DesignOops with Rajat Shikhar

In this episode of DesignOops! Rajat Shikhar, Co-founder & CPO of DealShare, shares his journey from IIT to building a unicorn. Learn how he designed for Tier 2 and 3 audiences, scaled product and design teams, and crafted customer-centric solutions. Don’t miss his advice for aspiring leaders and insights on driving outcomes through design! Tune in now!

DesignOops with Santosh Hegde

In this episode of DesignOops! Santosh Hegde, VP of Design at Yubi Group, shares his journey from art graduate to design leader. Discover career advice for designers, the balance between creativity and analytics, the evolution of design leadership, and how AI is shaping the future of UX. Don’t miss this inspiring conversation—tune in now!

DesignOops with Harvinder Singh

In this episode of DesignOops, Harvinder Singh, Head of Design at Shiprocket, shares his journey from jewelry design to leading a design team at a tech unicorn. He discusses balancing creativity and business goals, the role of AI in design, building Shiprocket’s brand identity, and scaling a design system. Harvinder also offers career advice on transitioning into UI/UX and thinking like a design leader.

DesignOops | S1E4 | Gamify DesignOps with human connection with Kenneth @Jiva | IndieFolio Podcast

Kenneth D’Souza, Senior Design Manager at Jiva, speaks with Kavan Antani, CEO & Co-founder of IndieFolio on gamification & human connection of DesignOps. Where to find Kenneth – Twitter – https://twitter.com/kenneth Newsletter – https://buttondown.email/kenneth Resources Near, far, wherever we are http://gojek.io/blog/near-far-whereve… What every young designer should know https://uxdesign.cc/what-every-young-… Managers and Leaders, Are they different? https://hbr.org/2004/01/managers-and-… […]

DesignOops | S1E3 | Nothing is someone else’s problem with Chetty Arun @Razorpay IndieFolio Podcast

Chetty Arun, Head of Culture at Razorpay, speaks with Kavan Antani, CEO & Co-founder of IndieFolio on taking ownership as a fundamental principal of DesignOps. Where to find ChettyLinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chettyarun/Twitter – https://twitter.com/chettyarunWebsite – http://chettyarun.com/ Resources –Ryan Holiday’s Canvas Strategyhttps://ryanholiday.net/the-canvas-st… Nielsen Norman Group’s structures of Design teamshttps://www.nngroup.com/articles/desi… A linear thinker, a design thinker, and a […]

DesignOops | S1E2 | Make time for design with Ravi @Smallcase @Upraised | IndieFolio Podcast

Ravi Agrawal, Head of Product & Design at @Upraised, speaks with Kavan Antani, CEO & Co-founder of @IndieFolio on the fundamentals of DesignOps. Where to find RaviLinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/agrawalravi95Medium – https://medium.com/@agrawalravi95ADP List – https://adplist.org/mentors/ravi-agrawal ResourcesMaking the band, Spotifyhttps://spotify.design/article/making-the-band-building-exceptional-design-teams-at-spotify Shopify’s Product vs Marketing Illustrationshttps://ux.shopify.com/product-vs-marketing-illustration-7ac474dfe2ed Razorpay’s Design Systemhttps://engineering.razorpay.com/tagged/design-systems Design at Urban Companyhttps://design.urbancompany.com/ Smallcase’s Microfrontendhttps://design.urbancompany.com/ InVision’s Guide to […]

An Introduction to DesignOps

There’s a good chance you’ve heard of DesignOps although you can’t be faulted for not being familiar with it. It’s a relatively new practice that has only picked up steam in the last few years. With a handy shortening of ‘Design Operations’ and inspired by the more mature ‘DevOps’ or ‘Developer Operations’, the number of […]