Design Your Thinking Podcast: Product Management, User Experience & Design

In this episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I speak with Shwetambari Shetty, who talks about her journey as a woman from working in a bank to entrepreneurship in the fitness niche. Who is Shwetambari Shetty? Shwetambari Shetty is today, a fitness expert at CureFit. She co-founded Tribe Fitness Club, one of India’s largest fitness […] The post The Untold Story of Shwetambari Shetty – Banking to Entrepreneurship to Cure.fit appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I talk to Shreya Thakkar who is an entrepreneur and bag designer who runs StruT, a fashion brand that designs bags and footwear. This was one of the first episodes I recorded for Season 2. Who is Shreya Thakkar? Here’s how Shreya Thakkar introduces herself: “I’ve […] The post Wealth Manager to Bag Designer – Shreya Thakkar appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I talk to a true multipotentialite. Dinesh Gopalan Nair is an Indian-Malaysian bharathanatyam dancer, makeup artist and a dentist. He started his career as a professional Bharatanatyam dancer at the age of 7, grew up to become a dentist. But somewhere inbetween, he took interest in […] The post Story of a Multipotentialite – Dinesh Blush Beauty and Beyond appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

No matter what you are or what you do, it’s about finding purpose in what you do, and knowing WHY you are doing it. In this episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I sit down with Robin Singh, Co-founder of Peepal Farm to talk about his journey from being online hacker and techie to […] The post Finding Purpose In What You Do – Robin Singh, Peepal Farm appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

Discover your passion. In this episode of Season 2 of The Design Your Thinking Podcast I sit down with Vithya Hair and Makeup artist to listen to her story from fighting depression, to discovering her passion to how she became a one of UK’s top Makeup Artists and a Youtube and Instagram star. Who is […] The post Discover Your Passion – Vithya Hair and Makeup appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Focus Forty episode I speak with Jackie Bavaro, Head of PM at Asana, about Leading without Authority, success and more. The one thing we, as product makers, most often ignore is the relationships with our team members, customers and other stakeholders. Secondly, we miss the fact that a lot of our success needs […] The post Why Leading Without Authority Can Help You Succeed? appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Topical Zoom episode I speak with Amy Jo Kim, world-renowned social game designer, community architect & startup coach about gamification, game thinking and mistakes startups make. She specifically talks about a reason why we see so many failed products in the market. Many companies use “game”in their products. The word we hear a […] The post One Big Reason Behind So Many Failed Products appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Topical Zoom episode I speak with Amy Jo Kim, world-renowned social game designer, community architect & startup coach about community building and why it should play a bigger and central role in what we create. Communities are a core aspect of the human race, and have played a key role on the internet […] The post Why Community Building Should Be Central To Your Product Strategy? appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Ferris Wheel episode, I speak with Peter Merholz, the co-founder of Adaptive Path. He talks about design leadership and the evolution of design. Design Leadership is growing in organizations that were once never aware of the role of design. This growth also triggers a lot of questions with respect to what it means […] The post How Design Leadership Is Creating Organizations of the Future? appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Ferris Wheel episode, I speak with Peter Merholz, the co-founder of Adaptive Path. I deconstruct his thinking on user centered vs service design, get him to share his biggest learnings and more. The field of design has changed a lot in the last two decades. User centered design is no longer unorthodox. That […] The post Why Service Design Is The New Unorthodox? appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Topical Zoom episode, I speak with John Cutler, Senior Product Manager at Zendesk about feature factory, transparency and the role of a Product Manager. There are various skills, techniques and hacks that we need to be good at as product makers. In this episode, I try to understand the top 3 areas that […] The post Busy Creating Inside a Secret Room In Your Basement? Here Are 3 Tips.. appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Topical Zoom episode, I speak with John Cutler, Senior Product Manager at Zendesk about the evolving field of Product Management and the role of customer feedback in a world of service touchpoints. Product Management is rapidly changing. With the notion of Products changing rapidly, there is an imminent need for a fresh new […] The post Product Management Is Touchpoint Management appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Ground Zero episode, I speak with Shay Howe, co-founder of Lead Honestly and a partner at Prota Ventures, co-founder at Chicago Camps about failure and success as a manager and entrepreneur. It’s true that as entrepreneurs and makers we get stretched to our limits. The question is not about managing the stretch, but […] The post Why Pay Closer Attention To Failure and Success as a Creator? appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Ground Zero episode, I speak with Shay Howe, co-founder of Lead Honestly and a partner at Prota Ventures, co-founder at Chicago Camps about building better relationships. No matter how great your products are, if you don’t play close attention to your teams, you are staring at a gaping hole. If you are a […] The post Why Should You Focus on Building Better Relationships In Teams? appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Topical Zoom episode, I speak with 6 experts about Mastering the Art of Communication, a key Product Mindset topic. I speak with Daniel Zacarias, Kevin Steigerwald, Tristan Kromer, Indi Young, Sarah Doody and Mona Patel. Communication is a key aspect of making products, and yet it is so less talked about. Communication is […] The post DYT 123: Mastering The Art Of Communication appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Topical Zoom episode, I speak with 4 Experts about their career success secrets. I speak with Mona Patel, John Vars, Mike Knoop, Kevin Steigerwald who share their successes. Success hacking is a topic everyone is interested in. I speak to four successful people to understand how they think about their success. Here are […] The post DYT 122: 4 Career Success Secrets You Must Know appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Topical Zoom episode, I speak with Steve Portigal, Principal at Portigal Consulting to talk about the art of listening, user interviews how you should listen to users. Listening is a very important skill for people who serve other people. As product managers and user experience researchers / experts, we are in the job […] The post DYT 121: Master The Art Of Listening | Steve Portigal appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Topical Zoom episode, I speak with Steve Portigal, Principal at Portigal Consulting to talk about Problem Space vs. Solution Space, UX Muscle and more. Problem Space vs. Solution Space is a topic that every product manager or user-centric product maker comes across every now and then. There is a lot being talked about, […] The post DYT 120: Problem Space vs. Solution Space | Steve Portigal appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Topical Zoom episode, I speak with C. Todd Lombardo, Chief Design Strategist at Fresh Tilled Soil about lessons and pitfalls in putting design sprints to action. Design Sprint is a book that C. Todd Lombardo, our guest today, wrote 2 years back (in 2015). The topic of today’s episode is however not the […] The post DYT 119: Design Sprints In Action | C. Todd Lombardo appeared first on Design Your Thinking.

In this Topical Zoom episode, I speak with C. Todd Lombardo, Chief Design Strategist at Fresh Tilled Soil to understand his journey, success and the role of Process in a Design Sprint. Design Sprint is a book that C. Todd Lombardo, our guest today, wrote 2 years back (in 2015). The topic of today’s episode […] The post DYT 118: What’s The Role Of Process In A Design Sprint? | C. Todd Lombardo appeared first on Design Your Thinking.