What is Design Public?
Design Public is a series of conversations about design and innovation in the public interest.This blog is curated by the Center for Knowledge Societies, the innovation consulting firm that guides the establishment of the Adianta School for Leadership and Innovation.
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Professor Arjun Appadurai On Design, Innovation, Failure and More
As you probably know, yesterday saw the kick-off of the Adianta School with a talk by eminent anthropologist, Professor Arjun Appadurai. It was a pleasure to be able to listen to his thoughts on design and innovation, not only because … Continue reading
A Brief Overview of Failure from Pecha Kucha #19 (Part 2)
Yesterday, I wrote up the first part of a brief overview of the last Pecha Kucha Night, which was held on Friday, the 17th of May, and focused on Failure. It wasn’t all that brief, though, because there was so … Continue reading
A Brief Overview of Failure from Pecha Kucha #19 (Part 1)
The Pecha Kucha Night last Friday was, for me, one of the most interesting editions of the event, primarily because the focus topic, Failure, brought together a great group of speakers talking about it from very different perspectives. Presentations were … Continue reading
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Tagged Anvita Arora, Enviu, failure, Isha Singh Sawney, iTrans, Jatin Modi, Jesse van de Zand, Nandini Hirianniah, Pecha Kucha Night, PKND19
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A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success
Organizing this Pecha Kucha Night on Failure has naturally made me think and talk a lot about failure, as well as its opposite, success. Exploring these concepts naturally led me to TED talks on YouTube (I can’t help myself sometimes!), … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain de Botton, failure, Pecha Kucha Night, PKND19, Success
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Understanding Failure at Pecha Kucha Night #19 in Delhi
I’m very pleased to announce that planning for the next Pecha Kucha Night in Delhi has already begun. The next event will be held on Friday, the 17th of May 2013, and will focus on the exciting and highly fraught … Continue reading
How to Embrace and Live Through Failure
There are a million articles available with advice on how to succeed when founding a startup, but very few on how to deal with failure. Steve Blank shares his insights on what he calls the six stages of failure and … Continue reading
Out of Poverty and into the Market Place
Over the last two weeks, on two separate occasions I have been in conversations with clients, whose essential challenges deal with the commercial models that allow for seemingly good product ideas, to experience market success. Both clients, coincidentally create mobile … Continue reading
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Tagged bottom of the pyramid, commercial models, failure, mobile telecom, Paul Polak, poverty
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On Design Public and the Creation of an Innovation Society
Despite the beauty of my surrounds (I’m on holiday in my leafy hometown of Pasadena, California) I am very disappointed I can’t be at Design Public next weekend. I recently moved to India from London, where I worked for the … Continue reading
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Tagged community, crowdsourcing, culture of experimentation, Design Public Conclave, failure, global innovation academy, innovaiton society, innovation community, Innovation in India, James Dyson, Mary Abdo, McKinsey, prototypes, social innovation, social venture, Stanford, Young Foundation
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Google Joins as a Sponsor for Design Public
We are very pleased to announce that Google has officially confirmed its sponsorship for the Design Public Conclave. We’re excited to welcome them on board and to have the opportunity to engage with them and learn from their incredibly robust … Continue reading
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Tagged culture of innovation, Design Public Conclave, Design Public III, failure, google, India, innovation, technological
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Where Should New Businesses Start?
Aditya Mishra is the founder of Headstart Foundation, a non-profit group focused on supporting and encouraging entrepreneurship. It has chapters in all major Indian cities, where it runs Start-Up Saturdays, meet-ups where people share stories of start-ups, and share links, … Continue reading
