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      Interaction Design Foundation

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      Interaction Design Foundation reviews

      4.1

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (66 total reviews)

      Mads Soegaard and Rikke Friis Dam

      83% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Senior management

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      Interaction Design Foundation has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 66 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Interaction Design Foundation employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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      66 reviews
      5.0
      Mar 23, 2021

      Awesome organization with an exciting future

      Senior design educator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - My colleagues exemplify the organizational values: Smart, humble and hardworking - Don Norman contributes to our online courses, how cool is that? - New team members are welcomed with open arms and working remotely is a made easy because of the thoughtfulness that goes into setting people up for success

      Cons

      I miss the proximity to students that you have in a physical classroom. Then again, classroom teaching would have been impossible in the last year because of Covid-19. I guess this makes me privileged to still be able to teach in such trying times and it had certainly made me appreciate online education.

      5.0
      Mar 10, 2021

      Rewarding, but you’ll have to work for it

      Video editor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Amazing culture - Comprehensive guidelines for video creation - No micromanaging and no nonsense - Humble, smart, helpful and passionate coworkers - Accessible CEO - Trusting management - Collaborative, engaging and fast paced - It's a great place to learn and grow

      Cons

      - Lots of hard, but rewarding work - Difficult to work with team members across so many time zones

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      Interaction Design Foundation Response
      5y
      A culture of trust and transparency is very important to us and we’re so glad you’re seeing it in leadership and your team. Thanks for being along for this ride as we learn and grow to create the best possible workplace – and of course a dent in the universe ;-) As the CEO, I can give you my personal guarantee that I will keep being accessible and that IxDF will remain independent and ever-growing for the next 40 years!
      5.0
      Mar 6, 2021

      A relentless focus on quality and impact

      Design education
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I appreciate the following things about the company culture in the IxDF: - A noble mission of helping make the world a better place. Not as a cliché - but in real, measurable terms. - A relentless focus on quality and impact. - No office politics and bureaucracy - but a focus on what really matters. - We combine the approach of a studio and a factory: In “studio mode”, we’re collaborative, idea generating and everyone can chime in (great for your extroverted sides). In “factory mode”, the mantra is “ideas are worthless without execution” and we get stuff done (great for your introverted sides). - A focus on hiring *senior* professionals only. - We don’t waste time on the latest and most hyped tools. We try to find a balance between sticking with what works and exploring the new. - A pragmatic approach to process/method. We can do a full-circle Design Thinking process for a new feature. Or we can use independent judgement and intuition to quickly make a decision and ship a feature. It all depends on the context and we’re not caught up in process for the sake of process. - A hands-on approach where even the founders love to participate in work.

      Cons

      I have seen colleagues become disgruntled and unhappy in the following situations: - When a senior team member realizes that he/she does not have adequate execution skills. Some former colleagues have fallen into the trap of “illusory superiority” where they seem to feel they are too senior to be asked to produce actual results. - When a team member can not effectively work in a team.

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      Interaction Design Foundation Response
      5y
      Thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to leave this review. I’m glad you brought up the subject of helping make the world a better place, which is something that is at the core of our mission. As you said, it can sound like a cliché, but it drives much of the decision making for us an organization, meaning that most of the things we do improve the quality of our courses. This way, the hundreds of thousands of designers that take these courses can go out into the world with their newly found knowledge and create amazing product and services that can make the world a better place.
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