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Figma
A shared design workspace with AI tools for interfaces, prototypes, diagrams, and slides.
What it is
Figma lets teams design interfaces, clickable prototypes, diagrams, presentations, and reusable visual components together. Its AI tools can create or edit early designs and turn a written idea into a working prototype that stakeholders can review before development.
Ways to use it
Ideas from real executive operations work. Take the ones that fit.
- Create a first dashboard prototype from a written workflow and review the information order before development.
- Map a cross-team process with owners, handoffs, approvals, and failure paths.
- Build a reusable visual component set for recurring leadership reports.
- Collect comments directly on a proposed client or employee experience.
- Share a view-only prototype with stakeholders while limiting edit access to the project team.
Our take
Figma is useful when seeing and testing a workflow will prevent an expensive build mistake. AI can accelerate the first draft, but the value comes from reviewing the real decisions, exceptions, and user experience before anyone builds the final tool.