The narrator measured team success through multiple metrics and approaches, including collaboration with development colleagues, research with directors and managers, client engagement, and 360-degree feedback for every team member. The assessment aimed to understand perceptions at team, sub-team, and individual levels. Preparation of a presentation outlined accomplishments, skills scope, and directions for growth for a team called Design Queens. A personal highlight occurred when a teammate inserted '(and Heart)' into the job title, signaling heartfelt recognition beyond KPIs. Years later after changing jobs, the narrator prototyped a subversive feature, researched and discussed implementation with developers, and sought a meeting with a high-performing product lead.
the directions for our team's growth. A team we proudly called Design Queens. I remember the moment. It was the end of the workday. I was going through the slides the girls had prepared (specifically, Asia), and then right in front of my eyes it appeared and heart written in brackets, slipped into my job title: Urszula Kluz, Head (and Heart) of Product Design.
No day It's been two, maybe three years since that moment. In the meantime, I've changed jobs. It was a Friday. We were wrapping up two intense weeks of work, closing out the quarter for the whole organization. Lidija, the product lead I was working with, an absolute work titan, was crushing it in every meeting. I watched her craft with admiration. While everyone else was finishing their wrap-ups, I was tinkering away on a little side project: a proposal for a new feature
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