Design Thinking at Win SPARKS !

Date: 17/10/2018 Audience: Year 12& 13 Business students Venue: Sixth Form Centre
Title: WIN SPARKS Week

Presenters / Conductors: Prof Christopher Abraham , SP Jain School of Global Management

Aims & Objectives: To expose the students to elements of the Design Thinking process using real world contextual examples.
-To provide a hands-on problem solving experience by asking the students to devise solutions to the assigned tasks using the Design Thinking approach

Summary: As a part of the WIN SPARKS Week Prof Christopher Abraham had organized a Design Thinking workshop for the Business students of Years 12 and 13. During the course of the session he focused on the human –centered nature of the approach and how design thinking required collective intelligence and empathy. The students designed solutions to several challenging problems posed using the Lego Blocks. Prof Abraham shared several videos on how design thinking is being used the world over to provide innovative solutions to problems. The students found the Activity based tasks an engaging and immersive experience and actively shared their thoughts on redesigning classrooms. The Design Thinking process could be applied in any context to solve some of the most wicked global problems according to Prof Abraham.

Student/Parent/Teacher Feedback: “The design thinking workshop was a challenging experience because it required me to consider how to solve problems in an innovative manner, and provided me with the opportunity to learn about different methods to approaching a situation. Moreover, it allowed me to learn by doing, which made the workshop all the more interesting.” Rohit Khiara Year 13

“The design thinking workshop was useful because it taught me how to think more creatively, and helped me learn more about 21st century skills such as analytic reasoning. –Anushka Sahani Year 13

Organized by: Rachna Shukla (HOD Business) and Business Department teachers