Stop telling designers to "make it pretty." Give them the problem instead
Most collaborators underuse designers because they treat them as hired hands for "make it pretty" or "move this button." The real work is building a shared language through iteration: explain the problem, let them ask questions, and tell them what feels off rather than prescribing the fix. Hand them the problem, not the solution, and the product emerges as a byproduct of that back-and-forth. Feedback about outcomes, not moves, is what keeps good designers from quitting.