Amara
Okonjo
- Origin
- Lagos → Berlin
- Company
- FieldnoteHead of Design
- Speaking
- 3 sessionsDay 1 & 2 & 3
Objective
Show how a small systems team can keep 14 product squads visually honest without becoming the design police.
Amara leads a 40-person design org shipping note-taking tools used by 3 million researchers. Before Fieldnote she built the first design system at a pan-African bank.
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At Overture 2027
Amara's sessions
09:00– 09:45
Main StageHall 1 · Ground
Why the most useful design systems are defined by what they refuse to include — and how to say no without losing the room.
- A contribution model that scales past 10 squads
- How to retire components gracefully
- Metrics that prove adoption without vanity
Main Stage, Hall 1 · Ground · 1800 seats
14:15– 15:30
Studio TejoHall 2 · Ground
14:00– 14:50
Main StageHall 1 · Ground
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