Episode 13: How Creators Can Become Company Leaders

In this episode, we’ll be talking about why traditional CEOs have been replaced by a new breed called DEOs, design executive officers, and how companies are basically being led by executives who embrace design thinking.

To help us out, I’ve invited Maria Giudice formerly the founder of Hot Studio. Maria built and successfully ran Hot Studio through 3 tech busts, I’d say that’s enough of a reason for me to want to learn from this amazing design leader! Hot Studio was eventually acquired by Facebook. Maria’s latest role is as the VP of Experience Design at Autodesk and she has co-authored a new book called The Rise of The DEO.

Whether you’re a leader or aspire to be one, you won’t want to miss listening to this episode, because Maria and are I are going to be talking about how DEOs:

• Are different from traditional CEOs
• Evaluate and take risks
• Are systems level thinkers
• Use their intuition to guide their decision-making
• Have cultivated a high level of social intelligence
• Care about getting shit done!
• Co-create with their teams and manage different roles
• Give employees permission to fail
• influence and shape a company’s culture through their unique leadership style