School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL), the Gurugram-based business school, recently concluded its Annual Business Conference 2017 on ‘Design Thinking led Innovation’. The event, which was held at the Gurugram campus, underlined the importance of establishing dialogue around design thinking and how it can be used to make room for innovation across various sectors in India.
The two-day event was led by key industry leaders such as like Anil Chaudhary – Country President & MD Global Operations (Scheneider), and Saurabh Govil – President & Chief HR (Wipro) who provided valuable insight during the conference on topics like ‘Reimagining people processes through design thinking’ and ‘Design and Innovation for Indian businesses’. They also introduced various design thinking methods and tools through supportive theory, framework, and relevant case studies during the conference.
Other speakers included — Laura Kohler, Senior VP (HR & Stewardship), Kohler; Krish Shankar, Executive VP & Group Head of HR, Infosys; Rohit Thankur, Head HR, Microsoft; and Raghu Krishnamoorthy, VP HR, GE Healthcare, among others.
The SOIL forum also included workshops for participants to hone their skills on design-based thinking to develop creative solutions for various issues.
Commenting on the conference, Anil Sachdev, Founder and CEO, School of Inspired Leadership said, “Human beings are a source, not a resource. With the help of the concepts of Design Thinking, we at SOIL are teaching our future leaders how to build an organization of consequence by bringing out the highest and best in people for the greater good”
Speaking on the occasion, Bimal Dayal, CEO, Indus Towers said: “Believers are the continuous improvers! Indus Towers is a live example of innovation and collaboration which has stitched the fabric of this industry which did not exist ten years back. Design thinking perfectly fits into our framework to create something disruptive.”
The conference concluded on a positive note with the Design Thinking Bootcamp which encouraged prospective business leaders to “Think. Collaborate. Celebrate.”, for a successful professional future.