20. 10050
53%
I can do my best work every day
43%
There are good career
opportunities for me at Pinterest
55%
I see myself working at Pinterest
in 12 months
59%
I feel like I belong at Pinterest
43. BestWork
How might we create
more collaboration
within the team?
Career
How might we make
career paths and
skills more clear?
How might we help
managers and
reports think about
long-term aspirations
together?
Value
How might we
recognize good work
on the team
regardless of it’s
scope?
problems.
50. BestWork
Hold a weekly, two-
hour block for design
collaboration in one
location.
Career
Define the hard and
soft skills that make
team members
impactful.
Create a career
conversation template
that managers and
reports use to set
goals together.
Value
Set up a slack
channel for peer-to-
peer recognition.
Write a monthly
“user feedback love
letter” that shows
value of iterative
work.
ideas.
53. Objective
Improve role
comprehension by
defining skills that
make team members
impactful.
SuccessMetric
5% increase in
career opportunity
question of company
survey
>60% of reports say
they understand
what is expected of
them
Support
Working group
nominees from
design leadership
H218
62. 10050
53%
I can do my best work every day
43%
There are good career
opportunities for me at Pinterest
55%
I see myself working at Pinterest
in 12 months
59%
I feel like I belong at Pinterest
63. 10050
64%
I can do my best work every day
56%
There are good career
opportunities for me at Pinterest
67%
I see myself working at Pinterest
in 12 months
70%
I feel like I belong at Pinterest
64.
65. “whatwas”and goals
Career
Problem
Supporting
Projects
H22018Goal
There is no clear
path to develop skills
and progress in your
career on the team
Skills mapping
Skills inventory
exercise
1:1 resources
Career conversation
guide
5% increase in
career opportunity
question of company
survey
>60% of reports say
they understand
what is expected of
them
67. what’snext?
BestWork
Idea
Supporting
Projects
Support
Support mastery of
craft by using our
skills mapping as a
guide for learning &
development
New manager
training
Skill building team
offsite
Monthly “design
school” classes
$10k for team offsite
$150 supply stipend
for monthly classes
$10k for external
course facilitators
68. sharesomedetails.
18 Quote
Love notes to team
members from users
and cross-functional
partners
“Love letters are great. They continually
highlight work that improves the product, and
make me feel more connected to Pinners.
Excited to see how these expand to other
work that might be underrepresented!”
71. 10050
64% → 80%
I can do my best work every day
56% → 90%
There are good career
opportunities for me at Pinterest
67% → 80%
I see myself working at Pinterest
in 12 months
70% → 90%
I feel like I belong at Pinterest