Lead with Tempo

Name: Lead with Tempo 2022
Start: 2022-03-10
End: 2022-03-11

A conference and community for content design leaders, offering talks, panels and networking with in-person and virtual attendance.

Content DesignDesign LeadershipProduct Design

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Next edition

September 2026

Location

London, United Kingdom

Format

Hybrid

Cadence

Annual

Organiser

Tempo

About Lead with Tempo

Lead with Tempo is a conference and community focused on content design leadership. It is aimed at those who lead, or want to lead, content designers and UX writers, and describes itself as centred purely on content design leadership.

Deliberately kept small to encourage connection, the event mixes talks, panels and networking, with recent editions held at London's Barbican and an option to attend virtually.

Programmes have covered topics such as leading through change, braver facilitation, moving into wider design leadership, squiggly careers and leading with neurodiversity.

Editions

Upcoming

Upcoming
2026
10 Sep
London
10 speakers
2025
12 Jun
London
13 speakers
2024
13 Jun
London
10 speakers
2023
10–11 May
New York City
16 speakers
2022
10–11 Mar
17 speakers
Speakers in 2022Speakers at Lead with Tempo 2022
10–11 Mar
Rachel McConnell
Senior Design Manager@Miro
Leading with Empathy
Amy Thibodeau
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road — Charting New Paths in Content Design
Andy Welfle
5 Things I Wish I Knew About Managing Content Designers…before I Started Managing Content Designers
Beth Dunn
Cultivating Your Content Design Practice
Candi Williams
Recruiting, Growing and Leading Truly Inclusive Teams
Chelsea Larsson
Fostering a Collaborative Culture (Panel)
Chetana Deorah
Fostering a Collaborative Culture (Panel)
Ellen de Vries
Finding Your Leadership Communication Style
Felicia Wu
What's Wrong with Content Design Advocacy, and How We Can Remedy It
Harry Ashbridge
Creating a Culture of Care for Language from the Top Down
Jonathon Colman
Inbound Recruiting: A Better Way to Recruit Content People
Jordan Craig
Fostering a Collaborative Culture (Panel)
Kate Kenyon
Do I Need Content Ops (Yet)? a Guide to Knowing When and How to Set Up Content Ops
Martyn Reding
Designing Your Content Design Leadership
Max Davidson
Start Me Up: Building a Content Design Practice from Scratch
Rebecca Hales
Content Leadership Road Trip: Buckle Up and Embrace Serendipity
Sara Wachter-Boettcher
Leading Content Without Losing Yourself

Speakers in 2022Speakers at Lead with Tempo 2022

10–11 Mar

Rachel McConnell
Senior Design Manager@Miro
Leading with Empathy
Amy Thibodeau
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road — Charting New Paths in Content Design
Andy Welfle
5 Things I Wish I Knew About Managing Content Designers…before I Started Managing Content Designers
Beth Dunn
Cultivating Your Content Design Practice
Candi Williams
Recruiting, Growing and Leading Truly Inclusive Teams
Chelsea Larsson
Fostering a Collaborative Culture (Panel)

Chetana Deorah
Fostering a Collaborative Culture (Panel)
Ellen de Vries
Finding Your Leadership Communication Style
Felicia Wu
What's Wrong with Content Design Advocacy, and How We Can Remedy It
Harry Ashbridge
Creating a Culture of Care for Language from the Top Down
Jonathon Colman
Inbound Recruiting: A Better Way to Recruit Content People
Jordan Craig
Fostering a Collaborative Culture (Panel)
Kate Kenyon
Do I Need Content Ops (Yet)? a Guide to Knowing When and How to Set Up Content Ops
Martyn Reding
Designing Your Content Design Leadership
Max Davidson
Start Me Up: Building a Content Design Practice from Scratch
Rebecca Hales
Content Leadership Road Trip: Buckle Up and Embrace Serendipity
Sara Wachter-Boettcher
Leading Content Without Losing Yourself