As design leaders step into roles with greater scope and responsibility, the challenge often shifts from doing great design to creating the conditions for great design to happen. This workshop is designed for new and emerging design leaders who want to scale their impact by bringing structure, clarity, and intention to how their teams operate. The session positions design operations as a core leadership capability, not a support function or an afterthought. Participants will explore how ops can be used to diagnose organisational barriers that limit effectiveness, such as unclear decision making, misaligned priorities, missing rituals, or gaps in capability. Rather than adding more process, the workshop focuses on understanding what truly enables teams to do good work and how leaders can remove friction in practical, sustainable ways.