# How to build a resilient design team

DevFeed: [How to build a resilient design team](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-build-a-resilient-design-team-9789.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/how-to-build-a-resilient-design-team/>)

Author: Jonas Downey

Published: 2025-09-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

The article presents guidance for building resilient design teams in a rapidly changing, high-pressure environment. It emphasizes trust, a shared mission, psychological safety, open communication, varied ways to contribute, regular check-ins, and realistic workload planning. It draws on the author's experiences at Figma, Twitter, and 37signals.

## Source excerpt

In an environment that demands speed and agility, how do you build a team that's resilient to change, no matter what's around the corner?