Cross-Functional Teams Archives - Quality During Design

Social Dynamics within Engineering with Yakira Mirabito (A Chat with Cross-Functional Experts)

Dianna Deeney interviews Yakira Mirabito about social dynamics within engineering and how it affects decision-making.

Improving Communication and the Workplace with Meagan Pollock (A Chat with Cross-Functional Experts)

Dianna Deeney interviews Meagan Pollock about improving communication and the workplace.

Effective Team Meetings: From Chaos to Cohesion

In today’s fast-paced and highly competitive environment, team meetings can often feel like a necessary evil. They can be messy, complicated, and sometimes a complete waste of time. However, in this episode, we reveal how to turn these often-chaotic gatherings into cohesive, productive, and efficient sessions. One of the primary focuses of this episode is…

From Solo to Collaboration: Lessons from Nobel Laureate Shuji Nakamura and Dale Carnegie

Are you harnessing the power of collaboration in your professional life? What could Shuji Nakamura, the Nobel Prize-winning engineer behind the blue LED, teach you about teamwork and career growth? Discover how transitioning from an independent researcher to a collaborative leader can elevate your professional journey. Join me, Dianna Deeney, as I share insights from…

From “Fall-Through” to “Follow-Through”: A Proactive Strategy for Design

Too much “fall-through”? We talk about the proactive strategy “follow-up and follow-through” and what that looks like for design.

Driving Effective Conversations-Prioritizing and Decision Making at Concept Development and Beyond

We navigate the challenge of prioritizing and decision making to make the crucial trade-off decisions that can make or break your product.

Driving Effective Conversations-Three Major Aspects to Consider for DfX

How do we better design for excellence? We should ask our cross-functional teams about these three major aspects. Knowing why helps.

Driving Effective Conversations-Taking the Lead in Working Meetings

We unravel the importance of communication and self-advocacy in the realm of product design, how to take the lead in working meetings with cross-functional teams to get design inputs.

Foundations-Understanding Cross-Functional Collaboration

On this episode of Quality during Design, we pull back the curtains on the dynamics of cross-functional collaboration in product design.

Information Development in Design, with Scott Abel – Part 2 (A Chat with Cross-Functional Experts)

Scott Abel and Dianna Deeney talk about information development; how experts in this field are an integral part of product design.