Building a multi-brand joint venture design system for BetMGM, with ToniAnn Drenckhahn — #06

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ToniAnn joins the show to share her experience building a multi-brand design system for BetMGM and Entain's joint venture. This episode is our first project deep dive and it's full of legacy codebases, lessons learned, and big wins. ToniAnn talks to us about dealing with ambiguity, owning your decisions, and keeping leadership on board as you ship a system that changes the way your business works—and your partners businesses, too.

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Links & References

• ToniAnn Drenckhahn on LinkedIn
• BetMGM

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