Taking my interest in Design for Social Impact to working in healthcare at the grassroots level. Last week we launched the first hospital in our vision to improve quality of healthcare in rural Bihar’s Kosi region. …

I was asked recently asked this question: “What is the first thing you would advise to someone who is becoming a first time manager, i.e. moving from an Individual Contributor role to a People Management role?” While there are many things that come to the mind, the one thing i…

In the past few weeks, I have delved deeper into the world of Cohort Based Courses (CBCs), why it is gaining popularity and why I think they are here to stay in the future, giving the traditional universities a run for their money! I also believe that it will force…

Our Indian School Education system is built on treating learners as Entity theorists. The fundamental belief: Intelligence is fixed. In professional world we try to change this foundation by seeking to become Incremental Theorists: Intelligence can grow over time. Growth mindset is an outcome of the later. Entity Theorists (ET)…

A life threatening incident forces you to reset priorities in life. You are forced to rethink on the understanding of Work, Family, Interests. Till then there is a lot of procrastination. At that very moment of the life threatening moment, one goes through an emotional turmoil. …

As a Design Thinking Practitioner, after a certain point in time, the methods become a part of your life. In my past 12 years of conducing Design Thinking workshops and seminars, a mistake that organisations often make is to think Design Thinking as a one workshop wonder. There is a…

Call me old school, but a good understanding of Information Architecture is the key to a good User Experience. And it’s time we bring it back in vogue. — It’s a pity that not many people talk about Information Architecture these days and that Information Architecture has lost its sheen. A friend recently pointed out that he is hearing the term after almost a decade. In this information age that we are in, I believe it is more important…

In my years of hiring, I have observed that Traveller, Photographer are the most common thing one sees on people’s interest / hobbies section in the resume. A lot more information about undiscovered places, the ease of travel (pre-covid times), along with the high end camera on phones, made this…

Changing consumer behaviour and learning from it is one is the most interesting things in Design Research. The introduction of certain products and its adoption over time, allows one to learn of changing behaviours and constantly adopt and innovate for it. Some of these are completely new behaviours and some…