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Upcoming workshop: Sep 3, 2023, Sunday, 3:30-6:30pm, Bangalore

Strategic management of technology and innovation (IIM Bangalore) - course page (2019-2023)

Managing innovation and IP for entrepreneurs (IIT Bombay) - course page (2016-2023)

Books:

"8 steps to innovation" book resources

Order: "8 steps to innovation: Going from jugaad to excellence" on Amazon

Mindfulness book resources

Order: "Mindfulness: Connected with the real you" on Amazon 

Recent blogs:

Sensing and solving, two modes of mind and the solving mode bias, May 16, 2023

4 quotes from Prof. Edgar Schein that are stuck with me, April 27, 2023

4 modes of problem-solving applied to "reducing student anxiety", April 20, 2023

Building innovation stamina: 4 basic workouts, Jan 23, 2023 (video 10 min)

In media:

Mindfulness: Balancing the bicycle of life, podcast interview with UnLearn Prasanna, Oct 31, 2022 (YouTube) (Spotify)

Panel discussion on design and design thinking at Center for Product Design and Manufacturing (CPDM) at IISc Bangalore, Oct 6, 2022

Recent/Upcoming events:

• "Mindfulness", for Senior Leadership Development Programme for Novo Nordisk at IIM Bangalore, September 26, 2023.
• "Mindfulness", for PRIF Transformation Fellowship Program, TISS, Mumbai, August 23, 2023
• "Design Thinking", open program at IIM Bangalore, August 25-26, 2023 (collaborator: Prof. Ganesh Prabhu)
• "Building innovation stamina: fostering audacity & creative zeal", August 21, 2023, Asian Paints, Mumbai 
• "Championing challenges", Thought Leadership Program for Samsung Research Institute Bangalore (SRIB), July 31-Aug 1, 2023, IIM Bangalore
• "Building innovation stamina: in individuals and organization", Advanced Management Program (AMP batch-17), July 19-20, 2023, IIM Bangalore
• "Building innovation stamina: in individuals and organization", for Bosch Future Leaders Program, July 12-13, 2023, IIM Bangalore.
• "Design thinking", for NSRCEL Launchpad-24 batch, June 27-28, 2023, in collaboration with Prof. Ganesh Prabhu, IIM Bangalore
• "Product management and customer-facing leadership", for Intel India executives, June 22-24, 2023, with Prof. Ganesh Prabhu, IIM Bangalore
• "Building innovation stamina", Novo Nordisk, June 19, 2023, IIM Bangalore
• "Innovation and design thinking", JSW Women Leaders program, June 12, 2023, IIMB (Program director: Prof. E. Srinivas)
• "Design Thinking", for executives of Leading Digital Transformation Program, June 7, 2-23, IIM Bangalore (Program director: Prof. R. Srinivasan)
• "Design Thinking and enabling innovation stamina", for executive of Labcorp at IIM Bangalore, May 9 & 17, 2023
• "Mindfulness: Recognizing wasteful thoughts," Bangalore, May 14, 2023
• "Building innovation stamina: for individuals and teams", for executives of Carelon at IIM Bangalore, April 19, 2013  
• "Design Thinking", co-teaching with Prof. Ganesh Prabhu, IIM Bangalore, March 10-11, 2023

July - September 2023 Highlights