Dan Willis
Consultant, U.S. Digital Service
Dan Willis is a designer and consultant helping the U.S. Digital Service fix the federal government one project at a time. He led a major DesignOps effort at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and is currently helping FEMA overhaul its approach for creating enterprise software. Willis led design teams at PBS, Marriott and The Washington Post and his consulting clients have included Volkswagen, the Royal Bank of Canada and the American Museum of Natural History. A frequent speaker at international, national and local UX-related conferences, he is the co-author and illustrator of Designing the Conversation: Techniques for Successful Facilitation.
Rosenverse talks by Dan:
" The last of long time, we end up in bars late at night, exhausted but happy from all the conversations and learning. "
Theme 3: Intro
January 8, 2024
" The more specific a story gets, the more universal the themes are felt by everybody. "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 3, 2019
" Collective consciousness and alignment is a game of patience; conflict and friction often precede progress. "
Panel Discussion: Integrating DesignOps
November 7, 2018
" Once an organization has seen the value of involving users and design, it can never unsee it, no matter the churn. "
Filling the Void
November 7, 2018
" Estimates are not commitments, they are guesses. "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 14, 2018
" I’m worried you aren’t up to it, frankly. "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 8, 2017
" Working with these HR people, they’re really nice people, even if they have absolutely no clue how to fit round pigs into square holes. "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
June 8, 2016
" It’s more important to appear to be doing something than to appear to be thinking about something. "
Enterprise Storytelling Sessions
May 13, 2015
