432: Traits of a Good Manager

This week, we spent more time exploring the traits of a good designer manager. In the Sidebar, we talk about the design details of Apple’s Studio Display and Mac Studio.

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Main Topic:

This week, we spent more time exploring the traits of a good designer manager.

• What makes a good manager?
• We tweeted: ‌What's the most memorable thing a manager has done for/to you? It could be positive or negative, but just generally something that left an impression or changed your trajectory.
  • Read the responses.

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• Brian shared Any Distance, a beautiful app designed to help you share your workout stories.
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