Design Thinking for Business Innovation, Pune

One Day Workshop Design Thinking for Business Innovation in Pune - in association with NASSCOM

Design Thinking is increasingly becoming a necessity to offer innovative services, products and retain the competitive advantage. According to Gartner, Design thinking couples aspects of innovation & risk-management to propel future business.

Design Thinking is a method for innovation beyond individual brilliance which offers a reliable, step-by-step process to develop new products, experiences and cultures. It is a popular methodology being adopted globally by organizations across myriad sectors like Technology, Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Defense and Governance.

Design Thinking is now becoming a preferred method to help organizations understand their customers and consumers better, drive user-centric innovation and stay ahead of a non-linear competition. Turian Labs' Design Thinking Workshops are structured on blending two powerful anchors of Design Thinking - USER Research + FUTURE Insights, to make it holistic and contextual. The facilitator carries two decades of applied experience using Design Thinking for global innovation initiatives.

Learn the essentials of applied Design Thinking in the context:

FOR START-UPS

• Re-calibrate your customer acquisition strategy
• Figure out what will get them on-board and stay on

FOR SOFTWARE COMPANIES

• Understand needs of end user (your customer or customer’s customer) to uncover unstated problems and challenges
• Identify innovative solutions that can improve value of your services / offerings 

FOR LARGE CONSUMER FACING COMPANIES

• Everyone has great ideas in the team. How can one build consensus on innovation?
• How can the team discover ideas beyond research by the agencies?

FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISES

• Know how to frame the problems right
• Know how to validate the ideas in a cost-effective way

Key Facilitators

Turian Labs’ differentiated learning programs rely on a strong team of facilitators who are consultants & practitioners of design thinking. The core consulting team brings rich consulting experience in Engineering, Design & IT. The facilitators carry two decades of applied experience using Design Thinking in global innovation initiatives.

MANOJ KOTHARI | Founder Director & Lead Design Strategist

Manoj leads the Turian team's engagement with organizations at the intersection of culture, brand, technology and business to answer “What next?” With two decades of experience in global innovation he has sharpened his focus on research & strategy across domains and build a credible network of partners and collaborators to enhance the speed and quality of innovation delivery. He is an alumnus of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. He frequently speaks in global innovation & design forums and tweets @lookinbard. Manoj is also the cofounder of a leading design company Onio Design Pvt. Ltd. in India.

HARSHAD NANAL | Lead - Business Innovation

A Design Thinking practitioner with over 20 years of industry experience in IT, Energy and General Management with unique blend of technology & business. He is experienced in the field of Information Technology, in the roles of Product Management, Product Development, Program Manager, Solution Architect, etc. He is Prince2 certified Project Manager at Practitioner level, an Agile Development expert & Certified Scrum Master.