Senior Design Director, Intapp
Joe Meersman is the Sr. Director of Design at Intapp. Previously, Joe worked at IBM, where he led teams of designers in the delivery of cognitive-enabled applications and services across the Cloud and Watson portfolios. As part of IBM Design’s core team, he has educated over 1000 non-designers in design thinking and activated practitioners working on product teams across the globe. Before joining IBM, he delivered user experiences for Razorfish, Motorola, Herman Miller, Walgreens, State Farm, Belk, Veolia, Highmark, Polycom, Covidien, MSA, Allstate, Follett, Samsung, and Chrysler. He lives in Austin, TX with his wife, two children, and a Great Pyrenees.
Stop Chasing Seats and Tables
What does ‘A Seat at the Table’ mean? It’s time to take something we hear and break it down into something actionable. Maybe you are a Design Leader that sits at an executive’s table. Maybe you aren’t, at least not yet. Either way, there are some important distinctions between the types of tables and the seats one can have in their design career. In this presentation, Joe Meersman will elaborate on the ‘Getting a seat at the table’ metaphor to provide pragmatic insights into what you can do to earn, keep, and move seats at the table.
