What does it take to build a design career that stays relevant when technology, AI, and the role of designers are constantly changing?
Join Geet Garg, Senior UX Designer at Thoughtworks, for a live Industry Expert Series conversation exploring the lessons, mindset, and skills behind a 16+ year journey in design.
From challenging common misconceptions about design and keeping human needs at the centre of technology to working with AI, developing business thinking, and growing beyond design execution, this conversation goes behind the job title to explore what actually shapes a long-term career.
Expect real experiences, practical perspectives, career lessons, and an open conversation about where design is heading—and how the next generation of professionals can prepare for it.
Who Should Attend
- UX & Product Designers looking to grow beyond tools and execution.
- Students & Aspiring Designers preparing to enter the design industry.
- Early-Career Professionals navigating their first few years in UX, product, or technology.
- Design & Product Professionals exploring how AI is changing their roles and workflows.
- Curious Professionals interested in human-centred thinking, technology, business, and the future of work.
Why Attend
- Hear lessons drawn from 16+ years of real-world design experience.
- Understand why successful design careers require more than strong design skills.
- Discover how experienced designers balance users, business, technology, and execution.
- Learn where AI can augment designers and where human judgement still matters.
- Understand the skills young professionals should start developing for an AI-first future.
- Learn from projects where research and user feedback challenged assumptions and changed direction.
- Get practical career perspectives that are rarely captured in courses, portfolios, or design tutorials.
What Participants Will Learn
- How to think about design beyond screens, interfaces, and aesthetics.
- How human-centred thinking influences real product and business decisions.
- Why research can overturn even a designer's strongest assumptions.
- How AI is becoming part of modern design workflows.
- Which human capabilities become more valuable as AI handles more execution.
- Why business thinking, communication, and leadership become critical as your career progresses.
- How continuous learning helps professionals remain relevant as industries change.
- What emerging roles and opportunities could shape the next generation of design careers.
- How to approach career uncertainty without trying to chase every new tool or trend.
