Sometimes the best ideas start simple. We were tired of mundane team meetings and wanted a space where we could learn from each other's unique skillsets as designers instead of just critiquing work (which was of course important). So I pitched "Munch and Learn" to my leaders - creative people talking about their design passions and lessons learned, over good food.

What started as informal knowledge sharing in a 40-person conference room in our Bangalore office turned into something bigger. My M&L partner, Aishwarya and I spent weeks curating talks and crafting discussion formats that worked for both introverts and extroverts. We threw in prizes for engagement in design exercises. Several talks were so well-received that they got selected for Salesforce's Design Days, one of the biggest design events in India, reaching over 15,000 designers globally.

I didn't want this to be a one-off success, so I created a playbook that any team could use to host their own design gatherings. Watching team members present ideas with fellow passionate designers that later influenced design decisions was incredibly rewarding.