DESIGN THINKING

Programme Directors
Ganesh N Prabhu & Vinay Dabholkar

Dates
1-2 June 2018

STRATEGY & GENERAL MANAGEMENT

 Programme DirectorS
Design Thinking
Ganesh N Prabhu
Dates
1-2 June 2018 Ganesh is Professor of Strategy at IIMB.
He did his post-graduation from the
Institute of Rural Management Anand
and is a Fellow of IIM Ahmedabad.
He won the Best Young Teacher
Award and Best Research Paper
Award from the Association of Indian
Management Schools. Since 1996 he teaches strategy
courses across programs and offers an elective on new
product development in the post-graduate program at
IIMB. He has conducted several senior management
team visioning workshops and been actively involved in
mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs, start-ups and small
firms. Ganesh was earlier a nominated member of the Venue:
India Design Council. While at IIMB he has consulted Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
on major turnaround projects and prior to his doctoral
studies he was an Executive Assistant to the Managing Last date for registration:
Director of the Punjab Milk Federation for a year on a 22 May 2018
major turnaround project.
Program Overview Programme Fee and Payment

Customer understanding, innovation and collaboration INR 74,000/- Residential and INR 64,000/-
skills are vital to all businesses. Solving complex business Non-Residential (+ Applicable GST) per
problems requires understanding multiple perspectives person for participants from India and its
within and outside the organization. The design thinking Vinay Dabholkar equivalent in US Dollars for participants
process covered in this program enables participants to Vinay is an independent consultant from other countries.
understand the potential of interdisciplinary collaboration and for the past decade he has been
for co-creation of new solutions to complex business The programme fee should be received by
helping organizations foster a culture
issues. An essential part of the training of designers and the Executive Education Office before the
of innovation. His clients include
architects, the design thinking method has been found programme commencement date. In case
Oracle, Adobe, Tech Mahindra, Kotak
effective and applicable to a diversity of managerial of cancellations, the fee will be refunded
Mahindra, Titan, Airbus etc. He also
problems. only if a request is received at least 15
works with not-for-profit organizations
days prior to the start of the programme. If
like Agastya (school education) and Orbis (healthcare). He
Content a nomination is not accepted, the fee will
is a co-author of the book “8 steps to innovation”. He has
be refunded to the person/ organisation
been an Adjunct/Guest faculty at IIM Bangalore and IIT
• Right Brain Thinking concerned.
Bombay. In the past few years, he has been researching
• Lead User Research to Product Innovation on cognitive illusion and its relationship with creativity and Discount
• Process View of Design Thinking mindfulness. Prior to starting the consulting career, Vinay Early Bird Discount: Nominations received
• Immersive Research: Tool and Techniques worked for a decade in Motorola in US and Sasken in with payments on or before 11-May-18 will
• Challenge Framing and Ideation Techniques Bangalore. He did his B. Tech. from IIT Bombay and PhD be entitled to an Early Bird Discount of 10%.
• Prototyping and Test Cycles from SUNY Buffalo both in Computer Science.
• Pitch Design and Communication Early Bird Fee (Residential) INR 66,600/-
• Enabling Design Thinking in Teams (+ Applicable GST)
• Creating Primary Demand
Early Bird Fee (Non-Residential)
• Achieving Product Integrity
INR 63,000/- (+ Applicable GST)
Participant Profile Please Note: All enrolments are subject to review and
Middle to senior level managers who wish to hone their approval by the programme director. Joining Instructions
business and innovation skills through design thinking. It will be sent to the selected candidates 10 days prior
is also relevant for client facing management consultants the start of the programme. Kindly do not make your
who wish to build their design thinking skills for effectively travel plans unless you receive the letter from IIMB.
engaging with client firms. Teams may like to register
together to build synergy from the discussions in the A certificate of participation will be awarded to the
programme. participants by IIMB.
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awarded by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). Established in 1973, Indian Institute
of Management Bangalore today offers a range of post-graduate and doctoral level courses as well as executive
education programmes. With a faculty body from amongst the best universities worldwide, Indian Institute of
Management Bangalore is fast emerging as a leader in the area of management research, education and consulting.

IIMB’s distinctive feature is its strong focus on leadership and entrepreneurial skills that are necessary to succeed in
today’s dynamic business environment.

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