Most design reviews fail before they start. The problem isn't the designer. It's the format.

Most design reviews fail before they start.

The problem isn't the designer. It's the format.

Sending a Figma file to 12 stakeholders and waiting a week produces one thing: contradictory feedback that nobody owns. Everyone has an opinion. Nobody has a decision.

Here's what I changed on a recent fintech project.

Instead of sharing the full file and asking for feedback, I sent a 3-minute Loom per flow with one specific question attached.

"Does this consent screen block the user or guide them?"

Not "what do you think?" One question. One person responsible for answering. 48-hour window.

We went from 7 days of back-and-forth to a single 30-minute call to align on decisions that were already 80% made.

The tool didn't change. The structure did.

If your reviews are running long, the question isn't "how do we move faster" — it's "who owns each decision and by when?"