Himanshu Bharadwaj
Founder, Joyful Design
Come curious. Leave in love.
In a world dominated by algorithms, efficiency, endless metrics, systems, and silos, love has quietly been sidelined. We optimize for clicks over genuine connections and speed over true resonance, losing the heartbeat that makes design truly human. The outcome is disengaged employees, distrustful users, fragile brands, and divided societies.
If artificial intelligence can automate almost everything except love, how can love be woven into the collective consciousness to become a force that transforms policies, business practices, and societal norms? How can business models, leadership styles, and product ecosystems evolve to include love as a strategic core? How can we craft work that sparks love, fosters connection, and unlocks human potential?
Love is the foundation of dignity. Love transforms users into advocates and skeptics into believers. It shifts design from a transactional to a relational approach, changing it from an interface to an intimate experience. When design adopts love as a core value, the focus moves from grabbing attention to fostering well-being. When design is an act of care, it creates experiences that expand human potential rather than exploit impulses.
Join me to learn more. Come curious. Leave in love.
About Himanshu
Himanshu Bharadwaj is the creator of the Joyful Design philosophy, which invites everyone to treat joy not as an outcome but as an input to strategy, systems, and self. He embodies a blend of business strategist, cognitive science explorer, storyteller, brand and marketing expert, executive design leader, and modern mystic. Over the past two decades, he has helped Fortune 500 companies and startups navigate through the fog of complexity to create products, cultures, and futures that are not only efficient but also profoundly meaningful. His work doesn’t just optimize organizations, it humanizes them.