A 3-day immersive learning experience that exposes senior leaders from the private, public, social, and academic sectors to holistic design models that can support more integrative ways of working.
Unlike most design learning programs that teach steps in an innovation process, leaders will experience the power of using advanced frameworks and methods that reveal the relationships between the various forces influencing an initiative’s purpose.
Who is this For?
We welcome senior leaders from across sectors seeking novel approaches to deal with complexity and experienced designers who want to learn how advanced models can bolster current efforts to lead systems change.
Created by Leap leadership while at the IIT Institute of Design and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, our models help multidisciplinary teams integrate viewpoints of strategy, operations, value creation, offerings, resources, and users, as they venture into the uncertain waters of complex endeavors requiring teams to:
- Navigate conflictual understandings of what are the problems to be tackled and how to move forward.
- Collaborate with diverse stakeholders within and outside their organisation.
- Integrate different types of knowledge and expertise into holistic solutions for complex and ambiguous problems.
Management methods struggle with today’s complexity. Design offers integrative solutions for prosperity with social and ecological benefits.
This program is an immersive, highly interactive learning experience for participants to apply our models to an initiative of their choosing.
Over three days at the Design Barn, Bengaluru. A selected group of leaders will be immersed in mini-lectures to introduce a framework, followed by applied activities and debriefs, when participants will engage actively with their peers and guest experts.
Key to our way of working is to take a fast, shallow, and broad view of an initiative by simultaneously considering forces from strategy, operations, offerings, value, users, resources, competencies, and their relationships. By the end of the program, you will leave with ways to:
- Characterise stakeholders in the context of their aspirations, problems, and needs.
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Explore offerings as integrated
systems that can improve user experiences. - Visualize the value creation in a business ecosystem.
- Map of competitors and potential collaborators.
- Plan an organisational assessment integrating viewpoints of users, offerings, value, operations, and strategy.
We believe that people learn better in the context of their existing knowledge and are motivated to learn in the context of their interests.
Candidates must have experience promoting systems change and 20+ years of recognized senior leadership.
The selection process is ongoing, and candidates may demonstrate their interest at any time. The chances of being accepted to the program increase the earlier a candidate applies, as the number of places is limited.
All participants must be motivated to tackle some of India’s most pressing challenges and recognize the value design can add to their next endeavor. Leaders of exceptional or unusual distinction may be invited at the discretion of the Leap leadership team.
The total program fee is ₹80000, and it includes lodging and meals at the Design Barn, Bengaluru. Please use the link below to introduce yourself and share your interests.
André Nogueira,Ph.D.,
(he/him) is the CEO of Leap, and a Research Scientist in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the Brown University School of Public Health. He also co-founded the Design Laboratory at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Neelima Khetan,
is a visiting fellow at the Brookings India. She is the former head of the CSR initiatives for the Vedanta Group. She was also the Vice- President of CSR at Hindustan Zinc and the director of CSR and Sustainability for Coca- Cola India and South West Asia.
Sonia Manchanda,
is Founding Partner at Spread Design and Innovation. She has lead multiple transdisciplinary project teams on massive transformational projects for governments and the industry. Her Open Innovation and Design Strategy Dream: in was awarded as a Global Gamechanger by Metropolis Magazine in 2013.
Patrick Whitney,
is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the Brown University School of Public Health. Prior to Brown, he co-founded and directed the Design Laboratory at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he also served as a Professor in Residence.
Carlos Teixeira,
holds the Charles L. Owen Professor in Design endowed chair at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology for his contributions to the field of design as an educator and leading systems designer. His work with graduate students and as lead of the PhD program has resulted in awards from Fast Company and Core77.
The Partners
LEAP
A catalyst organization building capacity of leaders to use design for promoting change. Leap co-creates programs that help leaders integrate design expertise into existing ways of working. Leap spans from work developed by the D-Lab at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Transform Rural India Foundation.
Design Open
Design Open (DO) is a platform for conversations with leaders working at the forefront of design, innovation, culture, creativity and entrepreneurship. Carefully curated, futuristic, fast paced and deeply engaging.Plus programs to immerse design knowledge, pathways and methods.
Spread Design Barn
India’s first Independent and Integrated Design Centre and open incubator. A 10,000 square feet collaborative workspace that provides a platform for designers, entrepreneurs, and businesses to collaborate, innovate, and create new products and services.