How Great Designers Lead in 2025 | Currents
"Writing code is the same thing as doing interaction design or doing visual design or even drawing, like in my brain there's like this level of abstraction where no matter what it is that I'm doing, it all kind of funnels up to the same critical thinking process."
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Show Notes
What does it mean to lead with both vision and craft? In this episode, Lee Brenner—Partner and Head of Design at Funsize—shares how he navigates the complexities of leadership while staying rooted in hands-on design work. He reflects on the evolving role of a design leader, the balance between delegation and doing, and the responsibility of keeping a business creatively and operationally strong. From his early days as a computer science graduate and engineer to building a career in design, Lee opens up about the moments that shaped him, the challenges that keep him curious, and what it takes to keep growing in a fast-changing industry.
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