Trusted by 2500+ designers and teams including talent from:
Apple
MasterCard
Slack
Shopify
The NY Times
Airbnb
Adobe
Atlassian
Condé Nast
Github
Experian
Canva
Etsy
Capital One
Vercel
Booking.com
Zillow
ANZ
Automattic
Squarespace
Medium
StreetEasy
Uber
Meta
Justworks
Spotify
MongoDB
Toast
Netflix
Amazon
LaunchDarkly
Bumble
Figma
Lyft
Not more theory from someone who's never had your job. Build the skills from the lessons that worked inside Apple, Electronic Arts, USAA, and more.
The Strategic Designer
★★★★★ 4.8 • 2,500+ designers
A strategic operating system to grow the communication, measurement, influence, and negotiation skills to handle the business side of design.
Design Org Strategy
★★★★★ 4.9 • 600+ design leaders
The connected system to lead your Design team, measure what matters, and know the calls you're making are the right ones.
The CDO School Toolkit
★★★★★ 4.9 • 10k+ design leaders
Get my complete library of courses, frameworks, and strategies taught and refined over six years with over 10,000 designers.
Designers love CDO School
I'm Ryan Rumsey. I started CDO School with the conviction that designers deserve more support (and less finger-waving) to better navigate business's ever-changing landscape. We don't do blame or superficial solutions here.
Drawing from my 20+ years as a designer and leader at companies like Apple, Electronic Arts, and USAA, I built CDO School to equip you with practical methods and skills to understand your business, build genuine influence with the people you work with, and stay true to yourself.
Here, you'll gain the confidence to know your work matters, the conviction to speak up in strategic conversations, and the assurance that your time and energy are worth it. When you join us, you'll not only know how to respond at work, you'll feel valued and heard.
After CDO School, it won't matter if they don't get design. You'll win anyway.
I read everything. If you're not sure if CDO School is right for you, or if you want to understand which service fits your specific situation, just ask.
Email me directly: ryan[at]thecdo.school
Ryan Rumsey
Founder, CDO School
