax based business James Heal had experienced flat sales before applying for our Designing Demand programme in 2009.

Case study — 02/02/2018

Design helped Midlands transport business to double their turnover White Logistics, one of the UK’s leading providers of logistics, warehouse and storage solutions opened its doors to design experts back in 2010 and has never looked back White Logistics opened its doors to design experts back in 2010 and has never looked back.

Case study — 02/02/2018

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