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In human-centred design, we’re taught to listen—to users, stakeholders, and communities. But how often do we talk about listening to each other? One of the most underrated leadership skills isn’t knowing all the answers—it’s knowing when to truly listen.

No one builds a career in human-centered design alone. While the field is often framed around skills, frameworks, and methodologies, there’s an underappreciated force that sustains many of us: encouragement.

Speaking at a recent event at the NSW Treasury in Sydney, Andrea Siodmak from the UK’s PolicyLab described how she admired Buckmaster Fuller’s analogy of design leadership to that of a ‘trim tab’. A trim tab is the small piece of a rudder that overcomes inertia by breaking a ship’s slipstream and which allows even an enormous oil tanker to turn with minimum effort.