WHEN to run WHAT type of workshop and WHY it's important

Being able to run effective workshops helped me grow from Senior to Lead to Principal Designer

Hey, Miranda here 👋

This topic is especially close to my heart. Over the years, I’ve run close to 100 workshops, coached designers through dozens more, and even created some of my own formats along the way. It's safe to say I’ve learned a lot about what makes a workshop truly effective (and what doesn’t) — and I’m excited to share some of that with you.

Being able to run effective workshops has been a game-changer in my career — it’s one of the key skills that helped me grow from a Senior designer into a Lead Designer and then into a Principal Designer 👋

I also want to say that I’m an introvert through and through, and just like honing my communication skills, honing my facilitation skills did not come naturally to me. But I saw how a well-run, effective workshop could improve processes, align stakeholders, and generate ideas far better than I could do in isolation. So, I adapted. And now it’s easily one of the most used assets in my toolkit.

👉 As designers, our job isn’t just to cr…