John Reese — Design Leadership & AI https://jreese.com Thinking on design leadership, AI-augmented workflows, and building design orgs at scale. By John Reese — 15 years leading UX at Walmart, Home Depot, and beyond. en-us Reese@jreese.com (John Reese) Reese@jreese.com (John Reese) Copyright 2026 John Reese 2880 https://jreese.com/favicon.svg John Reese https://jreese.com How AI Compresses the Design Workflow https://jreese.com/thinking/ai-design-process https://jreese.com/thinking/ai-design-process Record discovery. Run it through Claude. Ship wireframes within hours of project kickoff. A practical, repeatable workflow for integrating AI into design from day one. Record discovery. Run it through Claude. Ship wireframes within hours of project kickoff. Here's the exact workflow.

AI doesn't replace the design process — it compresses it. The same discovery rigor, the same synthesis, the same craft. Just faster, with fewer handoff gaps.

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]]> AI + Design Reese@jreese.com (John Reese) The Power of Northstar Design https://jreese.com/thinking/northstar-design https://jreese.com/thinking/northstar-design What Northstar designs are, why they create org-wide alignment, and how to use them to earn executive buy-in — even before a single line of code is written. What Northstar designs are, why they create org-wide alignment, and how to use them to earn executive buy-in.

A Northstar isn't a prototype. It isn't a concept. It's a shared language — a picture of the future that every team, every executive, and every engineer can point to.

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]]> Strategy Reese@jreese.com (John Reese) What Makes a Great Design Leader https://jreese.com/thinking/great-design-leader https://jreese.com/thinking/great-design-leader Four pillars built from 15 years of leadership: Define Success, Build Culture, Elevate Craft, Develop Skills. What separates design leaders who scale from those who plateau. Four pillars built from 15 years of leadership: Define Success, Build Culture, Elevate Craft, Develop Skills.

Great design leadership isn't about being the best designer in the room. It's about making everyone else better — and building the conditions where great work is inevitable.

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