Mindset of a Founding Designer | Harish Sivaramakrishnan (CRED) | Saksham Mendiratta (Lights Out)

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Saksham Mendiratta is In The Haus with Harish Sivaramakrishnan, Head of Design at CRED. Harish is the founding designer at CRED. His radical approaches to designing products has created an almost cult-like following for him in the design community in India. Saksham & Harish dive into the mindset it takes to be the Founding Designer of a venture like CRED, his journey with Kunal and his mindset on what design is to a product. It’s a power-packed conversation that would push you to re-think everything you knew about product design so far. So sit, back and get your notes ready, as you are now ready to enter, In The Haus. Conceptualised by Lights Out Studio Location Partner: WeWork India Beverage Partner: Sleepy Owl; Lifestyle Partner: Neemans 0:00 Introduction 0:50 Harish’s Introduction 1:56 Is there a version of entrepreneurship/leadership style that works for you? 4:10 How do you look at biases? 8:11 Is there a certain level of convincing the team, when it comes to subjectivity of craft and objectivity of metrics? 13:38 What is the role passion has in shaping experiences? 21:34 Would you say your experiences have shaped you? 22:42 Why hasn't India seen more design progressive products? 48:43 What is the mindset one needs to become a founding designer at a company? 52:42 When do you know your product is ready to ship? 1:08:08 Is there a role customer feedback plays in products? If so, what's that like? 1:14:42 How do you design for a habit/module that people aren't used to? 1:17:40 Are there any products that you personally look up to? 1:23:05 Do you read at all? Who inspires you? Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saksham-mendiratta/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saksham.mendiratta/ For any feedback, reach out to us on [email protected]