1 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:17,360 Hello, everyone, welcome to the online program on design, thinking and innovation. 2 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:26,970 We live in very turbulent times, changes are happening at a very fast pace, the kind of pace that 3 00:00:26,970 --> 00:00:28,120 we are not seen before. 4 00:00:28,650 --> 00:00:37,560 So it is important for organizations and even individuals to rediscover themselves, to innovate, to 5 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,950 make it easy for our customers and stakeholders. 6 00:00:41,550 --> 00:00:48,360 And innovation and design thinking offers a wonderful framework to achieve those objectives. 7 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:55,560 I want to start off the session with a quote from Indra Nooyi, the former CEO of Pepsi. 8 00:00:56,630 --> 00:01:01,680 Design leads to innovation and innovation demands design. 9 00:01:02,390 --> 00:01:05,930 So both are like two sides of the same coin, right? 10 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:13,830 The objective is to reorient, rediscover, change something for the better. 11 00:01:14,510 --> 00:01:21,830 And as I said, design thinking is a wonderful template that you can use to improve process, to design 12 00:01:21,830 --> 00:01:22,500 new products. 13 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:27,270 It can be a physical product, something that you can touch and feel, or it can be a software product. 14 00:01:27,590 --> 00:01:34,910 It can be used to improve customer experience, can be used to design service, process, many, many 15 00:01:34,910 --> 00:01:35,780 applications. 16 00:01:36,950 --> 00:01:41,680 So we are going to see how design thinking can be applied in real life. 17 00:01:43,970 --> 00:01:50,300 So as far as the contents are concerned, we want to start with setting the context why we need design, 18 00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:53,210 thinking and innovation in the first place, right. 19 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,340 So that's what we're going to start off with. 20 00:01:55,430 --> 00:02:01,610 Then we're going to look at what is design thinking and what is this five phase framework. 21 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:02,240 Right. 22 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:03,110 And design thinking. 23 00:02:03,830 --> 00:02:06,320 We're going to deep dive into different. 24 00:02:07,290 --> 00:02:16,560 Ideate and prototyping MVP that you see is something that is used in the startup world quite extensively, 25 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:22,520 what is called as minimum viable product, the minimum, something that you can take it to the market, 26 00:02:22,530 --> 00:02:27,210 the minimum, something for which the customer is willing to pay, they are willing to pay. 27 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:32,470 So we're going to see how design thinking can be used for MBP as well. 28 00:02:33,270 --> 00:02:33,630 Right. 29 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,650 So before I start off, I'd like to give you a quick introduction. 30 00:02:39,090 --> 00:02:40,250 My name is Bovingdon. 31 00:02:40,290 --> 00:02:47,220 I come with over two decades of experience and I'm currently heading an artificial intelligence venture. 32 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,830 I have been part of a product and service development efforts. 33 00:02:53,220 --> 00:02:58,560 It is those experiences that I'm going to bring into this program. 34 00:02:58,590 --> 00:03:07,740 So what you're going to hear is some concepts and many examples so that you can relate and drive improvements, 35 00:03:07,740 --> 00:03:13,740 introduce products, make changes in your organization or in yourself. 36 00:03:14,580 --> 00:03:15,620 So let's get started.