Design Leadership | Anjali Deswanndikkar, DVP Product Design, ICICI Lombard | The Design Podcast

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Anjali is currently working as a DVP Product Design in one of India's leading Insurance companies, ICICI Lombard. Her role caters to bring in the digital transformation in this InsurTech, and raise the user experience maturity of the organisation through the digital platforms.With an extensive experience of 22 years in the Digital Design space, she has won design awards, scaled sustainable design teams, built design studios and helped business grow by crafting digital products that are not just delightful but functions for its users.

________________________________________ 00:00 - Introduction

01:03 - Planning your career

03:18 - Being observant

06:46 - Building & Leading Design teams

10:56 - Managing the team

13:20 - Encouraging young designers

16:24 - The process

22:58 - Sustaining design teams

26:51 - Hiring process & requirement

31:55 - Maintaining individuality

33:10 - Opportunities at ICICI Lombard

34:05 - Conclusion

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