To build a strong partnership with your designer, feedback sharing is crucial. To help you achieve this, here are some Dos and Donts:

Donts:

- Avoid sharing pixel-level feedback in the early design stages.

- Refrain from giving feedback that falls outside the design scope.

- Dont critique the design without first understanding the background.

Do‘s:

- Inspire designers rather than educate them.

- Recognize and appreciate their great work.

I failed before - I once faced a situation where I had only 20 seconds in an elevator to sell my product to a senior business leader. I started with a high-level description of my product, using many positive words and quickly mentioning five features in short sentences. However, I made the mistake of focusing on hard selling instead of storytelling.


In retrospect, I should have converted the features into key use cases with clear scenarios, highlighting the real value that the business leader could gain from them. 

Ive seen and worked on a lot of design systems. To tell if theyre good, I look at two things:

- The DONTs: Many systems forget to say what not to do. This leads to mistakes, especially when its too late to fix them.

- Clear Component Definitions: Its hard to explain what each component does, but its important. This helps people use them right, now and in the future.

No design system is perfect at first. Its okay to make changes as you go. But always try to provide the best DONT and Definition you can.