Mentoring tomorrow’s design leaders

Guide
03/07/2009

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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. 

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Design Economy 2021: Commissioning Brief The ambition for DE21 is to move the Design Economy from being just about the state of design in the UK, to more robustly illustrate how design and design skills make a difference; and demonstrate the value they bring in helping the UK tackle major challenges that we are facing today – socially,... The ambition for DE21 is to move the Design Economy from being just about the state of design in the UK, to more robustly illustrate how ...

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Design Perspectives: Design Skills Design Council believes that the development of design skills across our current and future workforces is essential. This report intends to explain why. It considers the importance of anticipating the post-COVID-19 economic recovery as well as other ongoing challenges, such as the impact of... Design Council believes that the development of design skills across our current and future workforces is essential...

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