If I hear design led one more time I'm going to toss. Design led companies have frame changing break through talent not a bunch of arrogant wannabees who have grown up at Mattel. If you've worked for a true creative boss or company you know what it looks like. And it's not here. I'm sure they had the potential at one time but they've spent so long making c-ap that mediocre seems exciting to them.
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Based on definition of FECKLESS and many other words ending in 'less', it explains why/how Bryan was promoted.
If this is the case, explain to me why designers are paid less than their engineering and marketing counterparts? Anyone who believes Mattel is design lead is lying to themselves.
Design led sounds like another chapter in a cheesy business book RD musta read.
By definition, Feckless seems very accurate. Lacking in character, afraid to put it on the line for the ideas or people that matter. A tops down and controlling mindset bred of fear and ridiculously unrealistic for a company of this size and complexity.
Mattel isn't Design-led. It's marketing-81handicapped.
The best designers want to design, not manage or direct. The missing part at Mattel is design leaders (manager, director all the way up to SVP) who AREN'T control freaks and who HAVE a spine (def not Wu) and whose ONLY mission/agenda is to clear a path through Mattel's meddlesome ways so great designers can get their best stuff on the market quickly. Down started out that way a decade ago (he was actually amazing back then) but since has sold his soul to make a buck in that toxic culture. Mattel can't be saved with all its entrenched management. Just look at Goody. Every minute he remains there is another slap in the face to common sense. Mattel needs to either be sold, parted out or burn completely down to reinvent itself and rise from the ashes.
Mattel is marketing led as much as it is led in anything.
Feckless is just a word we use around here when talking about upper management because it so perfectly and succinctly describes the majority of them.
feck·less
/ˈfekləs/
adjective
lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible.
synonyms: useless, worthless, incompetent, inefficient, inept, good-for-nothing
The most laughable moment of a 'design led' conversation is when the designers explain to you what it means. If you were brilliant at it, you wouldn't have to explain your value. But I have to ask.....what is the feckless reference?
even the feckless are feckless because their parents were feckless and their parents before them were feckless.
They'll never do it in time.
The code, the code, figure out the code.
Many in Design leadership are feckless. Sad. 😔
So painfully true.
Why don’t they hire the best DESIGN leaders? Only marketing has beens BROUGHT BACK. O yeah and friends of the Entertainment Industry. True- True OP. Don’t drink the KoolAid
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