#29 The evolvement of design communities - with Mindaugas Petrutis Program Director @On Deck

From working in hospitality to building a Design community is a rare transition that Mindaugas Petruitis made. These days Mindaugas is focused on his design fellowship at On Deck (space between On and Deck) as Program Director for the Designer Fellowship. Endless conversations and networking with Product & Design People across the globe motivated and inspired him to come up with this fellowship. In this episode, the product bakers and Mindaugas look at the evolvement of design communities as well as the challenges they are facing.     Table of content: 00:30 - Intro Mindaugas Petrutis 05:45 - The biggest challenges the Design Space is facing 11:00 - Bringing different functions together 14:30 - The On Deck Design Leadership Fellowship 16:55 - From IC to becoming a Leader 18:45 - The importance of mentoring 24:30 - When networking starts to pay-off 27:05 - The Importance of community building 30:40 - Different types of communities 34:20 - Communities aren’t sales channels 37:40 - Mindaugas’ research for On Deck 41:15 - The biggest trends in the Design Space 44:00 - Debrief Alex & Christian   Mindaugas on the internet: Linkedin: @mindaugaspetrutis Twitter: @MindaugasLT On Deck: https://www.beondeck.com/designers  ✩ Follow The Product Bakery Podcast ✩    👨‍💻 Linkedin: Product Bakery    📸 Instagram: @productbakery    🐦 Twitter: @productbakery20    🌍 Website: https://www.product-bakery.com/