Norman is a senior design manager based in Singapore. At Grab, he drives strategy, design, culture, and growth across the organization with a focus on elevating user experiences across support, comms, safety, and family experiences for 600+ million people across Southeast Asia. He’s deeply fascinated by how businesses, communities, and ecosystems are built, broken, and evolved and why we make the choices we do.
Outside of work, he shares his insights as a writer, moderator, and speaker. He’s been nominated as a young gun by Antalis 10-20-30, a judge for Singapore Good Design and has been featured in Business Times, Singapore Economic Development, The Straits Times, art4d, MTV Asia, The Breakfast Show, and Juice magazine.
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Hi all! Please use this discussion thread to discuss Design Leadership — Paths for Progress held on Aug 13, 2024.
Feel free to ask questions about the place, date and time, agenda of the meeting, or anything else.
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Hi Daylon
This meet up sounds great
I just have a question about the time The email invite says 8pm AEST 13th August This page says 8pm UTC 13th August (which would be 6am AEST 14th August)
Can you please clarify which one we should follow?
Hi Daylon how are you ? I am interested in your discussion. But at the moment I have not so much experience in UX Design, I came from Product design field and made some Brand strategies and Business concepts for my Customers. I am looking forward to hearing you.
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A community of professionals from all walks of life, who share a passion for great design and how it can benefit their career, their company, and society in general.
Meetups are the heartbeat of IxDF Local Groups, whether we meet at a café or a creative space. There's nothing quite like the magic of meeting face-to-face to share ideas and inspiration.
We also host regular IxDF Design Dinners, where we enjoy great food and help each other learn and grow. Even a simple coffee meetup in a cafe can ignite collaborations and friendships that last a lifetime.
You don't have to be a designer, just passionate about great design and how it can improve your work and career. Design skills make you valuable - in any job and any industry.
You'll also have a private and exclusive online forum where you can openly get help and career advice.
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