Uday Gajendar

" The lipstick on the pig—cosmetic fixes give little impact without addressing deeper usability and business value. "

" Knowledge is the material we’re working with in AI design, not just pixels or code. "

" We have a code of conduct. It’s not just window dressing, it’s the front door to a process with people behind it. "

" This is a conversation, a conference is just a polished snapshot of a conversation that’s happening. "

" Newness isn’t necessarily a new methodology—it can be a new way of looking at something familiar. "

" Grab that final drink and hang in there for one last thematic journey. "

" Boone’s talk reveals methods for senior ICs to make sense of enterprise complexities by staging interventions. "

" Good ethical trauma responsive design should really be what we just call design — it should be intrinsic. "

" Trauma-informed work is a journey of becoming, not a destination. "

" Being trauma informed is not a destination but a journey of continuous learning and unlearning. "

" Design has to incorporate intellectual humanism—remembering we’re designing for people, with people. "

" Cornelius Rushrew will set the stage and tone for how to tackle problems at scale. "

" We treat the design system like a software product with a backlog, QA, and a product owner prioritizing feature requests. "

" Enterprise UX is fraught with ambiguity, complexity, and a lot of people who may be skeptical, cynical, or apathetic. "