Based on some recent conversations. A way of looking at the job of doing design:

It’s not all just designing though, no matter which discipline. Before you spend any time in any apps designing, you need to talk about doing the design:

And before you get to that even, you need to actually convince others that design even needs to be talked about. You need to create the conditions for design to happen:

Now, you’re looking more clearly at what the actual job of doing design entails. Making space for design to happen IS part of the job of doing design:

For a bit more insight, I’d recommend reading Design is a Job by Mike Monteiro.