The Samelogic Podcast #98: Building High Performance UX Teams with Sudha Browslawsky
Nov 1, 2024
Sudha Broslawsky, a UX leader who builds high-performance design teams and champions inclusive hiring. She challenges take-home design exercises and suggests collaborative, real-time assessments. Short stories explore spotting leadership, balancing soft and hard skills, and turning unconventional backgrounds into cross-functional strengths.
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Ditch Take-Home Design Tests
- Avoid take-home design exercises because they create inequity and don't mimic real design work.
- Replace them with collaborative, time-boxed sessions that show how candidates work with others.
Assess Growth Through Stories
- Assess growth by asking for examples where candidates rejected the status quo and pushed change.
- Assess leadership by asking how they influenced others and gained followers through vision.
Hire For Team Context, Not A Template
- Match hiring criteria to the team's maturity and balance hard and soft skills accordingly.
- Hire a mix of senior influencers and growth-potential hires to build culture and reduce friction.