You're talented. Your ideas are solid.

So why are you still excluded from the meetings that matter?

Because you're not translating your design work into business impact.

While you're moving pixels, others are showing how design moves metrics.

When you speak about how "Users liked this", they're speaking about how "their re-design improved conversion rates."

And while you're waiting for recognition, they're getting promoted.

But learning how to do that doesn't require an MBA. It just requires you to work with the Data you already have.

If you can't connect your work to measurable outcomes that any designer has access to:

You'll stay on the sidelines: watching PMs and others make strategic decisions about your designs

Your best ideas will get shelved: because stakeholders don't see the evidence they need to back them up

You'll hit a career ceiling: stuck as the "Figma person" while others advance to leadership

Your job becomes vulnerable: especially as AI commoditizes basic design skills and companies cut "nice-to-have" roles

The harsh truth? In 2025, companies aren't hiring designers who just make things pretty.

They're hiring designers who can solve business problems. To do that, you need to understand the data you already have.

As one Design Leader with 20+ years told me: "It's hard to justify a team member's existence if they've been in meetings for 3 months and nobody knows their name. The person who's listening and understanding the business - that person gets it. There's value in collaborating and supporting team success, not just doing pretty pixels and UI."

When you start learning to use your company's data to show design impact, you'll:

Get invited to strategy meetings: because you bring concrete metrics, not just opinions

Bypass office politics: with numbers from tools your company already uses

Become indispensable: by proving your designs improve the metrics executives track

Accelerate your career: earning the promotions and respect you deserve

You don't need an MBA or business training. You just need to a plan to connect design to business outcomes, a framework to follow, and help along the way.

This intensive 4-week program transforms excluded designers into data-savvy strategic partners.

Limited to 15 students for personalized 1:1 coaching.

Training Your Team? Email kai@datainformeddesign.online for bulk pricing and personalized options.