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The Product Artisan PodcastNavigating Design Hiring and Innovation with Karthi SubbaramanIn this episode of the Product Artisan podcast, host Rajesh welcomes Karthi Subbaraman, a seasoned design leader with a wealth of experience at companies including HP, Microsoft, and Salesforce, and a founder of her own design agency. Karthi shares insights on the unique challenges of design hiring, discussing the importance of empathy and understanding in the hiring process, and the differences between hiring for design roles versus other positions.
She explains her approach to evaluating candidates through a mix of take-home assignments and whiteboarding sessions, tailored to the specific needs of the role. Karthi also delves into...2024-06-0735 min
Product Talk with MalthiEpisode 8: Meta Skills For Product Manager with Karthi Subbaraman, Sr. Design Leader @SalesForceI'm thrilled to share the latest episode of the Level Up Prodcast with Malthi where I had an enriching conversation with Karthi Subbaraman, Senior Design Director at Salesforce. đ
In this episode, we cover:
đ¤ď¸ Karthi's Career Journey: From a C++ programmer to a strategic designer and product manager, Karthi shares her incredible two-decade journey in the tech industry.
đ The Importance of Writing: Discover why writing is a crucial skill for product managers and how it enhances clarity and cognitive processes.
đ¤ ChatGPT and Productivity: Karthi's insightful views on leveraging AI tools like ChatGPT to boost produ...2024-05-2454 min
The Guiding VoiceDesign in Everything | Karthi Subbaraman | #TGV203Tune in NOW to understand why design is present in everything.Here are the timestamp-based show notes from Naveen Samala's conversation with Karthi Subbaraman!0:00:00 Intro to the Guest - Karthi Subbaraman0:01:54 Career Journey0:05:39 What is Human Centered Design?0:13:09 You can't have it all, you have to choose.0:14:19 How can youngsters design their careers?0:16:58 Why did a human become a human?0:20:56 About Design in everything0:24:57 Impact of Design0:31:38 Witty Answers to Rapid Fire Questions0:38:05 1 Piece of advice to those aspiring to make big in their careers0:42:48 TriviaAbout the Guest:As an educator, she...2022-03-1743 min
masterclass with leap.clubdesigning product, business & your life - karthi subbaramankarthi is the founder and chief product officer at xperian, an ecosystem for makers. her work includes designing for products like printers for hewlett packard, payment systems for state farm insurance, dashboards for the world bank, pocket pc applications for microsoft, and many more. karthiâs work focuses on designing meaningful systems with an emphasis on experience design.2022-02-2455 min
Audio FAQs by XperianWho is Digital Product Design Intensive (DPDI) Bootcamp for?If you ever had the question, "Is the Digital Product Design Intensive Bootcamp for me?" Then you should consider listening to this FAQ by our Instructor: Karthi Subbaraman. Â
The Bootcamp for you if:
You want to avoid design career blunders.
You're unclear about your current role in UI/UX Design and want to skill-up.
You want to become fluent in the core principles of design and apply them for a lifetime.
You want to join high-growth companies but lack experience and creative confidence.Â
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The 16-week DPDI Bootcamp Journey will see you through...2021-08-2608 min
NinjaTalksOn psychological aspects of design and learning design from nature | Karthi Subbaraman | NinjaTalks Episode 08You know the kind of conversation that gives you a refreshing perspective and your mind is just blown away by how interpretive things can be. Thatâs exactly how youâll feel on tuning in to our latest episode with the founder and Chief Design Officer at the Xperian, Karthi Subbaraman. She talks about Psychological aspects of design, meta-learning, cognitive science, inspiration and much more.To know more about Karthi Subbaramanâs initiatives check out https://xperian.xyz#TheNinjaTalks #TrailerLaunch #podcast2020 #podcast #PodcastTrailer #Trailer #designer #CognitiveScience #ProductManagement #ProductDevelopment #BusinessStrategy #WireFraming #UX #design #CreativeThinking #designer #DiversityInDesign #Learni...2020-10-0939 min
Design Positive (D+ve)E10 | More than HumanIn our grand finale of Season 1, we speak to futurist Anab Jain. In this episode we speak about the complex challenges in our hands as designer. We discuss with Anab around human and more than human. Anab is a designer, filmmaker, and co-founder of Superflux, a critically acclaimed foresight, design and technology company in London working for clients like V&A, Google, UNDP and BBC. Anabâs work has won honours from Apple Computers Inc., UNESCO, Geneva Human Rights Festival, and TED. Her work has been featured on NPR Radio, BBC 4, CBC, New York Times, Evening Standard, and the Gu...2020-06-3030 min
Design Positive (D+ve)E9 | Agency for ImpactIn this episode we speak to Dhruv Saxena, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Obvious, a strategic product consultancy about agency culture, conscious choices, inclusion, design operations, balance between business & social impact and more. Dhruv shares his views and number of anecdotes from his experience building Obvious that partners with businesses to create digital experiences across a wide range of domains and industries. Since its inception, Obvious has helped create several of SE Asia's unicorn startups and worked with 120+ startups, established industry titans and Fortune 500 companies such as Flipkart, Go-Jek, Myntra, Swiggy, Wikipedia, xto10x and many more. Obvious...2020-06-2422 min
Design Positive (D+ve)E8 | Behavioural EconomicsIn this episode we speak to Deepa Bachu, Â a design leadership veteran who has about two decades of industry experience in creating compelling global products. She started as a software engineer like most of us. She grew quickly to lead Innovation and Global Strategy for Intuit, India. Currently Deepa runs Pensaar Design which is a design strategy and consulting firm to help businesses co.create awesome, by design.
Deepa has created multiple global products, across multiple domains, across multiple platforms. Her passion is to transform customersâ lives by creating products that solve their biggest unmet needs.
C...2020-06-1730 min
Anamorphic by @kingsidharthBehind every successful woman there's a...? Âť Industry Roundtable 4 â LeadershipWhat happens when you get three women leaders on a panel to talk about #design, leadership, #culture, hiring, team-building, and better representation? You get an hour and a half of awesome conversation!Â
In the 4th edition of industry roundtable, we'll listen to â Geetaa Bhatt (Head of Design @ Clevertap), Aastha Gaur (UX Lead @Google), and Karthi (Founder @ Xperian) about their experience of 10+ years, building teams, the leaders that pushed them to become leaders, and how they are investing & growing the next generation of leaders.Â
Karthi Subbaraman, Founder @ XperianÂ
Karthi's career spans over...2020-06-111h 26
Design Positive (D+ve)E7 | Design the Designer in youIn this episode we speak to Niyam Bhushan, Â an industry-pioneer and industry-veteran in various disciplines of Design. He is a successful entrepreneur with two businesses he set up early in his career. First venture at age 16 in digital publishing, with international clients, which he ran for 12 years. Second, as a value-added solutions provider with Apple in the 1990s. Checkout this TEDx talk on Design that changes the narrative of Design from India in the world
He is currently augmenting his large legacy and initiatives of Design, through his âAwaken Your Creativityâ workshops. These use Dance, Mindfulness, and Medit...2020-06-1031 min
Design Positive (D+ve)E6 | Design for Social ImpactIn this episode we speak to Unmesh Kulkarni, founder of Oceanic Circle, a human-centered platform for Social Innovation, about design for social impact, the business of social impact, accountability, risks, government intervention, measurements and more.Â
Before jumping into social entrepreneurship, Unmesh handled global and regional design leadership roles at Honeywell and Philips, working across continents, living in India and China, bringing solutions to global markets at scale. Prior to that, he cofounded a multi-disciplinary design consultancy and appropriate technology lab, Design Matters.
Connect with Unmesh : https://www.linkedin.com/in/kulkarniunmesh/
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Design Positive (D+ve)05 | Design through the eyes of an AnthropologistIn this episode we speak to Deepa Reddy, a lead cultural anthropologist and a faculty at University of Houston. She has published on topics ranging from religious nationalism, caste and ethnicity, women's activism, bioethics and blood donation, and human-technology interactions. She leads a group called Shalikuta in a project documenting Indian heritage rices and she is leading The Asthma Files (a multi-city study on air quality and governance), Chennai chapter currently.
Connect with Deepa : https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepa-r-9a2bb113/
Deepa's Blog: paticheri.com
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The show is an...2020-05-2724 min
Design Positive (D+ve)04 | Distributing Design - Rebalancing leadershipIn this episode we speak to Alok Nandi, a designer-entrepreneur working out of Brussels, creative director-partner of Architempo and Spread Design BV. He was global president of IxDA - Interaction Design Association. He is author, speaker and also professor of design and innovation in Lyon, France, at Institut Paul Bocuse, a culinary/hospitality school. His studies combined engineering, management and film.
Connect with Alok: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aloknandi/
Alok's Website: www.aloknandi.com
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The show is an initiative of The Internet & Mobile Association of India aka IAMAI, hosted...2020-05-2032 min
Design Positive (D+ve)03 | Responsible Design with Dr. Girish PrabhuIn this episode we speak to Dr. Girish Prabhu, SVP - Innovation & UX @ HFI and Founder of Sakalya.IFDE about a rare topic from the world of design world called Responsible Design and explore the what, the why and the how with our design veteran Dr. Girish Prabhu..Â
Dr. Girish Prabhu has 25+ years of experience in empathetic research, innovation, design, new product & business development, and product localisation. His experience and expertise covers various domains such as education, healthcare, entertainment, and digital products & services. Girish has held various leadership and management positions in academics, new business development, research, a...2020-05-1321 min
Design Positive (D+ve)02 | Design Thinking, A deep dive with Anjali KelkarIn this episode we speak to Anjali Kelkar, Director of Studio for Design Research and based in Hong Kong. She has over two decades of experience as a Design Strategy practitioner, mentor and educator leading strategy and research teams across Asia, Africa and the Americas. She has been an Internationally invited thought leader; who has published in User Experience and Business journals and taught as an adjunct Design Strategy Faculty at universities globally.
Connect with Anjali: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjali-kelkar-12b28b/
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The show is an intitiave of The Internet & M...2020-05-0625 min
Design Positive (D+ve)01 | Designing for the New Normal with Apala Lahiri ChavanIn this episode is focused on the new and emerging approaches that can help in expanding the role design discipline can play in our world. We will deep dive into approaches that will contribute to making of a new and a better world.
Apala Lahiri Chavan is Co-Founder, Human Factors International (Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia) and Chief Design Officer. Her passion is to envision how user experience  can be a change agent using digital channels. She is also fascinated by changes in user experience across time and space. Apala is an award- winning designer (International Au...2020-04-2427 min
Design Positive (D+ve)Welcome to D+veHello and welcome to the Design Positive show. In shorts called as D+ve!Â
There are a number of quality design podcasts out there and why one more you may ask? Oh yes, a number of them are available for sure but there is no one podcast that brings together the what, the why and the how of design for positive transformation. Design as a discipline can uniquely impact the quality of lives around and can bring in amazing transformation especially in the the current unprecendented times we are living in right now.
This se...2020-04-2401 min
Hireworthy Podcast05 | A Perspective: Design & Recession with Karthi SubbaramanPandemic related or not, weâre hearing a lot of bad news around us layoffs, recession, market slowdown, hiring freezes and more.
As designers, we need to question how to learn and equip ourselves with new skills and information on what to be ready about and what to expect and be ready for this new normal.
In this episode, we speak to Karthi Subbaraman, who is chief instructor of Design & Product Management at Xperian School and has almost 65000+ hours of experience in designing 140+ products, conducting 400 master classes and hold 19 patents.
She is a...2020-04-0958 min