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title: "Can We, or Should We? - Web Summer Camp"
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summary: "This discussion session explores how the bottleneck in product development has shifted from execution capability to strategic decision-making and direction. Speaker Alejandra, a senior product designer at Proton, shares insights on building privacy-focused products and how working within strong principles enables better leadership and clearer decision-making."
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# Can We, or Should We? - Web Summer Camp

Description The bottleneck is shifting. The hard question is no longer only "Can we build this?" It is "Should we?" This talk looks at what happens when execution stops being the main constraint, and why direction and good decision-making become the real advantage. I will draw from my experience building privacy-focused products, where working within strong principles means deliberately choosing not to ship everything technology makes possible. These constraints force a sharper kind of decision-making that many leaders can learn from. Speaker Senior Product Designer, Privacy & Digital Resilience @ Proton Alejandra is a senior product designer at Proton, where she builds privacy first experiences across communication, AI, and Bitcoin self custody. A systems thinker, she connects strategy with execution and helps teams turn ambiguity into clarity. She has led design across Proton Wallet, Proton Meet, Proton Pass, and the next generation of Proton Mail mobile apps