DESI LEADERS - 26 May 2023

SYNOPSIS

The emerging VUCA world needs leaders with a new set of cognitive skills . The talk explores what these skills are and how we can build those skills. The discussion is centred around four cognitive skills – Design Thinking, Exponential Thinking, Sustainable Thinking and Innovative Thinking. The practice of design thinking helps us to empathise with people and pursue human centred design. Exponential thinking enables us to break free of constraints and think big (10X, 100X) – it helps us to shift our ideas from a linear, incremental world to a non-linear, exponential world. Sustainable thinking ensures that our ideas have a positive impact on the environment. Innovative thinking empowers us to think out-of-the-box and build creative solutions.

Let us train ourselves to be DESI thinkers and be future-ready.

Mr K Sendhil Naathan

Chairman, MMA Puducherry Chapter

Managing Director, TANFAC Industries Ltd

Dr Shankar Venugopal

Vice President, Mahindra & Mahindra

Mr S Vijayaraghavan

Co Chairman, MMA Puducherry Chapter

SPEAKER

Dr Shankar Venugopal is a Vice President at Mahindra & Mahindra. He leads technology innovation for Mahindra’s Automotive and Farm business at Mahindra Research Valley. He is an Inventor with twenty international patents and five Indian patents. He is an innovation coach and has trained about two thousand innovators. He was recognized as one of the fifty most innovative leaders at the World Innovation Congress 2020. Shankar received his Ph.D and a gold medal for the best doctoral thesis from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He pursued management education at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Shankar leads MMA Chengalpattu chapter.

DR SHANKAR VENUGOPAL