REDEFINING DESIGN LEADERSHIP IN THE GENERATIVE ERA ‘The industry isn’t dying, but the version of design leadership that existed five years ago is no longer sufficient,’ says Tey Bannerman , opening our conversation with him exploring the macro shifts reshaping the creative world. For Bannerman, design leadership in the age of AI is no longer simply about mastering the production of pixels, it’s about becoming the strategic bridge between technical possibility and human reality. A former partner at McKinsey & Company and a trained software engineer, Bannerman argues that as the production layer of design becomes increasingly automated, the value of human capabilities has never been higher. Ethical judgment, contextual understanding, and systems thinking are now essential leadership skills.…