The Design Your Thinking Podcast

In this episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast I speak with Akanksha Chhabra and Neha from Pastels and Pop about the dying art of Juttis, why, and how they are focused on saving this ancient 400-year old handicraft. Who are Akanksha Chhabra and Neha? Akanksha, Neha, and Aarti are three sisters who founded an […]

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 […]

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 […]

In this episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I talk to a true multipotentiality. Dinesh Gopalan Nair is an Indian-Malaysian Bharatha Natyam dancer, makeup artist, and dentist. He started his career as a professional Bharatanatyam dancer at the age of 7, grew up to become a dentist. But somewhere in between, he took interest […]

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 an online hacker and techie […]

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 one of the UK’s top Makeup Artists and a Youtube and Instagram star. Who is […]

Welcome to Design Your Thinking Podcast Season 2! In this first episode, I introduce you to Season 2, WHY I’m doing this, WHAT you’ll get to hear and WHERE you can find the episodes in the interwebs! First things first – who are hosting this series. That’s not changing – I’m your host Karthik and […]

In this special episode I sit with Aero Wong, a “newbie product manager”, as he calls himself, who is organizing a virtual summit for Product Managers – the Product Manager Summit. I talk to him about the reason he created this event and the why product managers should tune into this event. What will you […]

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 […]

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 […]