Resources

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Design Thinking Can Change Your Life

Academia-NxT

Design Thinking: A Catalyst for Transformation in India’s Academic Landscape

Videos

How do you define an Idea?

In this video, Arun Jain emphasizes the power of lateral thinking and kaizen! The moment of connecting unrelated ideas to create something innovative.

Power of Appreciation in the workplace

In this video, Arun Jain dives deep into the power of appreciation in the workplace. Watch now and learn how to unlock the magic of appreciation in your workplace.

Design Thinking in Action

Hear from Arun Jain about the importance of “I Don’t Know!” & why it is important to cultivate a transformation of the mindset, for being honest in admitting that you don’t know.

A line on the wall is a boundary/limit in the thinking process!

Here is Arun sharing an interesting story about the genesis of writable walls of the collaborative Design rooms of the center and how today they are playing an instrumental role in connecting the dots and fostering boundaryless thinking.

UnMukt : Dialogue vs Discussion

Hear from Arun Jain on why Conflicts are good and how a proper Dialogue between stakeholders is essential to resolve conflicts.

Learning & Boundaryless thinking

Hear from Arun himself ; sharing his thoughts on the process of learning & why we need to take inspiration from birds for boundaryless thinking.

The Mindset of a Design Thinker

What does it take to be a Design Thinker? An understanding of the Design Thinking process and deep knowledge of relevant tools are all that are required or is there more to it? In this video Arun Jain briefly explains the elements of a Design Mind.

5 Minutes with run: 13 Notes of Design Thinking

Mr.Arun Jain takes us through the typical process of Learning & how small knowledge packets (smallest unit of knowledge) can lead to knowledge clusters. These clusters are the trigger for sparkling innovation & driving creativity by bringing multiple perspectives.

5 Minutes with Arun: Darshan gyan charitra

Mr.Arun Jain illustrates the importance of Higher Purpose – the idea of aligning everyone to a bigger mission. He does that by giving analogy of Darshan,Gyan & Charitra which are deeply embedded in some ancient Indian religious discourse.

5 Minutes with Arun: Listening

Mr.Arun Jain demarcates what is Listening & how it is different from usual hearing. Keenful insightful listening is very important for cultivating empathy which is the crux of Design Thinking.

5 Minutes with Arun: Limiting Beliefs

One of the elements of our proprietary 13 Musical Notes that prepare the Design Mind is the concept of Limiting beliefs. These are hindrances shaped out of past experiences and circumstances that restrict our thinking. Mr.Arun Jain explains its relevance with respect to Design Thinking.

5 Minutes with Arun: Dialogue Vs Discussion

Mr.Arun Jain distinguishes between having Dialogue (What is right) vs Discussion (Who is right) & how a correct Dialogue is fruitful for solving correct problems in the Design Thinking process.

Observation of simple Anti-Patterns leading to the idea of Mask Redesign

School of Design Thinking has been closely working with SRM Institute of Science & Technology (SRMIST) to strengthen the Design Thinking engagement and work collaboratively to build a Design Thinking culture across the campus.