Craft Across: Adoption Strategies for Design Systems
Join us for a LIVE deep-dive session focused on one of the most challenging but critical aspects of design system success—adoption strategies and change management.
Unlike our Inspect & Reflect series where we explore how design systems show up inside products, this Craft Across session zooms in on the human side of design systems—how to get teams to actually use and embrace your design system. We'll explore practical change management strategies and initiatives that increase adoption across your organization.
Beyond traditional adoption approaches, we'll showcase how modern tooling like Infa.ai can transform adoption by providing contextual insights, enabling collaboration, and connecting the dots between design system components and real product usage.
Speakers
Jeremy Elder
Staff Product Designer, Design System at GitLab
Inspect & Reflect
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Jeremy Elder
Staff Product Designer, Design System at GitLab
For over two decades I’ve distilled complexity into stable systems. I’m currently a staff product designer at GitLab where I merge visual design, accessibility, and frontend proficiency with the design system and DevSecOps platform. As an individual contributor, I've applied my craft in brand, UX, UI design, illustration, iconography, frontend development, and design systems across various industries. I'm system-minded and aim to connect the dots in everything I do, including creating pathways between different roles and teams. I'm a lifelong learner and enjoy contributing to the growth of others.
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Charlotte MacInnes
Product Leader | Design Systems | Platform | UI | AI
Inspect & Reflect
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Charlotte MacInnes
Product Leader | Design Systems | Platform | UI | AI
I am a Product Leader with 7+ years of experience shaping design systems, platform strategies, and scalable product operations for global organisations including Cleo AI, Personio, UKG, and Telstra. My work has delivered measurable impact, from driving major product rebrands and redesigning Information Architecture to improving feature discovery, engagement, and engineering efficiency. I specialise in design systems and platform management, where I bring together strategy, execution, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver user-centric solutions that enable consistency, speed, and long-term scalability. I thrive in environments where thoughtful systems and processes unlock creativity and innovation for product and engineering teams. Alongside my product leadership, I am available for short-term consulting, guest speaking, and industry collaborations. My goal is to help teams scale effectively, adopt best practices, and create experiences that truly resonate with users.
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Stacy Silvernail
Sr. Staff Content Strategist, Design Systems at ServiceNow
Inspect & Reflect
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Nicolas Chatelain
DesignOps Lead at Sanofi
Inspect & Reflect
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Nicolas Chatelain
DesignOps Lead at Sanofi
I'm a Design System Specialist (#Product Designer), passionate about DesignOps & Community Building topics - anything related to collaboration, transparency, Design/Dev relation. Why Design Systems? Because it's a huge scope and a huge playground, embracing every facet of a strategic product's life, from research to advocacy and metrics.
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In this session, we'll dive deep into the strategies and tactics that drive design system adoption. We'll explore change management approaches and practical initiatives you can implement to increase adoption across your teams.
What We'll Explore
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Change Management Strategies
Discover proven approaches to managing organizational change and overcoming resistance to design system adoption. -
Practical Adoption Initiatives
Learn specific initiatives and programs you can implement in your teams to drive design system usage and engagement. -
Tooling for Adoption Enablement
Explore how modern tools can accelerate adoption by providing visibility, context, and collaboration opportunities. -
Component Usage Visibility
Understand how tools like Infa.ai help you see all components in use across your products, using your product as the source of truth. -
Contextual Collaboration Layer
Learn how additional contextual layers help connect the dots, improve onboarding, and enable team collaboration through comments and contributions. -
Real-World Component Variations
Discover how seeing different variations of components in actual products helps teams understand usage patterns and make better decisions.
Who Should Join
- Design System Leads & Managers looking to increase adoption and overcome resistance
- Engineering Managers responsible for design system implementation and team adoption
- DesignOps & Program Managers focused on change management and organizational transformation
- Product Leaders seeking to understand how design systems drive product consistency and team efficiency
- Cross-Functional Team Leads working to align teams around design system usage and collaboration
Format
- Live Deep-Dive Session with real adoption strategies and case studies
- Interactive Tool Demonstrations showing practical adoption enablement
- Community Q&A and Discussion on adoption challenges and solutions
- Practical Toolkit for implementing adoption strategies
Logistics
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Tools Needed:
Chrome + Infa.ai extension (recommended), and curiosity about design system adoption. -
Slack Access:
Join the conversation before and after the session in the Infa community Slack: Join here -
Recording:
All registered attendees will receive the session recording via email within 1–2 days.
Register to receive the recording when it's available.