What 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!
In the 4th edition of industry roundtable, we’ll listen to — 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.
Check out the podcast version here:
Here’s all that we covered:
0:00 Guest Intro
1:33 Why did you choose design as a career?
12:43 What & who pushed you to become a leader?
22:40 Picking & growing leaders
33:20 Women Leaders
45:42 Lack of women in the industry
1:04:25 Parental Tax
1:12:50 How do you hire in your team?
1:22:01 Message for the audience
1:26:04 Bloopers
We get to look behind the scenes in the making of a designer and a leader. We learn how people & support from men & women around matter, how life changes once you switch from an individual contributor to a leadership/managerial role.
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About our panellist:
Karthi Subbaraman, Founder @ Xperian
Karthi’s career spans over 20 years. She started her career as a Software engineer and later became a designer HP. She’d go on to work with many big names in the industry and become a visiting faculty at NID and MIT.
Her recent venture is Xperia, where she teaches Product Design & Product Management to the next generation of designers and product managers.
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Geetaa Bhatt, Head of Design @ Clevertap
Geeta got her masters in design from NID and has been in the design industry for over 15 years.
In the past, she has worked with brands like Human Factors International, TechMahindra, Network18 and now is a Head of Design at Clevertap.
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Aastha Gaur, UX Lead @ Google
Aastha has been in the design industry for over 13 years. She did her bachelors in design from NIFT, and Masters in Fine Arts & Graphic Design from California Institute of Arts.
In the past, she has worked with brands like Distinct, Yahoo!, and now is a Senior Manager UX at Google. Aastha also has a TikTok account you should check out.
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Want to see someone as a guest on the next roundtable? Have a topic in mind we should cover? Let’s talk in the comments below!
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Do check out the past episodes of the industry roundtable:
#leadership #hiring #culture #startupculture #designleaders #womenleaders #womenintech #leadership #hiring #designhiring #parentaltax
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