Vinay Dabholkar of Catalign Innovation Consulting provides a summary of their activities in the first quarter of 2020. They conducted workshops and talks on design thinking, innovation strategy, and mindfulness for organizations like CREDAI, IIMB, NHPC, Philips, ISB Alumni, and Hindustan Aeronautical Limited. Articles and podcasts published covered topics like Karl Friston's active inference framework, attributes of strategic thinking, teachings of slowing down thinking, and learnings from monkhood.

1. Catalign Quarterly
Jan-Mar 2020
Design Thinking, Innovation Strategy, Mindfulness
Vinay Dabholkar
Catalign Innovation Consulting
vinay@catalign.com
www.catalign.in
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2. Focus Areas
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Design
Thinking
Innovation
Strategy
Mindfulness

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Design Thinking for CREDAI members
at IIMB

4. “A look at the past decade of systematic
innovation: Does it still work?”: A talk at
ITM University, Gwalior
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5. “From idea to systematic innovation”: for
National Hydro-Power Corporation (NHPC)
senior executives: IIMB
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6. “What next?” workshop at Philips, Chennai
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7. The art of technology roadmapping: A
webinar for ISB Technology SIG Alumni
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8. Systematic innovation for CA Toppers 2020
at Manipal Global Education, Bangalore
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9. Design Thinking for Mahatma Gandhi National
Fellowship Program, IIMB (with Prof. Ganesh Prabhu)
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10. Mindfulness and strategic thinking for senior
managers at Hindustan Aeronautical Limited
(HAL) Management Academy
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11. Articles / Podcasts in the quarter
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• My 3 takeaways from Karl Friston’s “active inference” framework
• 4 attributes of strategic thinking
• Dr. Radhika Herzberger on teaching students to slow down their
thinking
• Ajanh Chamras on learnings from monkhood, J Krishnmuriti and
Taoism
• The short film “Being 97”: A humbler version of Katha Upanishad

12. Thank You
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vinay@catalign.com
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