Ben Callahan
Sparkbox was founded in 2009 with a mission to build a better web. As founder, Ben has helped lead and grow the organization while they work alongside clients like Adobe, Mozilla, Docusign, and Stanford University.
In his spare time, Ben is the Founder of Redwoods Design System Community (https://bencallahan.com/redwoods) and Host of The Question (https://bencallahan.com/the-question), a collaborative learning podcast diving into deep niche questions about design systems.
He’s focused his energy most recently on developing a maturity model for design systems, articulating the anatomy of design systems, and chronicling his findings about workplace culture in the tech space. When not knee-deep in these explorations with others, Ben is a father, partner, poet, and home barista. His personal motto is, “Stay in learning mode” and this helps him to remember that every interaction is an opportunity to grow.
How Culture Can Close the Design System Value Gap.
February 11 – 8:10 AM
Most organizations are struggling to realize the full, promised value of design systems. They find themselves stuck in an endless cycle of “adding and re-building components” instead of tackling the hard work of shifting an organization’s perspective toward more systematic practices.
In this talk, design system expert, consultant and author Ben Callahan shares a framework to expose this challenge and offers a handful of techniques to help you look up from the tactical and make progress on the strategic, cultural work that’s required to see more holistic impact from a design system program.
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