Carlsberg – Boldly Beer’ing Global Burdens
Beer'ing Global Burdens Consider the amount of plastic we use in our lives. Getting rid of a lot of it seems like quite a challenge, considering how dependent we and businesses have become on it.…
Category: Design Thinking
Airbags and the Height of Drivers
Random picture of an old Honda car Airbags and the Height of Drivers About a month ago, Honda introduced a new concept airbag for their vehicles. The challenge for them, was protecting drivers from angular…
Will Uber Disrupt Itself?
Will Uber Disrupt Itself? Source: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNnnJ0BXkAAiJhv.jpg Most of you must have seen this image (or a version of it) in the last few years. I remember a lot of people sharing it or referring to…
Where Do We Go Now?
Where Do We Go Now? Google's AdSense program let's publishers or website owners have relevant ads show up when users visit those sites. Google earns revenues (via their Google Ads - previously AdWords platform) from…
Shared Tables
Pic: source Shared Tables This amusing but perhaps effective picture I saw in this tweet last month got some thoughts rolling. We could all use some personal space in public. Especially in countries like India.…
My 9 Step Version of the Design Thinking Process
My 9 Step Version of the Design Thinking Process This post about my 9-step version of the design thinking process has been long overdue. It is already explained in my book, ‘Design the Future’, but…
Common Problems Startups Face – A design thinking outlook
Common problems startups face - A Design thinking outlook I have been directly associated with startups since 2006. That's when I started my career as a member of a venture capital investment team. All the…
Choosing Business Opportunity to Avoid Change
Choosing Business Opportunity to Avoid Change As an individual, if you have a habit your core doesn't fully approve of, you'd find a disconnect that you might, either align with, or from time to time…
Whose Viewpoint?
Whose viewpoint? Consider times when you address people. Be it as entrepreneurs pitching to a banker or equity investor. Or as managers, giving top bosses a review. Or teaching students an odd topic. Or even…
Killer Design
Killer Design What comes to mind when you think of possible consequences of bad design? Of a badly designed product or service? You might think the product generates less revenues. Or a rise in the…
The Mortal Risk of Riding Shotgun in an Autonomous Vehicle
The Mortal Risk of Riding Shotgun in an Autonomous Vehicle Source: link We live in strange times. And in interesting and amusing times. A recent article I read, spoke about how most automotive manufacturers are…
What Qualifies as True Innovation?
What qualifies as true innovation? The word 'innovation' does get passed around a lot nowadays. From large businesses to startups and perhaps even consultants like myself. If you take a moment to think about it,…
Anti-Crime Balls
Source: https://sobify.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/orange-anti-crime-balls.jpg Anti-crime colour balls Imagine you are a store manager, and a masked thief has you at gun or knife-point, asking you to empty the cash into his or her bag. How would you…
Changing User Behaviour
Changing User Behaviour I am currently reading the book Hooked, and happened to read something very important. I shared the excerpt with a design thinking group I am administrator of. The snippet read: John Gourville,…
SHe
SHe Last evening, dad shared links to two tweets with me. Tweets from the UN Women and UNDP Asia-Pacific's accounts. Both tweets were about challenging patriarchal stereotypes this womens' day. One of the tweets wondered…