Design Meets Business Building a Culture That Sustains Craft, AI's Role in Creativity, and Why Good Debates Make Better Design, with Jennifer Darmour (VP Design at Oracle Health)
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Dec 3, 2025 Jennifer Darmour, VP of Design at Oracle Health who reimagines healthcare around beauty, meaning, and wellness. She talks about building cultures that sustain craft. She explains why good debates improve design. She explores AI’s role in creativity and what designers should double down on.
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Practice Explaining Problems And Why Solutions Win
- Develop critical thinking and storytelling to explain who the user is, the problem, and why your solution wins.
- Prioritize articulation over execution since AI will accelerate routine outputs but not human judgement.
Model Vulnerability And Create A Safety Net For Learning
- Build a growth culture by modeling vulnerability: leaders say “I don't know, let's figure it out together.”
- Create safety nets and individual goals so people can practice risky skills and learn by falling and getting up.
Give People Stepwise Opportunities To Practice Skills
- Give each person concrete growth moments: start presenting to peers, then product partners, then leadership.
- Tie individual skill goals to real project responsibilities so learning is practice-with-feedback.