Nodes of Design#37: Design to Drive Outcome by Parag Trivedi

<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/paragtrivedi/">Parag Trivedi</a> is a design leader with over 20 years of Experience; presently leading design for productivity applications on mobile in Microsoft; before joining Microsoft, he was heading the Design Team at GE Healthcare- Jack welch technology centre, Bangalore, and before that, he was heading &nbsp;Design Team at Honeywell (HTS India). &nbsp;Parag had lead teams through the full life cycle of various software and hardware products and won many international design awards and design patents.&nbsp;</p> <p>Parag and his team focus on solving some of the toughest problems in productivity, education, healthcare, agriculture, future workforce, offices, and enterprises.</p> <p>In this episode of Nodes of Design, Parag shared wonderful insights on Design to Drive Outcome and how to uncover what you don't know that You already know. Parag had explained the role of decisions and tactical&nbsp;thinking in design and explained to us real-world examples and various tools to make these decisions. We also discussed how effective team collaboration could be achieved to gain better outcomes. On a concluding note, Parag had shared few portfolio tips and what he looks for in a UX designer candidate as a hiring manager.&nbsp;</p> <p>Takeaways - How to design to drive outcomes, Roles of tactical thinking and decision-making in a process and various decision-making tools, Achieving collaborations to drive better outcomes.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/design-warp" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tales from Designers around the world</a> - https://medium.com/design-warp</p> <p>Books recommended by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/paragtrivedi/">Parag Trivedi</a>.</p> <p>Books, Letterforms, and Design in Asia - <a href="https://www.amazon.in/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&amp;field-author=Sugiura+Kohei&amp;search-alias=stripbooks">Sugiura Kohei</a></p> <p>Universal Principles of Design - <a href="https://www.amazon.in/William-Lidwell/e/B001HP93DM/