How we use leverage as a design department

Why use leverage?
Leverage helps you reduce effort AND increase impact

How we increase leverage:

• Use best available 3rd-party tools
• Build internal tools
• Create processes — usually built around tools – that amplify impact
• Hire top talent other teams overlook (remote work helps!)

How company benefits:

• Revenue grows more quickly
• OpEx grows more slowly
• Employees produce multiples of what they normally could
• Work completed more quickly
• Employees remain engaged and often stay longer

How employees benefit:

• Repetitive tasks get automated (most of us hate robotic work)
• Extra time to focus on more meaningful business problems
• Work feels more meaningful because impact is large and clear
• Get to use latest and greatest software
• Opportunity to work with other top talent