My guests today is Kyle Turman who is the the Director of Product Design at Retool and previously led design teams at Slack, Dropbox, and Etsy. Interview Video: https://youtu.be/CPnSHrk9e6U In this episode, we discuss the following: - Why I'm interviewing Kyle Turman - Why is it hard for IC designers to switch into a design manager role? - What changes when you become a design manager from an IC designer? - Imposter Syndrome being a first time Design Manager - How do you measure output as a design manager? - How does a Design Manager track their progress? - Importance of focusing on business impact as a Design Manager - Why should a Design Manager pay attention to the existing company culture? - Why you should not micro manage your direct reports as a Design Manager? - Should you give feedback to your Design Manager if they are micromanaging you? - What are the long term impacts of not delegating work? - Why do you have to motivate your direct reports as a Design Manager? - How ...