Faz Besharatian

Faz Besharatian — Product Strategy & Design Leader at North X Normal. Talks and sessions delivered at UXDX.

Faz Besharatian

Product Strategy & Design Leader

Faz has spent many years helping teams design better products inside big, complex organizations—from healthcare giants to scrappy startups. He has led efforts at places like Kaiser Permanente, Fannie Mae, and Fjord, and taught design and strategy to professionals and students since 2004.

Past talks

1 talk · 1 event

2026

UXDX Community: DC: Beyond Good Product, Into ImpactFeb 2026

Talk

From Stuck to Constraints-Based Strategy

"We can’t do that here." Sound familiar? If you’ve worked in healthcare, finance, or any risk-sensitive environment, you’ve heard all the ways innovation gets stalled. Regulation, legal, compliance, lack of time, too many cooks... But what if constraints weren’t the enemy? Using constraints as a starting point for smarter strategy. It’s practical, fast, and made for product and design leaders.

Faz Besharatian