A SIX-WEEK DESIGN CLINIC
Take the leap from senior to lead.
You've mastered the craft. Senior made you excellent. Now, lead demands something else. The Unflux Leads helps you make that move with structure, not guesswork.
Most senior designers are never taught to lead. They're handed a team and left to figure it out.
The skills that make someone an exceptional senior designer are not the skills that make them an effective lead. Craft stops being the job. Structure becomes it — and almost no one is taught how to build it.
That gap is where careers stall. Not for lack of talent. For lack of a way through. Hence, The Unflux Leads.
A clinic, not a course.
Small, candid, and built around the real challenges you bring into the room. Over six weeks we work through the three pillars that this transition actually demands — and you leave with a concrete plan to bring structure to your own design organization.
Product
Design is no longer the output – it's the lever. Influence strategy through design, prioritize what matters, and measure the impact you drive.
Process
Build the systems behind great design – reviews, ops, rituals, and hiring. This is the foundation that scales quality beyond you and any one person.
People
Develop skills that grow people, and learn to influence without authority. These are the hard conversations leadership is actually made of.
You're on the edge of leading — or already there and finding your footing.
This is for senior product designers ready to do the work of a leader, not just hold the title. We're selective because the room only works when everyone in it belongs.
- You're close to the transition.About to step up, newly leading, or stuck just below it with the gaps live and urgent.
- You already lead before the title.You're influencing how your team works, even without the authority to.
- You're coachable.Open to candid feedback in a small, honest room.
- You're embedded in a team.With real problems your capstone plan can map onto.
A design-infrastructure plan for your own org.
The clinic builds toward a single tangible outcome: a concrete plan to bring structure to the design organization you actually work in. You leave with direction, not just inspiration.
Built to fit a working designer's week.
Taught by someone who does the job.
Elias Awili has spent the last six years leading design — currently heading a team of 13 designers across the world. The Unflux Leads distills what that experience taught about the senior-to-lead transition: that the difference isn't talent, it's structure. Learn more
Six seats. Tell us why one is yours.
The application takes real thought — that's by design. We read for how you think, not how polished you sound. It should take about 15–20 minutes.
Free for this first cohort. The form takes about 15–20 minutes. We read every application carefully and reply to everyone.