Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

Speaker 

Luvvie Ajayi, GAP, Senior Manager of Digital Product Creation

Luvvie Ajayi is currently the senior manager of digital product creation, tasked with creating a new digital sample workflow for Gap, Inc. brands, Gap, Banana Republic & Athleta. Previously, he led the implementation and execution of 3D technology for Full Beauty Brands. As a senior manager of technical design, the task included visiting numerous factories in China, India, Pakistan, Madagascar & Mauritius as part of vendor onboarding, as well as working with design and merchant team leaders to create a digital workflow. The role also included training users and establishing best practices and standards. The first steps of the implementation included a complete analysis of competitive software providers and structuring parallel trials, involving a parallel fit process with virtual samples and the physical twins.

Session Bio

5+ years ago when Bernard Grenier was first starting out with 3D at Fullbeauty Brands, there was not the volume of users or the industry-wide collaboration that there is today. Instead, they found themselves very much in the dark which led to many mistakes and many reboots.

As the pandemic has forced more and more companies to step into the disruption of 3D, Bernard asks himself, 'what would have been great to know back then at the start of his journey?' in the hopes that he can help this new user group scale faster and more effectively.

In this session, join Bernard as he presents a practical share out, more specifically:

- Ask yourself, in an ideal world, what do you want your digital workflow to look like?

- How can that initial vision help you to navigate the tool evaluation and selection process?

- How important are initial guidelines and guardrails in keeping your rollout manageable?

- What questions should you be asking the solution providers for full transparency?

- What should your partnership with your chosen solution provider look like, and how can that help you moving forward at scale?

- What should your partnership with your vendors look like, and how can that help you moving forward at scale?

- How can and should 3D re-write how different teams work together and interact?

- Aim higher than just reducing physical samples: there is so much more you can do!

- Identify who are your champions, who are your fence-sitters and who are your heel-draggers, and understanding how to navigate that dynamic