Highlights and reflections from April to June 2018 in three areas: systematic innovation, design thinking, and mindfulness

1. Catalign Quarterly
June 2018
Highlights and reflections
Vinay Dabholkar
Catalign Innovation Consulting
vinay@catalign.com
www.catalign.in
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2. Focus Areas
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Design
Thinking
Systematic
Innovation
Mindfulness
on the go

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Facilitation of a workshop for Education officers from
Innovation Hubs across 15 states in India. Organized by
National Council of Science Museums at HQ in Kolkata
Design Thinking @ National Council of Science Museums,
Kolkata

4. Co-innovation workshop
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A department head articulating a key challenge after
going through a journey mapping exercise. This was a
co-innovation workshop where customer and their
partner worked together to identify key challenges and
imagine solutions.

5. Rapid prototyping, Bangalore
for HEC Paris
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Facilitation of a workshop on “Rapid prototyping” as
part of a global leadership development program with
participants from Europe, USA and India for HEC Paris.

6. Design Thinking workshop @ IIMB, June 1-2
In collaboration with Prof. Ganesh Prabhu
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7. Mindfulness on the go, April 7-8
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8. “Meet the author” event at Atos, Bangalore
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9. Articles & Podcasts
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• Why do we have more exit interviews than stay
interviews?
• Paying attention to the two roles we play: Listener and
story-teller
• Clarity is action: My favourite mindfulness principle
• Podcast: Mindful parenting (8 min)
• Electromagnetism: My favourite metaphor from Salman
Rushdie’s “The golden house”

10. Thank You
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vinay@catalign.com
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