Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan's guest appearances

Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan

The Informed Life

Designdrives

Avantika Designeering Series

One Knight in Product

Kumar Padmanabhan

Kadambari Sahu

Marc Abraham

Jackie Bavaro

Melissa Perri

Dan Olsen

Teresa Torres

Doug Powell

Michael Seum

Sarah Doody

Andy Budd

Josh Clark

Janna Bastow

Emily Tate

Rand Fishkin

OwlTail

An interview with Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan. Udhaya is Global Strategic Design Director at Designit, a global design firm working in all areas of design. Udhaya is a passionate advocate for good design principles, demystifying design practices and applying form to the formless. We talk about a lot, including: His work with Designit, and how the design community is flourishing in Bangalore (the Silicon Valley of India) How he started out as a computer scientist &amp; mathematician but somehow ended up in design and not data science The difference between product management, product design and UX design and where it all sits in a good product company Whether you need specific domain experience to be a product designer or whether any designer can get into product design The importance of up front collaboration with UX &amp; product design and ensuring you're not just throwing stuff over the wall How easy it is to rescue bad design that you've inherited, when you need to start again, and what to do if you can't The importance of stepping back and hearing people out and not just preaching at people, and how design is about being in the relationship business The importance of "giving form to the formless" and applying good design principles outside of traditional user interfacesContact UdhayaIf you want to catch up with Udhaya, you can reach him on LinkedIn.

An interview with Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan. Udhaya is Global Strategic Design Director at Designit, a global design firm working in all areas of design. Udhaya is a passionate advocate for good design principles, demystifying design practices and applying form to the formless. We talk about a lot, including: <ul><li>His work with Designit, and how the design community is flourishing in Bangalore (the Silicon Valley of India)</li> <li>How he started out as a computer scientist &amp; mathematician but somehow ended up in design and not data science</li> <li>The difference between product management, product design and UX design and where it all sits in a good product company</li> <li>Whether you need specific domain experience to be a product designer or whether any designer can get into product design</li> <li>The importance of up front collaboration with UX &amp; product design and ensuring you're not just throwing stuff over the wall</li> <li>How easy it is to rescue bad design that you've inherited, when you need to start again, and what to do if you can't</li> <li>The importance of stepping back and hearing people out and not just preaching at people, and how design is about being in the relationship business</li> <li>The importance of "giving form to the formless" and applying good design principles outside of traditional user interfaces</li></ul>Contact Udhaya If you want to catch up with Udhaya, you can reach him on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/uxfirst/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>.

The Philosophy of Product Design (with Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan, Global Strategic Design Director at Designit)

If there is an algorithm for innovation, it must begin with two key components, Curiosity, and Critical Thinking. These two concepts lie at the very foundation of every innovative process. To achieve an efficient output, you must be patient, professional, open-minded, and positive. But most importantly, you have to be curious and should be able to think critically.In this episode, we interact with Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan, Director of Design at Designit. He is a seasoned executive design leader with more than two decades of professional experience in designing for numerous business verticals across the globe. He holds his expertise in Design Leadership and Management, Strategy, Research, Service Design, Product Management, Front-end Engineering, User Experience, CX, Delivery, and Operations. Let's know more about his journey and experiences in the latest episode of "Avantika Designeering Series", “Crafting Curiosity”. You can connect with Udhaya on LinkedIn. Don't forget to subscribe to our show and share your comments on ads@avantika.edu.in

If there is an algorithm for innovation, it must begin with two key components, Curiosity, and Critical Thinking. These two concepts lie at the very foundation of every innovative process. To achieve an efficient output, you must be patient, professional, open-minded, and positive. But most importantly, you have to be curious and should be able to think <a href="http://critically.In" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">critically.In</a> this episode, we interact with Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan, Director of Design at Designit. He is a seasoned executive design leader with more than two decades of professional experience in designing for numerous business verticals across the globe. He holds his expertise in Design Leadership and Management, Strategy, Research, Service Design, Product Management, Front-end Engineering, User Experience, CX, Delivery, and Operations. Let's know more about his journey and experiences in the latest episode of "Avantika Designeering Series", “Crafting Curiosity”. You can connect with Udhaya on LinkedIn. Don't forget to subscribe to our show and share your comments on ads@avantika.edu.in

Crafting Curiosity with Udhaya kumar Padmanabhan

In episode 27 I talk to Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan, Global Strategic Design Director at Designit, a Wipro Company. Certainly one of the most inspiring conversations I had during the podcast. Udhaya shares inspiring insights from his proven track recording on the intersection of entrepreneurship and design consulting for companies around the world.We touch on:the importance to “unlearn”, having the humility to learn, even if you have been successful in an area (the beginner mindset)how to communicate design as a strategic tool and the power to use it in strategic capacitieswhy and how design &amp; business are connectedwhy designer having the ability and opportunity to jump into new industries and experience different verticalsthe difference of founding and scaling a design company versus a product/tech startup, learnings from his experiencehow he built startups himself that got successfully acquiredthe importance of being user research driven, focusing on ethnographic research before designingthe evolution of design-awareness in IndiaUdhaya, thank you so much for your time!About UX IndiaUX India is a not-for-profit venture, UX INDIA is built by, built for, and sustained by its growing community of designers, enthusiasts, influencers from business, education, and governance.UXINDIA is being organized by UsabilityMatters.Org(UMO). With over 800+ attendees at UX India 2019, it was India’s largest conference on user experience design. UXINDIA™ helps to educate the next generation by bringing innovators and UX practitioners from across the world.Learn more at https://www.ux-india.org and https://www.umo.design

In episode 27 I talk to Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan, Global Strategic Design Director at Designit, a Wipro Company. Certainly one of the most inspiring conversations I had during the podcast. Udhaya shares inspiring insights from his proven track recording on the intersection of entrepreneurship and design consulting for companies around the world.We touch on:the importance to “unlearn”, having the humility to learn, even if you have been successful in an area (the beginner mindset)how to communicate design as a strategic tool and the power to use it in strategic capacitieswhy and how design &amp; business are connectedwhy designer having the ability and opportunity to jump into new industries and experience different verticalsthe difference of founding and scaling a design company versus a product/tech startup, learnings from his experiencehow he built startups himself that got successfully acquiredthe importance of being user research driven, focusing on ethnographic research before designingthe evolution of design-awareness in IndiaUdhaya, thank you so much for your time!About UX IndiaUX India is a not-for-profit venture, UX INDIA is built by, built for, and sustained by its growing community of designers, enthusiasts, influencers from business, education, and governance.UXINDIA is being organized by <a href="http://UsabilityMatters.Org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UsabilityMatters.Org</a>(UMO). With over 800+ attendees at UX India 2019, it was India’s largest conference on user experience design. UXINDIA™ helps to educate the next generation by bringing innovators and UX practitioners from across the world.Learn more at <a href="https://www.ux-india.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ux-india.org</a> and <a href="https://www.umo.design/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.umo.design</a>

#27 | Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan | Driving strategic innovation & entrepreneurship