I think you inadvertently hit the nail on the head here. UX teams looooove to geek out about design systems. If leadership doesn’t understand design (which, let

I think you inadvertently hit the nail on the head here. UX teams looooove to geek out about design systems. If leadership doesn’t understand design (which, let’s face it, they typically understand less than software engineering) the UX folks will get to run wild on this project. Couple that with the fact that in 2023 “good design” has a strong center of gravity and you end up with tons of these “systems” that look the same. And, by the way, most of these systems can’t be used outside the context of authoring teams’ apps anyway because there are tons of little specific integration points that aren’t included in the system itself!