Free Lesson
Defusing Politics to Ship Great Designs
30 min
Jun 16, 2025 3:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom)
In this video
What you'll learn
Get a tactical playbook that works
Learn to keep turf wars, executive meddling, missing info, & perceived failure from derailing your projects.
Learn to prevent pushback before it starts
To give your project the best shot, decide who to involve, when to bring them in, and how to engage them.
Go behind-the scenes at Airbnb & DoorDash
Hear how politics nearly derailed big launches, and how I got them back on track.
Join the bonus Q&A for personalized advice
After the lesson, stay for an extra 30-minute of Q&A to get help with your toughest stakeholder situations.
Why this topic matters
Great designs only ship when key stakeholders are bought in—but not everyone is easy to convince. Most designers weren't trained to handle the tricky politics that delay or kill valuable work. From territorialism to executive meddling, in this lesson I’ll share tactics I’ve used to defuse the most common and disruptive stakeholder situations and keep my work on track.
You'll learn from
Ryan Scott
Design leader · Airbnb, DoorDash, Salesforce · Berkeley MBA
Previously at
