Christophe Tauziet - Plaid’s culture of craft, tips for CRIT, and lessons from early Facebook
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Christophe Tauziet - Plaid’s culture of craft, tips for CRIT, and lessons from early Facebook

This week’s episode is with Christophe Tauziet who is the Head of Design at Plaid—one of today’s leading fintech companies.

We go deep into the ways he’s building a culture of craft and the rituals they’ve evolved to consistently sweat the details. There are a lot of practical processes and ideas in this episode.

Some highlights:

  • Keys to a great async video share out
  • How to foster a winning CRIT environment
  • Why Christophe implemented “polish reviews”
  • Ways to foster collaboration within a design org
  • Practical advice for giving better design feedback
  • How Christophe changed what he looks for in design candidates
  • a lot more

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