#8 - Prarthana Johnson, Head of Design at Atlassian: Making Solid Design Decisions and Importance of DEI

Prarthana Johnson is the Head of Design at Atlassian. With over 25 years of diverse experience, her current role at Atlassian where she is leading a team of 75+ designers across Mountain View, Bengaluru, and Sydney, focused on Horizontals and Atlas products. Prarthana's impressive career has also seen her hold key positions at Shopify, SoundCloud, Microsoft, and Hubrik Limited, where she's consistently bridged marketing, brand, strategy, design, and product development to create engaging user experiences while meeting essential organizational and business metrics. During the podcast, we talked about career resilience, mental models in building strong user experiences, balancing new ideas against user needs, and the importance of DEI.

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Prarthana Johnson
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